1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:06,773 57-YEAR-OLD MARYLAND MAN WITH TERMINAL HEART DISEASE HAS NOW 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:10,944 SURVIVED A TRANSPLANT SURGERY USING A GENETICALLY MODIFIED 3 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:13,012 HEART FROM A PIG. ♪ ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:18,251 >> HE WAS A FARMER WHO NEEDED A HEART BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO 5 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:23,590 GET ONE, UNTIL ONE DAY, HE REALIZED IT WAS THERE ALL ALONG. 6 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:27,494 >> I'LL TAKE YOURS. I'LL TAKE YOURS. 7 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:32,966 >> AND NOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE THING THAT CAN REPLACE BABE'S 8 00:00:33,032 --> 00:00:36,269 HEART: VENGEANCE. THIS SUMMER, WARNER BROTHERS 9 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:41,841 PRESENTS THE HEART-STEALING TALE"BABY THREE, PAN CHESTA WITH 10 00:00:41,908 --> 00:00:43,977 A VENDETTA. VENDETTA." 11 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:46,679 THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET, THIS LITTLE PIGGY STAYED 12 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:48,815 HOME, AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY GOT EVEN. 13 00:00:48,882 --> 00:00:53,820 >> FIRST IT'S A PIG HEART, THEN IT'S A SHEEP KIDNEY. 14 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,889 WHERE DOES IT END! 15 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:08,601 >> BABE'S OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW AND HE'S ARMED. 16 00:01:08,668 --> 00:01:13,940 >> THIS SUMMER, PAYBACK IS A BORE 17 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,009 ♪ OLD McDONALD HAD IT COMING ♪ 18 00:01:17,944 --> 00:01:24,350 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 19 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:26,953 TONIGHT: FOR ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. 20 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:31,858 AND KEANU REEVES TAKES THE COLBERT QUESTIONERT. 21 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:37,964 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: CAITRIONA BALFE 22 00:01:38,031 --> 00:01:41,968 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY 23 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:43,236 HUMAN. 24 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:46,506 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 25 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:48,575 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 26 00:01:52,111 --> 00:01:55,615 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 27 00:01:55,682 --> 00:02:10,563 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) STEPHEN! 28 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:16,002 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) STEPHEN! 29 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:17,537 STEPHEN! STEPHEN! 30 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:21,241 >> Stephen: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. 31 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:27,447 WELCOME, ONE AND ALL IN HERE OUT THERE TO "THE LATE SHOW." 32 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:34,487 I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 33 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:36,089 TIMES. WHY? 34 00:02:36,155 --> 00:02:38,458 I DUNNO. THAT'S HOW CONFUSING THEY ARE. 35 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:40,527 IF THIS PANDEMIC WERE A MOVIE, IT WOULD BE "TENET." 36 00:02:40,593 --> 00:02:43,296 IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND, AND I JUST WISH IT WOULD END, 37 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:45,398 WHICH TURNS OUT, IS THE BEGINNING! 38 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:53,373 ( LAUGHTER ) CONFUSION. 39 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:58,378 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? FOR ABOUT 22 MONTHS, PUBLIC 40 00:02:58,444 --> 00:02:59,612 HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONSISTENTLY TOLD US TO DO 41 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:04,050 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO AVOID GETTING COVID. 42 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:07,186 BUT IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, IF YOU'VE NOTICED, THE MESSAGE 43 00:03:07,253 --> 00:03:10,223 HAS SHIFTED SUBTLY. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE US GET 44 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:11,858 USED TO ALL THIS. FOR INSTANCE, YESTERDAY, 45 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,793 DR. ANTHONY FAUCI ADDRESSED THE CURRENT SPIKE AND SAID, "OMICRON 46 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:15,295 WILL INFECT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY." 47 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:19,933 DO YOU HEAR THAT? BEING ATTACKED FOR TWO YEARS HAS 48 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:24,938 CLEARLY BROKEN DR. FAUCI: "RIP OFF YOUR MASK! 49 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:27,941 GO TO HOT YOGA! ON THE WAY HOME, TONGUE A HOBO! 50 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:32,946 I DON'T GIVE A VACCINATED CRAP. WE'RE ALL DOOMED. 51 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,180 YOU CAN ALL TAKE A RAPID TEST AND STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T 52 00:03:34,247 --> 00:03:35,848 SHINE. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE ACCURATE 53 00:03:35,915 --> 00:03:40,954 THAT WAY." BUT THERE IS A SILVER LINING. 54 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:43,957 ACCORDING TO DR. FAUCI, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED WILL 55 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:49,963 "VERY LIKELY, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, DO REASONABLY WELL." 56 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:55,969 OKAY, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I DON'T WANT TO EQUIVOCATE ON. 57 00:03:56,035 --> 00:03:58,438 MY LIFE IS ONE OF THEM. YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR A 58 00:03:58,504 --> 00:03:59,906 SKYDIVING INSTRUCTOR SAY, "JUMP FROM THE PLANE. 59 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:08,915 YOU WILL VERY LIKELY, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, DO REASONABLY WELL." 60 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:11,651 BUT VACCINES AND BOOSTERS WORK, BECAUSE FAUCI ALSO SAID THAT 61 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:15,521 THOSE UNVACCINATED ARE 10 TIMES LIKELIER TO BE INFECTED AND 20 62 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:20,493 TIMES LIKELIER TO DIE. THEY'RE ALSO 50 TIMES LIKELIER 63 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,930 TO START A FIGHT WITH A KROGER EMPLOYEE BECAUSE THE MEXICAN 64 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:30,837 FOOD SECTION IS IN SPANISH. ( LAUGHTER ) 65 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:33,740 GONNA GET IT, FAUCI MAY NOT BE EXAGGERATING. 66 00:04:33,806 --> 00:04:37,944 THE C.E.O. OF UNITED AIRLINES SAID THAT "4% OF ITS U.S. 67 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:42,849 EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19," AND "IN ONE DAY 68 00:04:42,915 --> 00:04:46,886 ALONE AT NEWARK, NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF THEIR WORKFORCE 69 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:54,861 CALLED OUT SICK." ALTHOUGH, THAT MIGHT NOT BE 70 00:04:54,927 --> 00:04:56,996 ENTIRELY COVID RELATED. AT LEAST SOME MIGHT BE SUFFERING 71 00:04:57,063 --> 00:05:00,800 FROM THE PREEXISTING CONDITION OF NOT WANTING TO GO TO NEW 72 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:04,003 YORK. ( APPLAUSE ) 73 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:07,907 ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, IN THE NEXT SIX TO 74 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:11,444 EIGHT WEEKS, HALF OF THE POPULATION IN WESTERN EUROPE 75 00:05:11,511 --> 00:05:14,313 WILL BE INFECTED WITH COVID. AND BASED ON THE LAST TIME 76 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:15,748 SOMETHING SPREAD THIS AGGRESSIVELY THROUGH WESTERN 77 00:05:15,815 --> 00:05:18,918 EUROPE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SAY FRANCE HAS ALREADY 78 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:22,922 SURRENDERED. ( LAUGHTER ) 79 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:35,935 THE HUGE SURGE IN COVID CASES IN WORKERS, COMBINED WITH WINTER 80 00:05:36,002 --> 00:05:38,738 WEATHER, HAS EMPTIED GROCERY STORE SHELVES. 81 00:05:38,805 --> 00:05:40,940 I WENT GROCERY SHOPPING THIS WEEKEND TO PICK UP A FEW THINGS, 82 00:05:41,007 --> 00:05:44,944 MADE A BOLOGNESE, AND I GOT OVER TO THE MEAT DEPARTMENT, AND I 83 00:05:45,011 --> 00:05:48,114 WAS SURPRISED THAT THEY WERE OUT ONE ITEM, AND IT WAS MEAT. 84 00:05:48,181 --> 00:05:50,616 RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SHORTAGES IN A LOT OF THINGS, FROM CREAM 85 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:53,086 CHEESE TO PAPER TOWELS, CHILDREN'S JUICE BOXES, AND CAT 86 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:58,091 FOOD. AND WE DO NOT WANT TO RUN OUT OF 87 00:05:58,157 --> 00:06:03,596 CAT FOOD BECAUSE IF WE DO ALL THEY'LL HAVE LEFT TO EAT... 88 00:06:03,663 --> 00:06:05,798 IS MAN. THEY'VE BEEN WAITING. 89 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:11,437 OH, THEY'VE BEEN WAITING. THIS SHORTAGE IS HITTING ITEMS 90 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:15,708 IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING BIRDS EYE FROZEN VEGETABLES AND 91 00:06:15,775 --> 00:06:21,848 SLIM JIM MEAT SNACKS. NOT AMERICA'S MEAT SNACKS! 92 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:23,416 WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SNAP INTO, a CARROT? 93 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:27,887 THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A TUBE FULL OF GREASY HAIR. 94 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:28,921 NOW NATURALLY-- ( LAUGHTER ) 95 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:30,790 THAT HIT HOME. THAT HIT HOME. 96 00:06:30,857 --> 00:06:39,899 I LOVE-- I LOVE-- >> Jon: LIKE THE SLIM JIMS? 97 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:41,434 >> Stephen: NATURALLY, THIS IS CAUSING PRICES TO GO UP. 98 00:06:41,501 --> 00:06:44,937 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NUMBERS, INFLATION SOARED 7% IN THE PAST 99 00:06:45,004 --> 00:06:47,440 YEAR, THE MOST SINCE 1982. AND REMEMBER, BACK IN '82, THE 100 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:51,944 PRICE OF AN AIRLINE TICKET WAS SO HIGH, AMERICANS WERE FORCED 101 00:06:52,011 --> 00:06:55,114 TO TRAVEL VIA ALIEN-POWERED SKY BIKE. 102 00:06:55,181 --> 00:07:00,887 ( LAUGHTER ) SUPPLY PROBLEMS, USED CAR PRICES 103 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:02,855 ARE UP MORE THAN 37%. SO THE USED CAR FOLKS ARE 104 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:04,891 GETTING RICH. IN FACT, I SAW ONE OF THOSE 105 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:12,899 INFLATABLE FLOPPY GUYS DRIVING A TESLA. 106 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:16,903 ( LAUGHTER ) LUXURY CARS ARE ALSO DOING WELL. 107 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:21,240 ROLLS-ROYCE SET AN ALL-TIME SALES RECORD IN 2021 FOR A VERY 108 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:25,278 TROUBLING REASON ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY'S C.E.O., TORSTEN 109 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:29,282 MULLER-OTVOS-- WHOSE NAME, OBVIOUSLY, IS AN ANAGRAM FOR 110 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:35,321 "TORMENTOR LOVES SLUT." ( LAUGHTER ) 111 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:38,324 DON'T KNOW WHY. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS, BUT IT 112 00:07:38,391 --> 00:07:41,260 IS. THAT'S TRUE. 113 00:07:41,327 --> 00:07:44,597 OTVOS TOLD THE "FINANCIAL TIMES," "QUITE A LOT OF PEOPLE 114 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:47,800 WITNESSED PEOPLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY DYING FROM COVID. 115 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:51,003 THAT MAKES THEM THINK LIFE CAN BE SHORT, AND YOU'D BETTER LIVE 116 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:53,239 NOW RATHER THAN POSTPONE IT TO A LATER DATE." 117 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:56,142 IT'S ALL SUMMED UP IN THEIR SLOGAN: 118 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,644 "LIFE IS TOO SHORT NOT TO LOOK LIKE A HUGE DOUCHE." 119 00:07:58,711 --> 00:08:02,615 ( LAUGHTER ) I'M HAPPY-- GOTTA ACT. 120 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:04,116 GOTTA ACT NOW. THINK ABOUT IT. 121 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:09,255 THINK ABOUT IT. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THERE COULD BE 122 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:13,259 HOPE ON THE HORIZON. EXPERTS THINK OMICRON MAY BE 123 00:08:13,326 --> 00:08:17,797 HEADED FOR A RAPID DROP IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. 124 00:08:17,864 --> 00:08:20,800 YES, THE WORST OF IT COULD BE OVER BY MARCH, AND BY THE 125 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:22,034 SUMMER, OMICRON WILL BE SO OUT OF THE HEADLINES, ITS PUBLICIST 126 00:08:22,101 --> 00:08:23,903 WILL BOOK IT ON "DANCING WITH THE STARS." 127 00:08:23,970 --> 00:08:29,876 ( LAUGHTER ) UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, THE 128 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:36,449 TRUE DAILY CASE NUMBER HAS ALREADY PEAKED, HITTING SIX 129 00:08:36,515 --> 00:08:39,252 MILLION ON JANUARY 6. JANUARY 6?! 130 00:08:39,318 --> 00:08:41,087 THAT'S A STRANGE COINCIDENCE. CAN WE SEE OMICRON UNDER A 131 00:08:41,153 --> 00:08:45,258 MICROSCOPE? AH-HA! 132 00:08:45,324 --> 00:08:59,772 ( LAUGHTER ) MORE PROMISING NEWS: ACCORDING 133 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:03,175 TO A RECENT STUDY, COVID LOSES 50% OF ITS ABILITY TO INFECT 134 00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:05,278 AFTER 10 SECONDS IN OFFICE AIR. I'M NOT SURPRISED. 135 00:09:05,344 --> 00:09:06,479 A LOT OF PEOPLE LOSE THEIR WILL TO REPRODUCE WHEN THEY'RE 136 00:09:06,545 --> 00:09:13,252 IN A DEAD-END OFFICE JOB. COVID SHOULD TRY BUYING A FUN 137 00:09:13,319 --> 00:09:16,455 MUG, OR MAYBE A YOGA BALL CHAIR. WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FROM A 138 00:09:16,522 --> 00:09:19,292 SOURCE NOT KNOWN FOR IT: FLORIDA. 139 00:09:19,358 --> 00:09:27,066 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 140 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:29,969 AND DAD HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN AT THE NEWS MUSEUM-- 141 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:35,741 RON DeESANTIS. EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED 142 00:09:35,808 --> 00:09:38,711 THAT GOVERNOR DeSANTIS ALLOWED UP TO A MILLION OF FLORIDA'S 143 00:09:38,778 --> 00:09:41,781 COVID TESTS EXPIRE IN A WAREHOUSE. 144 00:09:41,847 --> 00:09:45,851 NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A FLORIDA WAREHOUSE, UNLESS YOU 145 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:49,322 PLACED YOUR BETS ON THE RIGHT COKED-UP SNAPPING TURTLE. 146 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:53,793 LUCKILY, THE FEDS STEPPED IN TO SAVE THE DAY, BECAUSE 147 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:57,897 YESTERDAY, THE F.D.A. ANNOUNCED THEY'VE EXTENDED THE SHELF LIFE 148 00:09:57,964 --> 00:10:02,234 FOR THE EXPIRED TEST KITS. THIS IS GREAT-- YEAH, SURE, GIVE 149 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:06,405 IT UP FOR EXPIRED TEST KITS. ( APPLAUSE ) 150 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:15,948 FOR FOLKS DOWN IN FLORIDA WHO NEED TESTS. 151 00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:17,283 BUT IT'S EVEN BETTER FOR ME, BECAUSE THE F.D.A. IS FINALLY 152 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,485 CONFIRMING WHAT I'VE KNOWN FOR YEARS: EXPIRATION DATES ARE A 153 00:10:19,552 --> 00:10:20,953 MYTH, A MERE SUGGESTION. IF THEY WEREN'T, WHY WOULD I 154 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:29,729 STILL HAVE THIS ACTUAL CAN OF SAUSAGE THAT I ACTUALLY KEEP 155 00:10:29,795 --> 00:10:33,766 IN MY ACTUAL OFFICE THAT IS ACTUALLY FROM THE 1970s? 156 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:40,506 ( LAUGHTER ) SAUSAGE, YOU MAY BE? 157 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:47,413 I WAS A YOUNG ACTOR IN CHICAGO, YOUNG AND HUNGRY. 158 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,281 SO MY LOVING MOTHER SENT ME A CARE PACKAGE WITH A BUNCH OF 159 00:10:49,348 --> 00:10:56,122 RAMEN NOODLES, AND FOR SOME REASON, AT THE LAST MINUTE, 160 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:58,758 THREW IN THIS CAN OF SAUSAGE THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN HER 161 00:10:58,824 --> 00:11:05,264 I REMEMBER THIS CAN AS A CHILD, MEANING, THE CHURCH FOOD DRIVE 162 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:09,268 SAID, "NO, THANK YOU." AND I HAVE KEPT THIS CAN OF 163 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:11,937 SAUSAGE EVER SINCE-- IT RATTLES A LITTLE. 164 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:13,973 AND 35 YEARS LATER, THE INGREDIENTS SOUND DELICIOUS: 165 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:20,112 PORK STOMACHS, BEEF LIPS, COOKED BEEF FAT TISSUE SOLIDS, CEREAL, 166 00:11:20,179 --> 00:11:22,748 WATER, BEEF. ( LAUGHTER ) 167 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:33,959 FLAVORING-- AS IF SALT ISN'T FLAVORING ENOUGH-- SODIUM 168 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:35,961 NITRITE. SO THANKS TO THE F.D.A.S NEW 169 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:39,965 RULING, I COULD OPEN THIS AND AND ENJOY THEM, JUST LIKE THE 170 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:46,439 DAY THEY WERE CANNED. BUT I WON'T, BECAUSE THE CAN 171 00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:51,177 ON THE LABEL, COMMANDS ME TO, "SERVE AS ILLUSTRATED." 172 00:11:51,243 --> 00:11:57,883 NOT SERVING SUGGESTION, "AS ILLUSTRATED." 173 00:11:57,950 --> 00:11:59,218 AND, UNFORTUNATELY, I LEFT MY CANOF FRIED EGGS AT HOME. 174 00:11:59,285 --> 00:12:00,486 SO TO ANYONE WATCHING-- AND ESPECIALLY MY WIFE, EVIE, WHO 175 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:03,789 WOULD NOT LET ME KEEP THIS CAN OF SAUSAGES AT HOME ANYMORE-- 176 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:09,929 THAT'S WHY IT'S AT MY OFFICE. THESE ARE STILL GOOD. 177 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:12,431 AND THAT'S NOT ME SAYING IT. IT'S THE FOOD "AND" DRUG 178 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:15,935 ADMINISTRATION. AND THESE SAUSAGES ARE 179 00:12:16,001 --> 00:12:18,838 DEFINITELY FOOD "OR" DRUGS-- AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO 180 00:12:18,904 --> 00:12:23,943 GUESS BOTOX. THANKS, MOM. 181 00:12:24,009 --> 00:12:26,779 SPEAKING OF DRUGS, A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND-- 182 00:12:26,846 --> 00:12:35,955 ( APPLAUSE ) WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN MY 183 00:12:36,021 --> 00:12:39,458 MOTHER PACKED THAT CARDBOARD BOX AND PUT THAT CAN IN THERE SHE 184 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:43,429 SAID, "THIS WILL BE A GOOD JOKE 35 YEARS FROM NOW. 185 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:44,864 HE'LL USE THIS. HE'LL USE THIS. 186 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:50,236 THE. ♪ ♪ ♪ 187 00:12:50,302 --> 00:12:53,072 A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THAT CANNABIS COMPOUNDS STOPPED 188 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,907 INFECTION BY THE COVID-19 VIRUS. GREAT NEWS FOR ALL THE TEENAGERS 189 00:12:54,974 --> 00:12:57,776 WHOSE PARENTS FIND WEED IN THEIR ROOM: 190 00:12:57,843 --> 00:13:01,413 "OH, MOM, I SEE YOU FOUND THE COVID-STOPPING COMPOUNDS THAT I 191 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,850 HID IN MY SOCK DRAWER. THOSE AREN'T MINE. 192 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:10,890 NO, NO. THOSE AREN'T MINE. 193 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:12,224 I'M JUST HOLDING THEM FOR MY FRIEND, TONY FAUCI." 194 00:13:12,291 --> 00:13:13,559 HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: APPARENTLY, A COMPOUND FOUND IN CANNABIS 195 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,829 PREVENTS THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID FROM PENETRATING HEALTHY 196 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:20,933 HUMAN CELLS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE POT ENTERS 197 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:21,901 THE BODY AND ASKS COVID, "ARE YOU A CELL? 198 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:25,504 YOU HAVE TO TELL ME IF YOU'RE A CELL." 199 00:13:25,571 --> 00:13:29,942 ( LAUGHTER ) THE SCIENCE HERE, LET ME REMIND 200 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:32,945 YOU, THIS STUDY HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE C.D.C.'S STONER 201 00:13:33,012 --> 00:13:39,952 NEPHEW: "THE T.H.C." 202 00:13:40,019 --> 00:13:43,923 THAT GIRL IS CLAPPING A LITTLE TOO HARD RIGHT THERE. 203 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:46,325 NOW, TECHNICALLY, THESE ARE COMPOUNDS THAT HAVE TO BE 204 00:13:46,392 --> 00:13:47,927 EXTRACTED FROM THE PLANT AND NOT SMOKED. 205 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:50,963 BUT THERE'S ANECDOTAL SUPPORT FOR THE COVID -FIGHTING 206 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:54,967 PROPERTIES OF WEED ITSELF, BECAUSE AS OF TODAY-- AND THIS 207 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:57,970 IS TRUE-- THREE PEOPLE WHO'VE YET TO GET COVID ARE 208 00:13:58,037 --> 00:14:01,407 SETH ROGEN, WILLIE NELSON, AND SNOOP DOGG. 209 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:04,410 THAT'S WHY SNOOP'S TEAMING UP AGAIN WITH TRUSTED 210 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:10,916 EPIDEMIOLOGIST DR. DRE FOR THEIR NEW ALBUM, "THE OMICHRONIC." 211 00:14:10,983 --> 00:14:12,918 ( LAUGHTER ) TONIGHT. 212 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:15,921 MY GUEST IS CAITRIÍONA BALFE. BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, A 213 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,423 BUSINESS GETS THE "COLBERT SMALL-BIZ BUMP" FOR THE SECOND 214 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:20,125 TIME! THE DOUBLE BUMP! 215 00:14:20,192 --> 00:14:22,861 STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ ♪ 216 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,863 ( APPLAUSE ) 217 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:00,966 STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 218 00:15:19,985 --> 00:15:23,922 VERY-- I'M VERY EXCITED TO TALK TO OUR GUEST TONIGHT, CAITRIONA 219 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:26,325 BALFE IS HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU-- DID YOU 220 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:29,928 EVER SEE THE SEXY SCOTTISH THING "OUTLANDER." 221 00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:31,597 SHE'S ALL SEXY AND SCOTTISH IN THAT. 222 00:15:31,664 --> 00:15:33,565 >> Jon: OH, WOW. >> Stephen: ACTUALLY, SHE'S 223 00:15:33,632 --> 00:15:38,337 ENGLISH, ACTUALLY, BUT IT TAKES PLACE IN MEDIEVAL SCOTLAND, I 224 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:39,938 THINK. I MORE THAN THINK, I KNOW, 225 00:15:40,005 --> 00:15:42,474 BECAUSE I'VE SEEN THE SEXINESS. AND SHE'S ON HERE. 226 00:15:42,541 --> 00:15:45,210 SHE WAS JUST NOMINATED THIS MORNING, RIGHT, FOR A SAG AWARD 227 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:49,415 FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN KENNETH BRANAGH'S "BELFAST," 228 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:53,285 EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. EXTRAORDINARY MOVIE, 229 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:57,389 EXTRAORDINARY MOVIE. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 230 00:15:57,456 --> 00:16:01,093 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, KEANU REEVES IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE 231 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:03,929 IN JUST A MOMENT TO TAKE THE COLBERT QUESTIONERT AS WELL. 232 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:10,002 ( APPLAUSE ) LATE SHOW" KNOW THAT FROM TIME 233 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:12,905 TO TIME, WE LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE 234 00:16:12,971 --> 00:16:15,941 COUNTRY THAT COULD USE A BOOST, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC. 235 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:20,012 RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, WE EVEN MADE A COMMERCIAL FOR A 236 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:23,115 SMALL BUSINESS THAT COULD USE A BUMP IN NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA, 237 00:16:23,182 --> 00:16:25,384 CALLED "REDMON'S POPCORN," THAT FEATURED FRIEND OF THE SHOW 238 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:30,589 NICK OFFERMAN. AND BECAUSE REDMON'S CALLS 239 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:33,392 ITSELF THE "LUXURY VEHICLE OF POPCORN," OUR AD WENT A LITTLE 240 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:39,898 SOMETHING LIKE THIS: >> REDMON'S POPCORN: 241 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:45,404 UNPARALLELED DESIGN, UNRIVALED COMFORT, AND ABLE TO POP FROM 242 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:53,412 ZERO TO 60 IN 2.3 SECONDS. HOW DOES REDMON'S GET EVERY BITE 243 00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:57,216 PERFECTLY COATED WITH FLAVOR? LET'S JUST SAY THEY GO THE EXTRA 244 00:16:57,282 --> 00:16:58,484 MILE. >> Stephen: AND OUR COMMERCIAL 245 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:01,387 WORKED! BECAUSE THE VERY NEXT DAY, 246 00:17:01,453 --> 00:17:06,291 REDMON'S POPCORN HAD A LINE OUT THE DOOR. 247 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:08,460 PROVING-- ( APPLAUSE ) 248 00:17:08,527 --> 00:17:12,264 THAT IS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE. THAT'S GREAT. 249 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:14,900 PROVING IT'S NOT ONLY LIKE A LUXURY VEHICLE. 250 00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:16,902 IT'S ALSO LIKE THE D.M.V. AND ONE OF THOSE CUSTOMERS WAS 251 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:20,372 NONE OTHER THAN THE MAYOR OF NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA HERSELF, WHO'S 252 00:17:20,439 --> 00:17:26,912 NAME IS-- SAY IT WITH ME-- >> Audience: KATHI HEMKEN! 253 00:17:26,979 --> 00:17:28,914 >> Stephen: NO SURPRISE. A LOT OF HEMKEN HEADS IN THE 254 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:30,883 AUDIENCE TONIGHT. SHOP OWNER, ZACK REDMON, 255 00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:34,353 DESCRIBED HIS EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS: 256 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:37,923 ( PHONE RINGING ) BEEN HOT. 257 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:41,927 IT JUST KEEPS-- CALLS, EMAILS, TEXTS. 258 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:43,028 IT'S CRAZY, SO... IT'S A GOOD THING. 259 00:17:43,095 --> 00:17:45,063 >> Stephen: YEAH, IT WAS GREAT NEWS FOR ZACK AND HIS 260 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:47,933 BUSINESS. ALTHOUGH, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE 261 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,736 MAY HAVE BEEN CALLING TO INFORM HIM THAT LABELED HIS 262 00:17:50,803 --> 00:17:55,908 BUSINESS REDMON'S "POOPCORN." WHICH IS "NOT" A SMALL BUSINESS 263 00:17:55,974 --> 00:17:59,945 ENDORSED BY "THE LATE SHOW." UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS ONE BIG 264 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,580 DOWNSIDE TO ALL THIS ATTENTION, AND THAT'S THAT JUST TWO DAYS 265 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,850 AFTER THE AD AIRED, REDMON HAD TO CLOSE HIS SHOP BECAUSE COUNTY 266 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:10,088 OFFICIALS INFORMED HIM THAT HE NEEDS TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL 267 00:18:10,155 --> 00:18:11,323 KITCHEN, AND THAT IT'S A HAZARD FOR HIM TO HAVE A LINE OF 268 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,559 CUSTOMERS IN HIS STORE. YES, WE ALL KNOW THE NUMBER -ONE 269 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:18,096 HAZARD AT ANY STORE IS PEOPLE WANTING TO BE THERE. 270 00:18:18,163 --> 00:18:22,901 THAT'S WHY THE SAFEST BUSINESS IN AMERICA IS UNCLE GIUSEPPE'S 271 00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:28,907 USED RETAINER SHOPPE. ( LAUGHTER ) 272 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:32,911 TO HEAR THIS. BUT TONIGHT, I HAVE SOME GREAT 273 00:18:32,978 --> 00:18:34,413 NEWS: REDMON'S POPCORN HAS RESOLVED THEIR ISSUES AND IS NOW 274 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:43,922 OFFICIALLY BACK IN BUSINESS! AND TO CELEBRATE REDMON'S GRAND 275 00:18:43,989 --> 00:18:47,926 REOPENING, WE HERE AT "THE LATE SHOW" TOOK OUT A GIANT BILLBOARD 276 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:50,929 AD IN TIMES SQUARE! TURNS OUT, THOSE ARE VERY 277 00:18:50,996 --> 00:18:55,234 EXPENSIVE, SO WE DID IT, BUT WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET A LITTLE 278 00:18:55,300 --> 00:19:00,873 AMOUNT OF TIME BY PREEMPTING A BILLBOARD FOR ANOTHER CBS SHOW. 279 00:19:00,939 --> 00:19:02,708 TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TODAY IN TIMES SQUARE. 280 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:06,612 JOE, A DRUM ROLL PLEASE? ( DRUM ROLL ) 281 00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:16,755 AND THERE IT GOES! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 282 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:25,898 WORLD, BABY, CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD. 283 00:19:25,964 --> 00:19:30,269 >> Jon: I LIKE THAT! >> Stephen: UP IN LIGHTS! 284 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:32,905 CONGRATULATIONS TO ZACK REDMON ON HIS REOPENING. 285 00:19:32,971 --> 00:19:34,139 CHECK OUT THEIR SHOP OR VISIT THEM ONLINE AT: 286 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:38,143 redmonspopcorn.com. YOU CAN ENJOY THE POPCORN EATEN 287 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,679 BY CELEBRITIES LIKE NICK OFFERMAN AND THE MAYOR OF 288 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:43,916 NEW HOPE, MINNESOTA, HERSELF: >> Audience: KATHI HEMKEN! 289 00:19:43,982 --> 00:19:46,685 >> Stephen: EVERYBODY LOVES HER. 290 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:50,722 REDMON'S POPCORN: THE PERFECT SNACK TO ENJOY WHILE WATCHING 291 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:54,059 "GHOSTS," RIGHT HERE ON CBS, THURSDAYS AT: 292 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,929 >> Audience: 9:00 P.M.! >> Stephen: AND WE WANT TO KEEP 293 00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,664 HIGHLIGHTING OTHER GREAT BUSINESSES OUT THERE, SO IF YOU 294 00:19:58,730 --> 00:20:02,134 HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT COULD USE THE BUMP, JUST POST TO 295 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:08,106 SOCIAL MEDIA USING THE HASHTAG #ColbertSmallBizBump 296 00:20:08,173 --> 00:20:12,611 AND TELL US WHAT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS MAKES IT SPECIAL. 297 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:14,012 WHETHER YOU'VE GOT A FUNERAL PARLOR IN PARADISE OR AN 298 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:16,281 AMUSEMENT PARK IN BORING, YOU COULD BE THE NEXT TO GET A SMALL 299 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:18,150 BIZ BUMP. WHEN WE COME BACK, KEANU REEVES 300 00:20:18,216 --> 00:20:20,218 TAKES THE COLBERT QUESTIONERT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 301 00:20:33,031 --> 00:20:35,968 I'M BACK HERE WITH KEANU REEVES. KEANU YOU'RE ALWAYS GREAT TO 302 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:37,069 TALK TO. >> THAT'S KIND. 303 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:40,872 >> Stephen: AND IT'S ALWAYS AN HONEST CONVERSATION, AN 304 00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:43,108 INTERESTING CONVERSATION, WITH REALLY SURPRISING ANSWERS. 305 00:20:43,175 --> 00:20:46,211 EVERYBODY LOVES SEEING YOU. BUT HERE'S THE THING IS THAT 306 00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:49,481 PEOPLE THINK I GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT I'M INTERVIEWING, 307 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:52,517 AND IT'S SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO ACTUALLY PENETRATE TO 308 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:53,785 THE SOUL. >> SURE. 309 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:56,688 >> Stephen: OF A HUMAN BEING. AND I REALLY WANT TO KNOW MY 310 00:20:56,755 --> 00:21:00,659 GUESTS ON A DEEPER LEVEL. SO WHAT WE DID HERE, "THE LATE 311 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:04,296 SHOW"" LABS PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF 15 QUESTIONS. 312 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:07,933 >> OKAY. >> Stephen: AFTER WHICH, ONCE 313 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,368 THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED. 314 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:13,271 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: THE GUEST IS KNOWN 315 00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:15,073 FULLY. >> OH, THE WHOLE THING. 316 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:16,375 >> Stephen: THEY ARE FULLY KNOWN. 317 00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:19,411 >> THE WHOLE 15 QUESTIONS! >> Stephen: 15 QUESTIONS. 318 00:21:19,478 --> 00:21:22,347 I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ONE OF THE MAJOR 319 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:25,417 INSPIRATIONS FOR DOING THE COLBERT QUESTIONERT, BECAUSE 320 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:27,819 SEVERAL YEARS AGO I ASKED YOU A QUESTION ONE OF THE QUESTIONS 321 00:21:27,886 --> 00:21:30,355 I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU. I HAVE YOUR ANSWER HERE. 322 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:32,858 BUT I'LL GET TO IT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THE 323 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:35,794 ANSWER YOU GAVE US FROM ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS, JUST A RANDOM 324 00:21:35,861 --> 00:21:39,264 QUESTION I ASKED YOU IN AN INTERVIEW, ACTUALLY LED TO THE 325 00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:41,733 QUESTIONNAIRE AND PEOPLE WILL KNOW IT WHEN I GET TO IT. 326 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,436 ARE YOU READY TO BE KNOWN, KEANU REEVES? 327 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:47,139 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. ♪ ♪ ♪ 328 00:21:47,205 --> 00:21:48,974 >> Stephen: KEANU REEVES. >> YES. 329 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:53,311 >> Stephen: WHAT IS THE BEST SANDWICH? 330 00:21:53,378 --> 00:21:56,448 >> BEST SANDWICH, YOU MEAN, LIKE, FOR ME? 331 00:21:56,515 --> 00:22:00,052 ( LAUGHTER ). ANSWER FOR? 332 00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:03,855 ( LAUGHTER ). UP AT YOUR LAB A WHOLE KIND OF, 333 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:08,293 YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD GO INTO THE BEST SANDWICH-- BALANCE OF 334 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:09,661 FLAVORS AND -- >> Stephen: THAT IS A VALID-- 335 00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:12,431 THAT IS A VALID, IF HOSTILE RESPONSE. 336 00:22:12,497 --> 00:22:14,633 >> OKAY, I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION. 337 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:18,036 I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION -- >> Stephen: FOR YOU, KEANU 338 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,438 REEVES. I WANT TO KNOW YOU. 339 00:22:19,504 --> 00:22:20,939 I DON'T WANT TO KNOW SANDWICHES. TO KEANU REEVES, WHAT IS THE 340 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:25,243 BEST SANDWICH, SIR? >> TODAY I'M GOING TO CHOOSE 341 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:31,583 TOASTED CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER WITH A-- TOAST-- CRUNCHY PENET 342 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:35,821 BUTTER WITH HONEY. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 343 00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:39,958 >> Stephen: BOLD. >> YEAH. 344 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:41,860 SWEET AND SAVORY AND CRUNCH. >> Stephen: WHAT'S THE ONE 345 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:43,729 THING THAT YOU OWN THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD THROW OUT? 346 00:22:43,795 --> 00:22:46,465 >> OH, GOSH. ONE THING I OWN THAT I SHOULD 347 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:53,205 REALLY THROW OUT? I SHOULD REALLY THROW IT AWAY, 348 00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:57,209 REEVES! WHAT'S IN YOUR-- WHAT-- IT'S SO 349 00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:59,411 DIFFICULT FOR ME TO THROW THINGS AWAY. 350 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:03,081 I'M A BIT OF A PACK RAT. >> Stephen: LOOK AT YOUR 351 00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:04,516 ATTIC. LOOK AT YOUR GARAGE IN YOUR 352 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:06,184 MIND. >> WHAT SHOULD I THROW AWAY? 353 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,619 I DON'T WANT TO THROW ANYTHING AWAY. 354 00:23:07,686 --> 00:23:09,955 YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. 355 00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:12,457 IT'S TOO MUCH. >> Stephen: DO YOU LIVE A 356 00:23:12,524 --> 00:23:14,493 SPARTAN LIFE? IS THERE NOTHING-- 357 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:17,996 >> OBVIOUSLY, NOT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, SO 358 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:18,797 NOTHING. EVERYTHING IS ESSENTIAL. 359 00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:21,600 >> IT IS RIGHT NOW. ( LAUGHTER ) 360 00:23:21,666 --> 00:23:27,939 SCARIEST ANIMAL? >> SCARIEST ANIMAL? 361 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:37,215 YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID, I ALWAYS-- SPIDERS. 362 00:23:37,282 --> 00:23:40,452 >> Stephen: YES, SIR. >> SPIDER WITH THE THING AND -- 363 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:41,720 >> Stephen: 100%. THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER. 364 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:45,223 THAT'S A GOOD ANSWER. >> Stephen: APPLES OR ORANGES? 365 00:23:45,290 --> 00:23:47,192 >> APPLES. >> Stephen: YES, BECAUSE YOU 366 00:23:47,259 --> 00:23:49,227 CAN PUT CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER ON AN APPLE. 367 00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:51,363 WHAT A COMBINATION. >> IT'S SO GOOD. 368 00:23:51,429 --> 00:23:53,498 IT'S SO GOOD. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER 369 00:23:53,565 --> 00:23:55,600 ASKED SOMEONE FOR THEIR AUTOGRAPH? 370 00:23:55,667 --> 00:24:00,005 >> YES. >> Stephen: MAY I ASK WHOM. 371 00:24:00,071 --> 00:24:02,407 >> LOU REED. >> Stephen: DID YOU GET IT? 372 00:24:02,474 --> 00:24:07,212 >> YES, BUT IT WASN'T FOR ME. IT WAS FOR A FRIEND. 373 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:08,713 >> Stephen: IT WAS FOR A FRIEND, ALL RIGHT. 374 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:12,350 >> AND HE WAS COOL ABOUT IT. >> Stephen: LOU REED WAS COOL 375 00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:13,819 ABOUT IT? >> YES. 376 00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:15,187 >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT THE FRIEND? 377 00:24:15,253 --> 00:24:17,189 >> IT WAS COOL. IT WAS A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER 378 00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:19,825 AND BLUE INK. IT WAS GOOD. 379 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:23,895 IT JUST SAID, "LOU REED." >> Stephen: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 380 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:28,633 REALLY DISAPPOINTING IF IT DIDN'T SAY LOU REED. 381 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:32,037 >> IT COULD HAVE SAID, "ALL MY BEST." 382 00:24:32,103 --> 00:24:37,175 >> Stephen: WITH ADMIRATION, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, DON'T EVER 383 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:43,381 CHCHANGE. LOU REEDEAD. 384 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:49,020 HAPPY HANUKKAH, LOU REED." THIS IS THE ONE I ASKED YOU 385 00:24:49,087 --> 00:24:51,256 BEFORE. >> I ASKED FOR ANOTHER ONE. 386 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:53,859 GEORGE CARLIN. >> Stephen: DID YOU GET 387 00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:54,960 CARLIN'S? I'M SO JEALOUS. 388 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,962 I'M SUCH A FAN. >> YEAH, YEAH. 389 00:24:57,028 --> 00:24:58,163 IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL. 390 00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,498 BUT, YEAH, HE GAVE ME AN AUTOGRAPH. 391 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:02,634 >> Stephen: WOW. >> AND, YEAH. 392 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:07,539 >> Stephen: THAT WAS FOR YOU. >> UH, YEAH, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I 393 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:10,642 CAN'T SWEAR ON THIS SHOW, RIGHT? NO. 394 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:12,711 >> Stephen: YOU CAN SWEAR, SURE GO AHEAD. 395 00:25:12,777 --> 00:25:16,514 >> BUT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY, BECAUSE GEORGE CARLIN, HE-- HE 396 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:23,355 WROTE-- WHAT DID HE WRITE. HE WROTE I THINK WAS, "DEAR 397 00:25:23,421 --> 00:25:24,856 KEANU ( BLEEP ) YOU." YEAH. 398 00:25:24,923 --> 00:25:26,491 >> Stephen: THAT'S PRETTY GREAT. 399 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:28,393 >> YEAH. ( APPLAUSE ) 400 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:31,730 >> AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS -- >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY SWEET. 401 00:25:31,796 --> 00:25:34,733 >> AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT HE JUST WROTE THAT FOR ME. 402 00:25:34,799 --> 00:25:38,670 AND THEN I MET SOMEONE ELSE WHO SAID THAT HE WROTE THE SAME 403 00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:41,606 THING TO THEM. ( LAUGHTER ) 404 00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:45,243 >> YEAH! ANYWAY... BEAUTIFUL. 405 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:48,680 ( LAUGHTER ) QUESTION I'VE ASKED YOU BEFORE 406 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:51,583 THAT INSPIRED THE ENTIRE COLBERT QUESTIONERT SERIES. 407 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:55,120 I ASKED YOU, "WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?" 408 00:25:55,186 --> 00:26:01,393 AND YOU ANSWERED SEVERAL YEARS AGO... 409 00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:06,097 >> I KNOW THAT THE ONES WHO LOVE US WILL MISUS. 410 00:26:06,164 --> 00:26:07,966 >> Stephen: WHICH IS A LOVELY ANSWER. 411 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,335 WOULD YOU LIKE TO AMEND THAT ANSWER ANY WAY? 412 00:26:10,402 --> 00:26:12,570 >> NO, I DON'T WANT TO AMEND THAT. 413 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:15,907 YOU'RE ASKING ME AGAIN? >> Stephen: NO, WE CAN MOVE 414 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:17,042 ON. YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE ANSWER. 415 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:19,377 >> OKAY. >> Stephen: THAT ONE HAS BEEN 416 00:26:19,444 --> 00:26:21,780 BANKED. WE HAVE THAT ONE ON FILE. 417 00:26:21,846 --> 00:26:25,250 FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE? >> Stephen: OH, GOFN. 418 00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:26,651 >> Stephen: AND YOU CAN BE IN IT. 419 00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:28,553 IT'S OKAY IF YOU'RE IN IT. >> REALLY? 420 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:31,089 >> Stephen: YOU CAN NAME ONE OF YOUR OWN MOVIES. 421 00:26:31,156 --> 00:26:36,361 >> NO, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID, "ROLLER BALL." 422 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:43,868 >> Stephen: JAMES CAAN. >> "JONATHAN! 423 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:48,940 JONATHAN!" YEAH, VIOLENCE, GAME, SOCIAL 424 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:49,808 COMMENTARY. FANTASTIC. 425 00:26:49,874 --> 00:26:51,176 >> Stephen: WINDOW OR AISLE. >> WINDOW. 426 00:26:51,242 --> 00:26:53,178 >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU DON'T MIND GETTING UP TO GO TO THE 427 00:26:53,244 --> 00:26:55,113 BATHROOM AND MAKING THE PERSON ON THE AISLE TO STAND UP? 428 00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:58,350 >> I HAVE THE VIEW. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE THE VIEW, 429 00:26:58,416 --> 00:26:59,584 OKAY. FAVORITE SMELL? 430 00:26:59,651 --> 00:27:05,190 >> TODAY I'M GOING TO PICK MY 1974 NORTON COMMANDO WHEN THE 431 00:27:05,256 --> 00:27:09,394 ENGINE WARMS UP WHEN YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A GOOD GO. 432 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:13,198 THE OIL IN THE ENGINE HEATS UP, AND THE SMELL THAT COMES OFF THE 433 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:15,400 ENGINE IS REALLY GOOD. ( LAUGHTER ) 434 00:27:15,467 --> 00:27:18,970 >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. 435 00:27:19,037 --> 00:27:21,206 THAT'S NICE. CATS OR DOGS, SIR? 436 00:27:21,272 --> 00:27:22,474 >> DOGS. >> Stephen: DOGS? 437 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:26,778 >> YEAH, BUT I'M STARTING TO REALLY LIKE THE CATS, THOUGH, 438 00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:27,979 TOO. >> Stephen: YOU ONLY GET TO 439 00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:31,850 LISTEN TO ONE SONG FOR THE REST OF YDUR LIFE, WHAT IS IT? 440 00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,985 >> UH... ONE SONG? 441 00:27:34,052 --> 00:27:39,457 I'M GOING TO TAKE JOY DIVISION'S "LOVE WILL TEAR US APART." 442 00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:41,826 >> Stephen: NICE. GOOD RESPONSE OVER THERE. 443 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:43,828 WHAT NUMBER AM I THINKING OF? >> SIX. 444 00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:45,730 >> Stephen: NO. >> THREE. 445 00:27:45,797 --> 00:27:47,766 >> Stephen: YOULONLY GET ONE GUESS. 446 00:27:47,832 --> 00:27:50,602 DESCRIBE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN FIVE WORDS. 447 00:27:50,668 --> 00:27:53,538 >> WHAT? ( LAUGHTER ) 448 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:56,441 >> Stephen: DESCRIBE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN FIVE WORDS. 449 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:58,510 >> WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT. 450 00:27:58,576 --> 00:27:59,978 >> Stephen: IT'S NOT A QUESTION. 451 00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:01,179 IT'S A DEMAND ( LAUGHTER ) 452 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:07,852 >> OKAY, WELL, THEN I'M GOING-- I'M GOING TO BE HOPEFUL. 453 00:28:07,919 --> 00:28:11,823 HEALTH. LOVE. 454 00:28:11,890 --> 00:28:13,858 FRIENDSHIP. CREATE ART. 455 00:28:13,925 --> 00:28:18,930 MOTORCYCLES. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 456 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:25,904 ARE KNOWN. CONGRATULATIONS. 457 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:28,807 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: THANK YOU, KEANU. 458 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:30,875 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 459 00:28:57,001 --> 00:28:59,871 WELCOME BACK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW 460 00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:03,875 MY NEXT GUEST FROM "OUTLANDER," "FORD V. FERRARI," AND NOW, 461 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:07,846 "BELFAST." >> IT'S GOING ALL RIGHT. 462 00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:22,160 I'VE TALKED TO THE COMMITTEE. GET THIS FIXED. 463 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:25,897 >> WHEN I WAS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET AND DRAGGING THEM POOR 464 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:35,640 KIDS. AND I WAS LOOKING IN THE MIRROR. 465 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:48,920 I ASKED MYSELF WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING? 466 00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:50,155 >> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," CAITRIONA 467 00:29:50,221 --> 00:29:54,159 BALFE! ♪ ♪ ♪ 468 00:29:54,225 --> 00:30:01,099 ( APPLAUSE ) WITH MY EVERLASTING LOVE 469 00:30:01,166 --> 00:30:14,579 ♪ NEED YOU BY MY SIDE ♪ >> Stephen: THANKS SO MUCH FOR 470 00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:15,980 BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 471 00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:17,982 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 472 00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:21,319 NOW, SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE, BIG NEWS IN YOUR 473 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:22,720 LIFE. YOU HAVE A CHILD. 474 00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:26,257 YOU'RE A MOTHER NOW. CONGRATULATIONS. 475 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:29,260 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES. >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. 476 00:30:29,327 --> 00:30:31,829 HOW MUCH-- THIS WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, RIGHT? 477 00:30:31,896 --> 00:30:34,766 IT WAS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 478 00:30:34,832 --> 00:30:37,902 >> HE'S ALMOST FIVE MONTHS. >> Stephen: ALMOST FIVE 479 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:39,170 MONTHS. HOW MUCH SLEEP ARE YOU GETTING? 480 00:30:39,237 --> 00:30:42,207 >> WELL, I MEAN, I WAS EXCITED TO COME HERE, BUT I WAS VERY 481 00:30:42,273 --> 00:30:45,877 EXCITED TO SIT ON A PLANE FOR SIX HOURS AND SLEEP. 482 00:30:45,944 --> 00:30:47,946 SO I WAS -- >> Stephen: SO THE RED EYE IS 483 00:30:48,012 --> 00:30:50,281 A RELIEF. >> THE RED EYE WAS PROBABLY THE 484 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:52,951 MOST SLEEP I'VE HAD IN SIX, SEVEN MONTHS, YEAH. 485 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:55,253 >> Stephen: ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW-- I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO 486 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,789 HAVE THREE KIDS-- AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW, I TRY TO EXPLAIN 487 00:30:57,855 --> 00:31:01,759 IT TO FRIENDS WHO ARE ABOUT TO HAVE KIDS, AND I HAD THIS SAME 488 00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:04,796 EXPERIENCE, PEOPLE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME, BUT UNTIL IT 489 00:31:04,862 --> 00:31:07,498 HAPPENS, IT'S ALL JUST THEORY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SURPRISED 490 00:31:07,565 --> 00:31:09,801 YOU MOST THAT YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN UNTIL NOW? 491 00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:13,004 >> OH, GOD. ALL OF IT. 492 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:17,775 I MEAN, THE LOVE, THE RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S ALL A 493 00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:24,949 LOT. THE NEED FOR MO MOPPING UP. 494 00:31:25,016 --> 00:31:29,554 PUKE OR PEE, OR THE OTHER. IT'S JUST A LOT OF THINGS COME 495 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:31,356 OUT OF A REALLY CUTE LITTLE THING. 496 00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:35,426 IT'S LIKE HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> Stephen: NOW, THE-- JUST 497 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:39,464 TODAY, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR SCREEN ACTOR'S 498 00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:40,665 GUILD AWARD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 499 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,533 >> Stephen: WELL DESERVED. >> THANK YOU. 500 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,572 ( APPLAUSE ) >> YEAH. 501 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:51,276 >> Stephen: OF THE MOVIE "BELFAST," WHICH, AS I SAID TO 502 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:53,878 KENNETH BRANAGH WHEN HE WAS ON HERE, THE DIRECTOR AND THE 503 00:31:53,945 --> 00:32:00,551 WRITER OF "BELFAST," IT'S A HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL MOVIE. 504 00:32:00,618 --> 00:32:05,890 IIT HAS JUST STAYED WITH ME AS F I JUST WATCHED IT, EVEN THOUGH I 505 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:08,559 SAW IT MONTHS AGO. AND IT'S SUCH A WONDERFULLY 506 00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:11,329 IRISH MOVIE. IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S SAD AND IT'S 507 00:32:11,396 --> 00:32:16,534 FUNNY ABOUT BEING SAD, WHICH IS JUST INCREDIBLE. 508 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,603 >> WHAT IRISH PEOPLE DO WELL. >> Stephen: EXACTLY. 509 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:21,906 AS SOMEONE WHO IS IRISH YOURSELF, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR 510 00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:26,611 YOU TO TELL THIS STORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLES IN 511 00:32:26,678 --> 00:32:28,646 '69? >> I MEAN, IT WAS-- YOU KNOW, I 512 00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:30,915 THINK FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IT BECAME VERY PERSONAL. 513 00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:33,885 YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS KEN'S VERY SPECIFIC STORY BUT, YOU 514 00:32:33,951 --> 00:32:38,890 KNOW, WHEN I READ IT FIRST, I FELT LIKE I RECOGNIZED MINE, I 515 00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:43,227 FELT LIKE IT WAS PARALLEL'S TO MY MOM AND HER JOURNEY AND ALSO 516 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:47,532 AS SOMEBODY WHO LEFT IRELAND AT 18, I FELT A LOT OF THAT KIND O 517 00:32:47,598 --> 00:32:49,567 OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE AND WHAT IT IS 518 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:54,238 TO SORT OF LOSE THAT-- THAT GROUNDING OF HOME AND SORT OF BE 519 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:57,842 SEARCHING FOR IT AGAIN. YOU KNOW, IT JUST SPOKE TO ME IN 520 00:32:57,909 --> 00:33:00,578 SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALSO WHAT 521 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:05,383 IT HAS AT ITS HEART, WHICH IS SO GORGEOUS, IT HAS THIS MESSAGE OF 522 00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:08,152 TOLERANCE WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK ESPECIALLY AT THIS MOMENT 523 00:33:08,219 --> 00:33:10,855 EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN 524 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:13,558 ALL GET A BIG DOSE OF. >> Stephen: YES. 525 00:33:13,624 --> 00:33:15,460 >> YOU KNOW? >> Stephen: FOR THE PEOPLE WHO 526 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:18,396 HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET-- ( APPLAUSE ) 527 00:33:18,463 --> 00:33:25,303 IT YET, IT-- YOU ARE THE MOTHER OF A FAMILY THAT IS A PROTESTANT 528 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:29,073 FAMILY THAT LIVES IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CATHOLICS AND 529 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:30,375 PROTESTANTS LIVE-- >> IN HARMONY. 530 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:33,811 >> Stephen: AMICABLY, AND THAT DOESN'T GO DOWN WELL WITH THOSE 531 00:33:33,878 --> 00:33:37,482 WHO TONIGHT WANT THE NEIGHBORHOODS MIXED, THEY WANT 532 00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:39,851 THEM SEPARATED. >> I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S 533 00:33:39,917 --> 00:33:44,589 A VERY-- DIVISIVENESS IS A VERY CHEAP TOOL FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT 534 00:33:44,655 --> 00:33:47,558 TO CONTROL THINGS AND GAIN POWER AND -- 535 00:33:47,625 --> 00:33:49,594 >> Stephen: IT'S A LAZY POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. 536 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:52,530 >> IT'S A LAZY POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. 537 00:33:52,597 --> 00:33:53,898 UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S USED FAR TOO OFTEN. 538 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:57,735 AND IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE KEN GREW UP, CATHOLIC AND 539 00:33:57,802 --> 00:34:00,138 PROTESTANT FAMILIES WERE LIVING SIDE BY SIDE, NO PROBLEM. 540 00:34:00,204 --> 00:34:02,707 THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL ISSUES IN BELFAST, AND THERE WAS 541 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:07,245 UNREST, BUT IT SORT OF-- IT CAME TO THIS STREET AND, YOU KNOW, 542 00:34:07,311 --> 00:34:11,315 THIS IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF BUDDY WHO IS PLAYED INCREDIBLY 543 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:13,751 BY JUE HILL, THE MOST GORGEOUS KID. 544 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,653 >> Stephen: IT'S AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE. 545 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,723 >> AMAZING PERFORMANCE. AND THE WAY KEN WANTED TO SHOW 546 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:23,694 THIS IS WE'VE HAD LOTS OF FILMS ABOUT NORTHERN ISLAND, ABOUT THE 547 00:34:23,761 --> 00:34:26,230 TROUBLES THAT DEAL WITH THE IDEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF IT. 548 00:34:26,297 --> 00:34:30,568 BUT WHAT KEN REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS DISTILL IT DOWN, SHOW HOW IT 549 00:34:30,635 --> 00:34:35,640 IT AFFECTEDLY ORDINARY, EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T ASK FOR IT AND 550 00:34:35,706 --> 00:34:37,909 WHAT THE EFFECT WAS. AND I THINK HE MANAGED TO DO 551 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:40,044 THAT SO BEAUTIFULLY. >> Stephen: WHEN KENNETH 552 00:34:40,111 --> 00:34:45,817 BRANAGH WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT THE FILM, HE SAID IT'S ABOUT THE 553 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:47,985 HOME-- LEAVING HOME AND THE HOME YOU TAKE WITH YOU. 554 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:50,254 AND YOU WERE JUST SAYING THAT YOU HAVE THESE FEELINGS. 555 00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:54,859 YOU LEFT A SMALL TOWN IN IRELAND NOT FAR FROM THE ACTUAL BORDER 556 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,028 UP THERE. AND I'M CURIOUS, IN WHAT WAYS 557 00:34:57,094 --> 00:35:00,898 HAVE YOU-- HAVE YOU BROUGHT YOUR HOME WITH YOU WHERE YOU GO? 558 00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:05,002 WHAT STAYS WITH YOU? >> I THINK IT ENDS UP BEING THE 559 00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:08,406 PEOPLE THAT YOU GATHER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW MY HUSBAND 560 00:35:08,473 --> 00:35:12,376 AND MY SON I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY HOME AND WHEREVER WE 561 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:17,281 GO, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I-- I'VE 562 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:19,851 DEFINITELY, SINCE I'VE LEFT, I THINK YOU CREATE FAMILY WHEREVER 563 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:24,388 YOU GO BY JUST CREATING BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE AROUND YOU. 564 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,690 SO... >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 565 00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:29,927 BRIEF BREAK, BUT STICK AROUND. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE 566 00:35:29,994 --> 00:35:31,996 CAITRIÍONA BALFE. ♪ ♪ ♪ 567 00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:44,942 CAITRIONA BALFE. THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE YOU 568 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:47,879 TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SMALL TOWN THAT YOU GREW UP IN, 569 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:51,949 AND I'M AFRAID I WILL MISPRONOUNCE THE NAME. 570 00:35:52,016 --> 00:35:53,651 >> MONAHAN. >> Stephen: SO IS THERE-- 571 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:56,954 WASN'T THAT-- IT'S ON THE BORDER. 572 00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:59,891 >> SO IT'S VERY CLOSE. I GREW UP PROBABLY ABOUT SIX, 573 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:02,093 SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF THE BORDER. >> Stephen: THAT'S REALLY 574 00:36:02,159 --> 00:36:03,294 CLOSE. >> REALLY CLOSE. 575 00:36:03,361 --> 00:36:05,363 >> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANY, IN THE LATER YEARS OF THE 576 00:36:05,429 --> 00:36:08,032 TROUBLES, DID YOU HAVE ANY-- WHAT ARE YOUR MEMORIES OF THAT 577 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:09,400 AS A CHILD? DID IT AFFECT YOU? 578 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:11,903 >> WELL, I MEAN, IT'S DIFFERENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE DIDN'T GROW UP IN 579 00:36:11,969 --> 00:36:13,905 BELFAST, AND THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. 580 00:36:13,971 --> 00:36:17,909 BUT AS A BORDER CHILD, YOU SORT OF WERE CONSTANTLY BATTING UP 581 00:36:17,975 --> 00:36:20,411 AGAINST IT. WE WOULD GO GROCERY SHOPPING 582 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:22,780 ONCE A WEEK THERE. >> Stephen: BETTER GROCERIES 583 00:36:22,847 --> 00:36:24,549 UP THERE? >> , YOU KNOW, IT'S WHEN THE 584 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:27,585 IRISH POUND WAS STRONGER THAN THE STERLING, EVERYONE IN MY 585 00:36:27,652 --> 00:36:32,924 TOWN WOULD GO ACROSS THE NORTH TO GO SHOPPING AND IT WAS THAT 586 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:35,893 KIND OF THING. I REMEMBER-- MY DAD WAS A 587 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,929 POLICE, IS BUT MY MOM WOULD NORMALLY BE TAKING US GROCERY 588 00:36:37,995 --> 00:36:41,933 SHOPPING. AND WE WOULD SIT IN THE BACK, MY 589 00:36:41,999 --> 00:36:45,703 BROTHER AND I, AND WOULD BE WITH ALL THE GROCERY BAGS. 590 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:48,873 AND USUALLY, BECAUSE YOU HAD TO COME THROUGH CUSTOMS AS WELL, SO 591 00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:52,476 USUALLY THERE WOULD BE A COUPLE OF CARTONS OF CIGARETTES HID 592 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:53,878 UNDERNEATH THAT WE WOULD BE MADE SIT ON. 593 00:36:53,945 --> 00:36:55,546 >> Stephen: UNDER THE CHILDREN. 594 00:36:55,613 --> 00:36:57,415 >> YES. MY MOM'S GOING TO LOVE THAT I 595 00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:59,517 TOLD THIS STORY. BUT ANYWAY, BUT, YEAH, IT WAS 596 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:02,853 THAT KIND OF THING. YOU'RE CONSTANTLY GOING BACK AND 597 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,590 FORTH. WE USED TO GO TO THE DENTIST IN 598 00:37:05,656 --> 00:37:07,525 THE NORTH. YEAH, IT'S AN EVERYDAY PART OF 599 00:37:07,592 --> 00:37:10,595 YOUR LIFE, AND IT'S A CONSTANT BACKDROP. 600 00:37:10,661 --> 00:37:14,765 AND, YOU KNOW, THE BOMB SCARES IN OUR TUNE OR THE BOMBINGS THAT 601 00:37:14,832 --> 00:37:16,701 WOULD HAPPEN JUST OVER THE BORDER, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE 602 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:19,503 SORT OF CONSTANT IN MY CHILDHOOD. 603 00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:23,507 >> Stephen: YOU SAID YOU WENT TO NORTHERN IRELAND, THE U.K., 604 00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:31,515 FOR YOUR DENTISTS? THE ONE THING THE U.K. IS KNOWN 605 00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:34,385 FOR IS FANTASTIC TEETH. >> HAVE YOU SEEN IRISH TEETH. 606 00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:36,520 >> Stephen: YOURS LOOK LOVELY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT DENTIST. 607 00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:39,523 >> I DON'T KNOW WHY. I THINK-- I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. 608 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:45,630 I THINK THEREOF-- I THINK THE TOWN DENTIST WAS A BIT OF AN 609 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:49,600 ALCOHOLIC AND HAD A SHAKY HAND AND MY MOM USED TO TAKE US OVER 610 00:37:49,667 --> 00:37:52,069 THE BORDER. >> Stephen: WITH THE DRILLS. 611 00:37:52,136 --> 00:37:55,039 YOUR TEETH WOULD COME OUT LOOKING LIKE SCRIMSHAW. 612 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,174 YOU TOOK YOUR MOM TO THE PREMIERE. 613 00:37:57,241 --> 00:38:00,578 >> YES. >> Stephen: WHICH IS A LOVELY 614 00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:02,079 THING. DID SHE HAVE A GOOD TIME. 615 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:05,282 >> SHE HAD AN AMAZING TIME. IT WAS SO SPECIAL BECAUSE THERE 616 00:38:05,349 --> 00:38:08,152 IS SO MUCH OF MY MOM INFLUENCED IN MY PERFORMANCE. 617 00:38:08,219 --> 00:38:11,489 AND, YOU KNOW, SHE-- THE END OF IT, SHE WAS JUST LIKE, "OH, I 618 00:38:11,555 --> 00:38:14,825 JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO END." FOR SOMEONE WHO FALLS ASLEEP 619 00:38:14,892 --> 00:38:16,761 DURING NEARLY EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE EVER BEEN IN, THAT WAS-- 620 00:38:16,827 --> 00:38:20,197 THAT WAS THE BIGGEST COMPLIMENT I THINK I COULD HAVE EVER 621 00:38:20,264 --> 00:38:22,133 GOTTEN. >> Stephen: I WAS SAYING TO 622 00:38:22,199 --> 00:38:25,302 JON BEFORE,ED ABOUTS THIS WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE IN 623 00:38:25,369 --> 00:38:28,539 "BELFAST," THERE'S THE WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE IN "OUTLANDER," 624 00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:30,675 WHICH IS STARTING IN MARCH. ( APPLAUSE ) 625 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:34,612 >> YES. >> Stephen: WHAT SEASON-- WHAT 626 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:36,180 SEASON ARE YOU GUYS COMING BACK FOR? 627 00:38:36,247 --> 00:38:40,351 >> SEASON SIX IS AIRING IN MARCH, AND WE WILL BE GOING BACK 628 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:44,221 TO FILM SEASON SEVEN VERY SEEN. >> tephen: OKAY, SO 629 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:46,791 PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE FAN BASE. PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 630 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:50,695 SEVERAL PEOPLE HERE, ACTUALLY. AND I'M CURIOUS, WHAT IS IT LIKE 631 00:38:50,761 --> 00:38:57,234 TO HAVE A FAN BASE THAT'S SORT OF PASSIONATE AND ADDICTED AND 632 00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:58,469 INVESTED? >> IT'S AMAZING. 633 00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:03,474 AT TIMES IT CAN BE... YOU KNOW, THERE CAN BE INTERESTING 634 00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:08,512 MOMENTS, I'D SAY. I-- SO I KIND OF RECENTLY HAD TO 635 00:39:08,579 --> 00:39:13,384 GO UNDER-- UNDER ANESTHESIA BECAUSE I WAS HAVING DENTAL 636 00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:15,519 SURGERY-- NOT WITH THE ALCOHOLIC GUY. 637 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:18,355 GUY. ( LAUGHTER ) 638 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:24,929 ANESTHESIOLOGIST CAME IN AND SHE HAD AN "OUTLANDER" MUG, AND HE 639 00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:27,631 WAS LIKE, "I'M YURG BIGGEST FAN." 640 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:31,502 AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS GOOD. SHE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ME. 641 00:39:31,569 --> 00:39:35,506 SHE WAS TELLING ME HOW SHE WAS GOING TO PUT ME UNDER AND KEPT 642 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:39,577 ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SERIES AND HOW WHAT'S GOING TO 643 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:41,712 HAPPEN. AND I SAID I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO 644 00:39:41,779 --> 00:39:45,816 TELL YOU STUFF. AND AS SHE INJECTED ME AND I 645 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:49,687 STARTED NODDING OFF SHE BEGAN TO SING THE THEME SONG. 646 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:52,523 AND I WAS LIKE NO! THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGER 647 00:39:52,590 --> 00:39:53,858 INTERACTION S. >> Stephen: WERE YOU AFRAID 648 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:56,994 YOU WERE GOING TO WAKE UP FROM THE ANESTHETIC IN 15th 649 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,430 CENTURY SCOTLAND? >> I WAS GOING TO BE IN HER 650 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:01,999 BASEMENT WITH ALL OF THE JAMIE POSTERS EVERYWHERE. 651 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:04,034 >> Stephen: WELL, CAITRIONA, IT WAS WILLFUL TO HAVE YOU. 652 00:40:04,101 --> 00:40:05,603 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 653 00:40:05,669 --> 00:40:06,871 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 654 00:40:06,937 --> 00:40:08,472 >> Stephn: IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY MOVIE. 655 00:40:08,539 --> 00:40:12,276 CONGRATULATIONS ON "BELFAST." >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 656 00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:16,947 >> Stephen: "BELFAST" IS IN THEATERS NOW AND AVAILABLE ON 657 00:40:17,014 --> 00:40:18,182 DEMAND. CAITRIONA BALFE, EVERYBODY! 658 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:20,251 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ♪ ♪ ♪ 659 00:40:27,024 --> 00:40:27,958 LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST 660 00:40:28,025 --> 00:40:29,026 WILL BE LIEV SCHREIBER. GOOD NIGHT!