1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:04,671 FOUR ANTI VACCINE MANDATE PROTESTERS ARRESTED JUST OUTSIDE 2 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:06,473 OF THE OLIVE GARDEN IN TIMES SQUARE. 3 00:00:06,539 --> 00:00:08,641 THEY WERE THERE FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS, EXPRESSING THEIR 4 00:00:08,708 --> 00:00:11,644 OPPOSITION TO THE CITY'S FOLLOWING THE RESTAURANT VACCINE 5 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:17,317 MANDATE, AND EVEN ARGUED WITH PATRONS AND N.Y.P.D. OFFICERS. 6 00:00:17,384 --> 00:00:18,685 >> ARE YOU AN ANTI-VAXXER WHO IS TIRED OF RESTAURANTS WITH AN 7 00:00:18,752 --> 00:00:24,190 AUTHORITARIAN VACCINE MANDATE? THEN VISIT THE COVID GARDEN, THE 8 00:00:24,257 --> 00:00:25,191 ONLY RESTAURANT CHAIN WITH ABSOLUTELY NO HEALTH 9 00:00:25,258 --> 00:00:30,096 REGULATIONS. OUR EMPLOYEES NEVER WASH THEIR 10 00:00:30,163 --> 00:00:36,703 HANDS, GUARANTEED. ENJOY SIGNATURE COVID DISHES 11 00:00:36,770 --> 00:00:38,104 LIKE QUARANTINI ALFREDO. ONE TASTE AND YOU'LL SAY, "I 12 00:00:38,171 --> 00:00:45,178 CAN'T TASTE ANYTHING." ALSO ON THE MENU, SPINACH AND 13 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:46,913 ARTICHOKE DIPHTHERIA, FRIED MOZZARUBELLA STICKS, SPAGHETTI 14 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:50,083 CARBONANTHRAX, AND CHICKEN MALARIA. 15 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:54,087 MMM, JUST LIKE MOMMA USED TO CONTRACT. 16 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:57,190 SO VISIT TODAY, AND LET OUR CUCINA SEND YOU TO THE 17 00:00:57,257 --> 00:01:00,593 HOSPITAL-IANO. THE COVID GARDEN: WHEN YOU'RE 18 00:01:00,660 --> 00:01:03,563 HERE, YOU'RE FAMILY'S IN DANGER. 19 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:14,107 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 20 00:01:14,174 --> 00:01:18,111 PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: BRIAN COX 21 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:22,115 AND SAMANTHA BEE 22 00:01:22,182 --> 00:01:27,187 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 23 00:01:27,253 --> 00:01:30,723 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 24 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:36,963 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 25 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:51,911 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 26 00:01:51,978 --> 00:01:54,080 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 27 00:01:54,147 --> 00:02:00,086 >> Audience: STEPHEN! STEPHEN! 28 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:02,088 STEPHEN! STEPHEN! 29 00:02:02,155 --> 00:02:08,695 STEPHEN! >> Stephen: HELLO, EVERYBODY! 30 00:02:08,761 --> 00:02:11,798 WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW." I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 31 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:18,404 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: IF YOU'RE WATCHING 32 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:21,674 THIS SHOW RIGHT NOW, GOOD NEWS: THE WORLD DID NOT END. 33 00:02:21,741 --> 00:02:23,977 TOUCH AND GO. BECAUSE EARLIER TODAY, A 34 00:02:24,043 --> 00:02:26,513 LARGE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROID PASSED BY THE EARTH. 35 00:02:26,579 --> 00:02:27,714 MAN, THE OSCAR CAMPAIGN FOR "DON'T LOOK UP" IS OUT OF 36 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,315 CONTROL. ( LAUGHTER ) 37 00:02:29,382 --> 00:02:35,688 TOO FAR. IT'S TOO MUCH. 38 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:39,058 THE ASTEROID IS CALLED 1994 PC1. 39 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:41,995 SO, IT LOOKS LIKE ELON MUSK WILL HAVE TO CHOSE A DIFFERENT NAME 40 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:45,331 FOR HIS NEXT CHILD. ( LAUGHTER ) 41 00:02:45,398 --> 00:02:49,168 BURJ KHALIFA IN DUBAI AND MORE THAN TWICE THE SIZE OF THE 42 00:02:49,235 --> 00:02:51,604 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY. 43 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:54,807 OKAY, WHO COMES UP WITH THESE SIZE COMPARISONS? 44 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:56,809 GUYS! I FOUND A DEATH COMET! 45 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:59,712 DO WE WANT TO SAY IT'S THE SIZE OF A COUPLE OF EMPIRE STATE 46 00:02:59,779 --> 00:03:02,815 BUILDINGS? BECAUSE IT'S REALLY MORE LIKE 47 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:04,083 THREE M&Ms STORES PLUS HALF A YANKEE STADIUM. 48 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:11,691 OR TWO COSTCOS MINUS A TAJ MAHAL. 49 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:13,593 OR MAYBE A ONE-TENTH OF RHODE ISLAND, AND WE'RE DEAD. 50 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:16,729 AND HERE IT IS. ALL IN ALL-- 51 00:03:16,796 --> 00:03:19,332 ( APPLAUSE ) AND WE'RE DEAD! 52 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:22,835 COME ON. THEY'RE JUST JOKING. 53 00:03:22,902 --> 00:03:24,804 THEY'RE JUST JOSHING. WE'RE JUST JOSHING. 54 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:29,776 OH, KEEP IT LIGHT. ALL IN ALL, IT REALLY SOUNDS 55 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:33,813 LIKE WE DODGED A BULLET-- UNTIL YOU LEARN THE ASTEROID WAS 56 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,982 1.2 MILLION MILES AWAY, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE TIMES THE DISTANCE 57 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:45,625 FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON. DAMMIT, SCIENCE THAT IS NOT 58 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:47,527 CLOSE. WE'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH A 59 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:52,899 PANDEMIC, GLOBAL WARMING, AND THE FALL OF DEMOCRACY. 60 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:54,434 OUR PANIC DANCE CARD IS PRETTY FULL ALREADY. 61 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:56,936 AND SO ARE OUR PANTS. KNOCK IT OFF. 62 00:03:57,003 --> 00:03:59,739 SPEAKING OF THINGS NOT HAPPENING: CONGRESS. 63 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:02,375 TODAY, SENATE DEMOCRATS PRESSED AHEAD WITH AN EFFORT TO PASS NEW 64 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:03,810 VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS THROUGH CONGRESS, EVEN THOUGH 65 00:04:03,876 --> 00:04:11,184 THE MEASURE APPEARS ALL BUT DEAD. 66 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:14,621 COME ONE, GUYS. DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT. 67 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:17,657 IN THE SENATE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT APPEAR ALL BUT DEAD. 68 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:18,891 NOW, DESPITE-- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 69 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:26,833 GET BACK. YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. 70 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:28,935 DESPITE HOW POPULAR THESE BILLS ARE, THEY SEEM DOOMED, THANKS TO 71 00:04:29,002 --> 00:04:31,704 A FILIBUSTER BY THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE. 72 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:34,974 NOW, DEMOCRATS COULD MODIFY THE FILIBUSTER RULES TO EXCLUDE 73 00:04:35,041 --> 00:04:38,645 VOTING RIGHTS BILLS, BUT THAT'S BEING BLOCKED BY SENATORS 74 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:43,683 KYRSTEN SINEMA AND JOE MANCHIN ( BOOING ) 75 00:04:43,750 --> 00:04:46,853 SEEN HERE CROWDING INTO AN ELEVATOR WITH ALL OF THEIR 76 00:04:46,919 --> 00:04:48,821 FRIENDS. ( LAUGHTER ) 77 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:53,192 VOTE ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY NEED TO PUT WHO'S FOR AND 78 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:55,728 WHO'S AGAINST VOTING RIGHTS ON THE RECORD. 79 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:58,131 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LAY THEM ON THE TABLE. 80 00:04:58,197 --> 00:05:03,670 PUT THEM ON THE TABLE. AS SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH 81 00:05:03,736 --> 00:05:06,839 PUT IT: "WHETHER IT'S GOOD STRATEGY OR 82 00:05:06,906 --> 00:05:08,474 NOT, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE VOTES ARE 83 00:05:08,541 --> 00:05:11,010 BEING JEOPARDIZED. IT'S ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT 84 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:12,812 THEY UNDERSTAND WHO IS ON THEIR SIDE. 85 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:16,015 THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE ONCE YOU KNOW-- ONCE YOU 86 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:18,584 KNOW WHICH POLITICIANS ARE KEPING YOU FROM BEING ABLE TO 87 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:21,854 VOTE, YOU CAN VOTE THEM OUT-- AND I SEE THE PROBLEM. 88 00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:24,390 I SEE THE PROBLEM. THAT IS A TOUGHY. 89 00:05:24,457 --> 00:05:30,797 THAT IS A TOUGHY. THAT'S A POSER, IS WHAT THAT IS. 90 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:32,265 PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED-- PEOPLE LIKE MUSICAL LEGEND STEVIE 91 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:36,135 WONDER, WHO RELEASED THIS STATEMENT ON YOUTUBE: 92 00:05:36,202 --> 00:05:39,739 >> ANY SENATOR WHO CANNOT SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF VOTING 93 00:05:39,806 --> 00:05:42,175 RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CANNOT SAY THAT THEY 94 00:05:42,241 --> 00:05:47,680 SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION. STOP THE HYPOCRISY. 95 00:05:47,747 --> 00:05:50,183 CUT THE BULL-TISH. 96 00:05:50,249 --> 00:05:52,118 >> Stephen: OH! OH! 97 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:57,924 DID YOU HEAR THAT? OH, 98 00:05:57,990 --> 00:05:59,726 OH, TISH! I WANT TO THANK STEVIE WONDER 99 00:05:59,792 --> 00:06:03,196 FOR STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND SWEARING IN A WAY I CAN AIR 100 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:05,832 ON MY CBS TELEVISION SHOW. ( APPLAUSE ) 101 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:15,675 YOU, SIR, ARE ONE BAD MUTHA TRUCKER. 102 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:18,811 AND, SENATORS, DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE STEVIE WONDER 103 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,614 THAT ANGRY? THE MEANEST THING HE'S EVER SAID 104 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:23,683 UP UNTIL NOW WAS, "YOU'RE JUST MY PART-TIME LOVER." 105 00:06:23,750 --> 00:06:28,187 ( LAUGHTER ) >> IF YOU CARE AND SUPPORT OUR 106 00:06:28,254 --> 00:06:35,595 RIGHTS, DO THE HARD WORK. YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYBODY, BUT 107 00:06:35,661 --> 00:06:38,998 YOU CAN PROTECT ALL OF US. TO KEEP IT ALL THE WAY REAL, THE 108 00:06:39,065 --> 00:06:42,835 FILIBUSTER IS NOT WORKING FOR DEMOCRACY. 109 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:46,506 WHY WON'T YOU? >> Stephen: OOOO! 110 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:48,841 THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. 111 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:54,747 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THAT IS REALLY 112 00:06:54,814 --> 00:06:55,982 GOOD. YOU TELL 'EM, STEVEN T. WONDER. 113 00:06:56,048 --> 00:06:58,551 HE THEN SET HIS FEELINGS TO MUSIC AND RELEASED IT ON THE NEW 114 00:06:58,618 --> 00:06:59,719 ALBUM, "SONGS IN THE KEY OF KUF YOU." 115 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:12,331 FEATURING HITS LIKE: 116 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:21,741 ♪ IVORY AND IVORY ♪ LIVE TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY 117 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:25,578 OF COURSE, THE 2022 CAMPAIGN IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. 118 00:07:25,645 --> 00:07:30,750 DOWN IN LOUISIANA, YOUR HOME STATE, JON, 119 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:31,918 ONE SENATE CANDIDATE HAS A NEW AD TALKING ABOUT LEGALIZING 120 00:07:31,984 --> 00:07:33,953 MARIJUANA AND POINTING OUT THE RACIAL DISPARITY IN DRUG 121 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:35,988 ENFORCEMENT: >> MOST OF THE PEOPLE POLICE ARE 122 00:07:36,055 --> 00:07:39,725 ARRESTING AREN'T DEALERS, BUT RATHER, PEOPLE WITH SMALL 123 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:45,464 AMOUNTS OF POT, JUST LIKE ME. I'M GARY CHAMBERS, AND I'M 124 00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:47,800 RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE, AND I APPROVE THIS. 125 00:07:47,867 --> 00:07:53,472 ( APPLAUSE ). WHERE HIS MOUTH IS. 126 00:07:53,539 --> 00:07:58,110 PUTTING IT OUT THERE. HE'S GETTING HIGH IN HIS 127 00:07:58,177 --> 00:08:01,848 CAMPAIGN AD. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A MOVE THAT BOLD 128 00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:06,219 SINCE EISENHOWER'S PRO -CRYSTAL METH SLOGAN, "IKE LIKE ICE." 129 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:09,689 ( LAUGHTER ) NOW, IF HE WINS THE PRIMARY, 130 00:08:09,755 --> 00:08:13,526 CHAMBERS' REPUBLICAN OPPONENT WOULD BE LOUISIANA SENATOR AND 131 00:08:13,593 --> 00:08:16,195 DOG WATCHING YOU EAT A MEATBALL, JOHN KENNEDY. 132 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:17,697 AND IT WOULD BE QUITE A DEBATE. LISTEN TO SOME OF KENNEDY'S 133 00:08:17,763 --> 00:08:21,667 RECENT QUOTES: >> GETTING RID OF THE 60 -VOTE 134 00:08:21,734 --> 00:08:26,739 THRESHOLD IN THE SENATE, IN MY JUDGMENT, WOULD BE LIKE GIVING 135 00:08:26,806 --> 00:08:29,041 WHISKEY AND CAR KEYS TO A TEENAGE BOY. 136 00:08:29,108 --> 00:08:32,778 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, TREY, BUT MY CAR DOES NOT RUN OFF 137 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:37,650 FAIRY DUST. MY CAR DOESN'T RUN OFF UNICORN 138 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:40,586 URINE. MOST AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT 139 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:44,790 TO A BEAR, WE ALL TASTE LIKE CHICKEN. 140 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:50,129 ( LAUGHTER ) WHICH CANDIDATE IS HIGH? 141 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:57,103 ( LAUGHTER ) ONE THING-- TASTES LIKE CHICKEN. 142 00:08:57,169 --> 00:09:06,545 TASTE LIKE CHICKEN. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. 143 00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:08,447 ONE THING THAT IS DEFINITELY STILL HAPPENING IS THE PANDEMIC. 144 00:09:08,514 --> 00:09:09,682 WHILE OMICRON APPEARS TO HAVE PEAKED HERE IN NEW YORK, SOME 145 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:12,385 COUNTRIES ARE JUST GETTING STARTED, LIKE IN BEIJING, WHERE 146 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:13,953 THEY LOCKED DOWN AN OFFICE BUILDING WITH WORKERS STILL 147 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:16,188 INSIDE AFTER A SINGLE OMICRON CASE WAS DETECTED. 148 00:09:16,255 --> 00:09:19,859 HEY, ANTI-VAXXERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE C.D. C.'S COMMUNIST 149 00:09:19,926 --> 00:09:23,396 POLICIES, WHY DON'T YOU TRY PROTESTING AT THE BEIJING OLIVE 150 00:09:23,462 --> 00:09:25,831 GARDEN? LET ME KNOW HOW THAT GOES. 151 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:31,504 ( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M-- A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE. 152 00:09:31,570 --> 00:09:34,340 JUST ASKING FOR A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE HERE. 153 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:38,377 I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE FED UP WITH THESE MASKHOLES. 154 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:45,451 IN MEXICO, LEONARDO SCHWEBEL, AN ANCHOR FOR TELEDIARIO 155 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:48,521 GUADALAJARA-- MEXICO'S NEWS LEADER-- HAS HAD JUST ABOUT 156 00:09:48,587 --> 00:09:57,396 ENOUGH: 157 00:09:57,463 --> 00:10:12,345 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 158 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:21,420 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 159 00:10:21,487 --> 00:10:26,325 THAT WHATEVER COUNTRY YOU'RE FROM, WE ALL SPEAK THE UNIVERSAL 160 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:28,060 LANGUAGE OF (BLEEP) THIS (BLEEP). 161 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:32,498 I HOPE ALL THE ANTIVAXERS IN MEXICO SAW THAT, ESPECIALLY THE 162 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:33,666 ONES WHO SAY THEY HEARD THE VACCINE GIVES THEIR COUSIN'S 163 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:37,803 FRIEND LOS HUEVOS GIGANTES. ( LAUGHTER ) 164 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:45,444 I HEARD THAT, YEAH. IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE AT RISK FOR 165 00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:47,680 COVID. RECENTLY, LIONS AT A ZOO IN 166 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:49,315 SOUTH AFRICA GOT SEVERE COVID-19 FROM ASYMPTOMATIC ZOO HANDLERS. 167 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:50,616 NOW, DON'T WORRY, THE LIONS WILL BE JUST FINE. 168 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:54,520 AFTER 10 DAYS OF ISOLATION, THEY'LL GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL, 169 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:57,423 HEALTHY ROUTINE OF TRYING TO TAKE A NAP IN THE SHADE WHILE 170 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:02,028 SCHOOL KIDS THROW ICE AT THEM. THESE ZOO INFECTIONS RAISE 171 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:05,698 CONCERNS ABOUT THE CREATION OF NEW VARIANTS, BECAUSE AFTER THE 172 00:11:05,765 --> 00:11:09,402 ANIMALS CATCH THE VIRUS, THE DISEASE COULD MUTATE IN THEM AND 173 00:11:09,468 --> 00:11:12,738 RE-INFECT HUMANS. OKAY, WELL, THAT EXPLAINS 174 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:18,277 DISNEY'S NEW UPDATE OF THE LION KING: 175 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:26,385 ( VERY WET GROSS COUGHING ) 176 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:36,462 >> Stephen: THAT'S A-- I BELIEVE THEY CALL THAT A 177 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,297 HAKUNA MUTATA. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD 178 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,666 OF COVID FROM ANIMALS BACK TO HUMANS, RESEARCHERS ARE 179 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:42,334 SUGGESTING MASK-WEARING, AS WELL AS BARRIERS, SO THAT VISITORS TO 180 00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:44,703 ZOOS CAN'T GET TOO CLOSE TO THEM. 181 00:11:44,770 --> 00:11:45,871 THEY'VE ALSO INSTALLED SIGNS THAT SAY, "PLEASE DON'T TONGUE 182 00:11:45,938 --> 00:11:49,375 THE LIONS." ( LAUGHTER ) 183 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:55,114 IN HONG KONG, RIGHT. IN HONG KONG, IT WAS ANNOUNCED 184 00:11:55,181 --> 00:12:04,290 THAT 11 HAMPSTERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DELTA VARIANT. 185 00:12:04,356 --> 00:12:06,325 I KNOW IT'S ADORABLE, BUT WE HAVE TO STOP THESE UNLIKELY 186 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:14,333 LION-HAMSTER FRIENDSHIPS. TO KEEP THE VIRUS FROM 187 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,970 BETWEEN A CLOSE BRUSH WITH AN ASTEROID, A TEETERING DEMOCRACY, 188 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:19,538 AND A RAGING PLAGUE, IT CAN FEEL LIKE THE END TIMES. 189 00:12:19,605 --> 00:12:21,440 BUT IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER, SUNNYVALE, A CALIFORNIA 190 00:12:21,507 --> 00:12:22,875 CITY, HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY CROWS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE CROWS DON'T 191 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:24,510 POSE ANY SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH RISK. 192 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,245 AS ONE DOCTOR EXPLAINED, "YOU'D HAVE TO LICK ALL THE CROW 193 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:27,413 DROPPINGS ON A PARK BENCH TO COME EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO 194 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,015 CATCHING SOMETHING FROM A CROW ROOST." 195 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:32,051 REMIND ME NOT TO SIGN UP FOR ANY OF THAT GUY'S STUDIES. 196 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:36,255 ( AS SCIENTIST ) OKAY, KEEP LICKING. 197 00:12:36,322 --> 00:12:40,993 HOW DO YOU FEEL? ARE YOU SICK YET? 198 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:45,297 LICK ANOTHER BENCH." SO, SOY, SO-- 199 00:12:45,364 --> 00:12:47,500 THE CROWS AREN'T DANGEROUS, BUT THEY ARE A NUISANCE. 200 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:48,534 LUCKILY, THE CITY HAS A SECRET WEAPON: LASERS. 201 00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:51,437 PEW! PEW! 202 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:54,340 OKAY, YOU'LL SCARE AWAY THE CROWS, BUT THEY'LL JUST BE 203 00:12:54,406 --> 00:12:58,344 REPLACED BY THOUSANDS OF EXCITED CATS. 204 00:12:58,410 --> 00:13:03,449 ( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 205 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:08,154 A FEW CAT OWNERS HERE. WHY LASERS? 206 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:09,588 BECAUSE WHEN CROWS SEE A GREEN LASER SHINING IN THE TREES AT 207 00:13:09,655 --> 00:13:13,626 NIGHT, THEY THINK ANIMALS ARE RUNNING OVER THE BRANCHES, AND 208 00:13:13,692 --> 00:13:16,996 THEY FLY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT SOUNDS COMPLICATED. 209 00:13:17,062 --> 00:13:21,433 IF ONLY THERE WERE SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE USED FOR CENTURIES 210 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:26,972 TO SCARE AWAY CROWS. SOME SORT OF... 211 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:28,707 CROW-FRIGHTENER. A FEAR-CROW. 212 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:31,710 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UGH, IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN. 213 00:13:31,777 --> 00:13:40,986 ( LAUGHTER ) YES. 214 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:42,521 IF THE LASERS DON'T WORK, ONE ORNITHOLOGIST SUGGESTED THAT 215 00:13:42,588 --> 00:13:45,891 OFFICIALS AIM FIRECRACKERS AND BOTTLE ROCKETS AT THE BIRDS, 216 00:13:45,958 --> 00:13:49,995 WHICH WILL MAKE THEM FREAK OUT. THAT ADVICE BROUGHT TO YOU BY 217 00:13:50,062 --> 00:13:53,732 WORLD-RENOWNED CROW EXPERT KYLE FROM ACROSS THE STREET. 218 00:13:53,799 --> 00:13:55,801 ( LAUGHTER ) TONIGHT. 219 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,971 MY GUESTS ARE BRIAN COX AND SAMANTHA BEE. 220 00:13:59,038 --> 00:14:02,508 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE." 221 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:03,409 STICK AROUND. ♪ ♪ ♪ 222 00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:48,587 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE "THE ! 223 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:58,030 GIVE IT UP FOR THE BAND. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 224 00:14:58,097 --> 00:15:01,200 AUDIENCE TONIGHT, JON. >> Jon: YES. 225 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,669 >> Stephen: A LOVELY ATTRACTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT 226 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,738 HERE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. ( APPLAUSE ). 227 00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:11,910 >> Stephen: WE HAVE AN AMAZING SHOW. 228 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:15,748 COMING UP SOON FROM "SUCCESSION" WE CAN BRIAN COX COMING OUT. 229 00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:20,119 ( APPLAUSE ) SWEETHEART, SAMANTHA BEE IS 230 00:15:20,185 --> 00:15:21,453 GOING TO BE HERE. ( APPLAUSE ) 231 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:26,925 OLD FRIEND OF THE SHOW. FOLKS, IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW, 232 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:31,530 YOU KNOW SOMETIMES I'M OVER THERE DOING THE MONOLOGUE. 233 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:36,568 AND THEN THERE'S A COMMERCIAL BREAK, AND THEN I'M SITTING 234 00:15:36,635 --> 00:15:38,370 HERE. AND I DO A REALLY LONG 235 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:42,274 DESCRIPTION OF A DIFFERENT SEGMENT ON THE SHOW, A SEGMENT 236 00:15:42,341 --> 00:15:52,985 WE CALL... "MEANWHILE!" ( APPLAUSE ) 237 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:56,288 NOT TONIGHT! FIRST TIME. 238 00:15:56,355 --> 00:16:03,062 FIRST TIME. SORRY! 239 00:16:03,128 --> 00:16:09,702 WHAT ARE THE ODDS? WHAT ARE THE ODDS? 240 00:16:09,768 --> 00:16:12,871 MEANWHILE, IN MUSIC VIDEO NEWS, "BABY SHARK" IS THE FIRST 241 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:18,844 YouTube VIDEO TO CROSS 10 BILLION VIEWS. 242 00:16:18,911 --> 00:16:21,714 OR, AS PARENTS WITH SMALL CHILDREN WOULD SAY, SEEMS LOW. 243 00:16:21,780 --> 00:16:25,718 ( LAUGHTER ) THE BEGINNING OF THE NFL 244 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:29,288 PLAYOFFS, AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BEAT THE STEELERS. 245 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:32,658 THE WIN COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO FANS. 246 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,360 OR, APPARENTLY, TO THE STEELERS' QUARTERBACK, BEN ROTHLISBERGER, 247 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:36,895 WHO SAID THIS DAYS BEFORE THE GAME: 248 00:16:36,962 --> 00:16:39,898 >> I WOULD ASSUME AS A GROUP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE PROBABLY 249 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:41,700 AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. WE'RE PROBABLY NOT A VERY GOOD 250 00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,069 FOOTBALL TEAM. I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY 20 -POINT 251 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:46,305 UNDERDOGS, AND WE'RE GOING TO THE ONE TEAM... 252 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:48,874 ARGUABLY THE BEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL. 253 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:53,379 WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE. ( LAUGHTER ) 254 00:16:53,445 --> 00:17:01,120 YOU WANT TO KEEP IT REAL, BUT YOU'RE THE QUARTERBACK 255 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:02,321 WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THE HUDDLE? "ALL RIGHT, GUYS. 256 00:17:02,388 --> 00:17:03,355 FIRST AND TEN. LET'S JUST PUNT AND GET THIS 257 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:05,691 OVER WITH. I WANNA RUN BY THE DRY CLEANERS 258 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:09,728 BEFORE IT CLOSES. HANDS IN, EVERYBODY. 259 00:17:09,795 --> 00:17:13,532 DEATH COMES FOR US ALL!" ( APPLAUSE ) 260 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:17,736 DOES. IT DOES. 261 00:17:17,803 --> 00:17:21,707 IT DOES. MEANWHILE, WE HAVE YET ANOTHER 262 00:17:21,774 --> 00:17:25,711 EXTREMELY RARE: "MEANWHILE UPDATE!" 263 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:33,719 ( APPLAUSE ) ABOUT THE DISASTROUS TWITTER 264 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:36,889 TAKEOVER BY THE PORTLAND PICKLES' BASEBALL TEAM THAT WENT 265 00:17:36,955 --> 00:17:45,197 SIDEWAYS WHEN THEIR MASCOT DILLON POSTED THIS PHOTO. 266 00:17:45,264 --> 00:17:48,867 THE CLUB CLAIMED THAT DILLON, RIGHT THERE, THAT THING RIGHT 267 00:17:48,934 --> 00:17:53,439 THERE, WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE FANS A THUMBS UP, EXACTLY AT 268 00:17:53,505 --> 00:17:57,342 CROTCH HEIGHT. WELL, I HAD AN OPINION: 269 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,411 WHEN YOU'RE DOING A GESTURE, THE PLACEMENT OF THE HAND IS REALLY 270 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,879 IMPORTANT. THERE'S A REASON NIXON DIDN'T 271 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:05,717 GIVE THE PEACE SIGN LIKE THIS. ( LAUGHTER ) 272 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:09,721 NOW, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT ONE OF MY VIEWERS WAS 273 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:12,891 CONFUSED BY THAT JOKE. HIS NAME IS JACK MORESCHI, 274 00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:14,126 AND HE HAPPENS TO BE THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY PRODUCERS, OPUS 275 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:17,830 MORESCHI. AFTER SEEING THE SHOW, 276 00:18:17,896 --> 00:18:20,766 MR. MORESCHI TEXTED HIS SON: "HEY, WHY THE BIG LAUGH OVER 277 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:24,803 NIXON GESTURE ON FRIDAY NIGHT'S SHOW? 278 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,004 LOOKED LIKE HE WAS HOLDING HIS MOUTH IN A SMILE, BUT IT GOT A 279 00:18:26,071 --> 00:18:28,307 BIG LAUGH, BIGGER THAN IT WARRANTED. 280 00:18:28,373 --> 00:18:30,876 SO THERE MUST BE ANOTHER EXPLANATION. 281 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,712 CLUE US IN, PLEASE." ( LAUGHTER ) 282 00:18:33,779 --> 00:18:41,720 NOW, NOW-- OPUS DID NOT ANSWER HIS FATHER. 283 00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:47,526 AND YOU'LL NOTE, THAT TEXT WAS SENT YESTERDAY AT 9:38 P .M. 284 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:49,761 THEN, THIS MORNING, AT 8:37 A.M., JACK FOLLOWS UP WITH HIS 285 00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:53,232 SON: "SO?" 286 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:57,736 HE'S BEEN TURNING IT OVER IN HIS HEAD ALL NIGHT: 287 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,538 "WHAT COULD IT PSSIBLY MEAN? IS HE GONNA POKE HIMSELF IN THE 288 00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:00,906 EYES? IS HE COUNTING HIS SHOES? 289 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:04,576 HOW IS THAT A JOKE? DAMN THESE INFERNAL LATE -NIGHT 290 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:05,444 HOOLIGANS!" AS OF THIS TAPING, JACK'S 291 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:10,849 QUESTION REMAINS UNANSWERED. WHY? 292 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:13,085 BECAUSE OPUS IS A COWARD. TOO SCARED TO LOOK HIS OWN 293 00:19:13,151 --> 00:19:15,487 FATHER IN THE EYE AND EXPLAIN THE WAYS OF THE WORLD. 294 00:19:15,554 --> 00:19:18,891 WELL, CLEARLY, SOMEONE HAS TO BE THE ADULT IN THE ROOM. 295 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:25,731 SO NOW I HAVE TO DO WHAT OPUS IS TOO SCARED TO DO. 296 00:19:25,797 --> 00:19:29,401 MR. MORESCHI SENIOR, PLEASE MEET ME OVER ON "THE BIRDS AND THE 297 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:30,903 BEES" CAM. OKAY, OKAY. 298 00:19:30,969 --> 00:19:38,944 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT GESTURE THAT WE SHOWED A 299 00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:48,687 PHOTO OF, THEY'RE SUGGESTING... UM-- HOW ABOUT THIS: SOMETIMES 300 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:53,191 YOU TAKE A TRIP DOWNTOWN AND YOU ARE HUNGRY AND YOU MIGHT WANT 301 00:19:53,258 --> 00:19:59,431 TO, SAY, HAVE DINNER AT THE "Y." OR, LET'S SAY, MEET A FRIEND AT 302 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,166 THE LOCAL DINER TO HAVE SOME TACOS, AT THE MUNCHERY. 303 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,167 YOU KNOW WHAT? GOOGLE IT. 304 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:04,636 SORRY, OPUS. I TRIED. 305 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,238 ( LAUGHTER ) JUST-- I CAN'T. 306 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:17,416 I GOTTA MOVE ON. I CAN'T. 307 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:18,884 MEANWHILE, SCIENTISTS NOW SAY THAT FACE MASKS MAKE PEOPLE LOOK 308 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,887 MORE ATTRACTIVE. THANKS FOR THE CONFIDENCE BOOST, 309 00:20:21,954 --> 00:20:25,791 SCIENCE. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE 310 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:29,728 YOU A LOT MORE APPEALING? LESS OF THIS. 311 00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:35,634 ( LAUGHTER ) SUSHI ROLLS AT AN 312 00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:37,769 ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFET WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ACID 313 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:42,140 REFLUX AFTER DOWNING EIGHT GREEN DRAGON ROLLS, EIGHT SNOW ROLLS, 314 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:45,711 EIGHT CALIFORNIA ROLLS, AND EIGHT WAKAME ROLLS. 315 00:20:45,777 --> 00:20:48,880 PLUS MISO SOUP, FOUR GYOZAS, A HELPING OF EDAMAME, AND A FEW 316 00:20:48,947 --> 00:20:53,719 JALAPENO POPPERS. AH, YES, JALAPENO POPPERS-- 317 00:20:53,785 --> 00:20:58,390 THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DELICACY HAILING FROM THE 318 00:20:58,457 --> 00:21:03,495 PREFECTURE OF "OKIN -APPLEBEES." WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BRIAN 319 00:21:03,562 --> 00:21:04,296 COX. ( APPLAUSE ). 320 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:30,255 WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"!" 321 00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:34,993 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST THIS EVENING IS AN EMMY 322 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:37,696 AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "TROY," "THE BOURNE 323 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:38,964 IDENTITY," AND AS THE PATRIARCH WE LOVE TO HATE ON "SUCCESSION." 324 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:44,569 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," BRIAN COX 325 00:21:44,636 --> 00:21:59,518 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 326 00:21:59,584 --> 00:22:01,720 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 327 00:22:01,787 --> 00:22:04,389 >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 328 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:06,992 >> NICE TO SEE YOU, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: HOW IS THE NEW 329 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:10,729 YEAR TREATING YOU? >> FAIRLY HECTIC. 330 00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:12,998 FAIRLY HECTIC. I DIDN'T STOP. 331 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:15,567 I'M STUPID. I'M A FOOL, REALLY. 332 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:17,803 >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> I DON'T TAKE IT EASY. 333 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:23,842 I THIS HAVE THING, IT'S THE THING IN IMPROVISATION. 334 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:25,177 IN IMPROVISE AS YOU CAN NEVER SAY NO. 335 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:29,781 YOU HAVE TO SAY, "YES, AND." YOU DO THAT IN A CAREER AND YOU 336 00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:32,484 END UP DOING A LOT OF STUFF. >> Stephen: IT AGGREGATES. 337 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:37,723 >> SO I DID THREE PICTURES SINCE I'VE DONE "SUCCESSION." 338 00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:42,728 >> Stephen: SOMEWHERE, IN ALL OF THAT, IN ALL OF THAT HURLEY 339 00:22:42,794 --> 00:22:47,599 BURLY, YOU MANAGED TO ALSO WRITE A MEMOIR CALLED "PUTTING THE 340 00:22:47,666 --> 00:22:50,969 RABBIT IN THE HAT." FIRST OF ALL, WHAT DOES THAT 341 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:54,139 TITLE MEAN, "PUTTING THE RABBIT IN THE HAT?" 342 00:22:54,206 --> 00:23:02,948 >> IT COMES FROM-- YEARS AGO I DID A PLAY CALLED TAMBORLANE THE 343 00:23:03,014 --> 00:23:04,382 GREAT. >> Stephen: I KNOW IT. 344 00:23:04,449 --> 00:23:08,653 >> WE HAVE AN EDUCATED AUDIENCE. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, WE REHEARSED 345 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:13,759 IT AND WE REHEARSED IT FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER, AND IT'S 346 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:18,964 CHRISTOPHER MARLO, WHICH IS TEDIOUS, TO SAY THE LEAST. 347 00:23:19,030 --> 00:23:26,805 ALBERT FINNEY WAS VERY LIKE THAT ( WITH A GRAVELLY VOICE." 348 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:28,607 LET'S GET THE RABID OUT OF THE HAT. 349 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:33,044 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, JUST GET THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT!" 350 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:38,116 AN ACTOR WHO IS IN IT WITH ME SAID, "HOW DO WE GET THE RABBIT 351 00:23:38,183 --> 00:23:40,886 INTO THE HAT?" THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED "PUTTING 352 00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:43,789 THE RABBIT INTO THE HAT." >> Stephen: IT'S A REASONABLE 353 00:23:43,855 --> 00:23:46,091 QUESTION. IT'S A BOOK, BEING AN ACTOR FOR 354 00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:47,826 60 YEARS NOW? >> 60. 355 00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:50,996 >> Stephen: 60 AROUND? THAT'S A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. 356 00:23:51,062 --> 00:23:53,799 ( APPLAUSE ) YOUR PARENTS. 357 00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:56,067 >> YEAH. >> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU-- 358 00:23:56,134 --> 00:23:58,069 WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THEM? 359 00:23:58,136 --> 00:24:02,073 WHAT DID YOU WANT US TO KNOW? AND I HAVE THEM RIGHT HERE. 360 00:24:02,140 --> 00:24:03,909 THERE THEY ARE. >> THAT'S MY MOM AND DAD. 361 00:24:03,975 --> 00:24:07,345 >> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. MOLLIE AND CHICK. 362 00:24:07,412 --> 00:24:11,583 >> CHICK, YEAH. THE REASON WHY, YOU KNOW, THEIR 363 00:24:11,650 --> 00:24:15,954 LIVES WERE NOT-- I MEAN, MY DAD DIED WHEN HE WAS 51. 364 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:18,523 MY MOM HAD A SERIES OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AFTER THAT. 365 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:22,160 AND I JUST FELT THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS THEIR LIVES AND ADDRESS 366 00:24:22,227 --> 00:24:27,065 WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO LIVE IMMEDIATELY POST-WAR SCOTLAND, 367 00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:30,969 AS IT HAPPENS, AT THE TIME. AND THE KIND OF MISTAKES THAT 368 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:36,775 WERE MADE IN GOODNESS. MY DAD WAS A VERY GOOD, VERY, 369 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:40,679 VERY GOOD, PIOUS MAN, AND HE WAS ALWAYS VERY GIVING TO EVERYBODY. 370 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:43,415 AND HE WOULD-- HE HAD A SHOP-- THAT'S A FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPH OF 371 00:24:43,481 --> 00:24:47,285 ME AND MY DAD, YEAH. HE HAD A FAVORITE-- HE HAD A 372 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:50,055 SHOP, AND HE WOULD WORK FROM 10:00 IN THE MORNING EYE MEAN 373 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:52,624 FROM 5:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 10:00 AT NIGHT. 374 00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:56,528 AND THEN, BECAUSE IT WAS IN A GHETTO, HE WOULD GO AND HELP 375 00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:58,997 PEOPLE DECORATE THEIR HOUSE. YOU KNOW, HE WAS THAT KIND OF 376 00:24:59,064 --> 00:25:01,733 GUY. AND MY MOTHER-- IT DROVE MY 377 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:03,735 MOTHER DEMENTED, ACTUALLY, LITERALLY. 378 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:05,637 AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD. 379 00:25:05,704 --> 00:25:09,541 BUT THEN I FOUND THIS AMAZING LETTER FROM HER. 380 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:13,311 IT WAS ACTUALLY A DIARY ENTRY, WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT THE 381 00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:17,849 LITTLE DIFFERENCES AND HOW SHE ULTIMATELY FORGAVE HIM, BECAUSE 382 00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:20,118 SHE LOVED HIM, AND HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO BE THAT GENEROUS. 383 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:24,422 AND SHE ALWAYS USED TO SAY TO ME, "REMEMBER, BRIAN, CHARITY 384 00:25:24,489 --> 00:25:26,491 BEGINS AT HOME." IT'S A VERY TELLING THING. 385 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:28,526 AND I JUST WANTED TO GET IT OUT THERE. 386 00:25:28,593 --> 00:25:32,530 I WANTED TO TELL THAT STORY. >> Stephen: DID YOUR MOTHER-- 387 00:25:32,597 --> 00:25:35,967 PARENTS OFTEN WORRY ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN GOING INTO SHOW 388 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:39,504 BUSINESS, OR ANY SORT OF UNLIKELY PROFESSION, YOU MIGHT 389 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:41,506 SAY. DID YOUR MOTHER WORRY ABOUT YOU? 390 00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:44,242 >> OH, NO, NO, QUITE THE OPPOSITE. 391 00:25:44,309 --> 00:25:49,447 NO, NO, MY MOTHER WAS-- IT WAS EMBARRASSING, ACTUALLY. 392 00:25:49,514 --> 00:25:52,884 NO, WHAT HAPPENED, I REMEMBER ONCE WHEN-- I DID A-- MY FIRST 393 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:55,553 JOIVES A TV SHOW. I DID A TV PLAY. 394 00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:58,924 AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW IT, AND WHAT HAVE 395 00:25:58,990 --> 00:26:02,827 YOU. AND MY MOM DECIDED TO GET A 396 00:26:02,894 --> 00:26:06,364 PETITION TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORS TO GET ME ON 397 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,233 TELEVISION MORE OFTEN. ( LAUGHTER ) 398 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:14,873 SCOTLAND. >> THIS IS IN DUNDEE. 399 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,310 >> Stephen: SHE'S GOING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A CLIP 400 00:26:18,376 --> 00:26:20,879 BOARD. >> SHE SAID, "I'VE JUST GONE TO 401 00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:23,715 THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU MORE ON 402 00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,151 TELEVISION." I SAID, "MA, YOU CANNOT DO THAT. 403 00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:29,087 IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. I'M EMPLOYED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL 404 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:33,391 WHO HAPPENS TO BE WORKING FOR THE BBC, AND THAT'S HOW I WORK 405 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,993 THERE." SHE SAID, "NO, I THINK WE CAN 406 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:38,897 MAKE SOME MOVEMENT FOR YOU." >> Stephen: GOD BLESS MOTHERS. 407 00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:42,033 >> WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT NEM. 408 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,670 >> Stephen: EXACTLY DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE AT THIS 409 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:48,006 TIME, '66? >> I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 23. 410 00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:49,941 >> Stephen: THAT SMOKE SHOW RIGHT THERE. 411 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:51,776 LOOK AT THAT. IS THIS YOUR FIRST HEAD SHOT? 412 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:56,214 >> NO, MY SECOND. MY FIRST WAS A TOTAL DISASTER 413 00:26:56,281 --> 00:26:58,917 AND I HAD TO GO BACK AND GET IT DONE AGAIN. 414 00:26:58,984 --> 00:27:01,186 >> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE IN 1966. 415 00:27:01,252 --> 00:27:04,522 IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, WHO WERE SORT OF THE ACTORS OF, LIKE, THE 416 00:27:04,589 --> 00:27:06,992 GENERATION BEFORE YOU, WHO YOU WERE LOOKING UP TO? 417 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:08,293 O'TOOLE? BURTON? 418 00:27:08,360 --> 00:27:13,198 >> O'TOOLE-- CERTAINLY BURTON. BUT ALBERT FINNEY, PARTICULARLY 419 00:27:13,264 --> 00:27:15,000 ALBERT. ALBERT WAS-- FOR ME, ALBERT WAS 420 00:27:15,066 --> 00:27:17,969 A REVELATION. WHEN I WAS A KID, I WANTED TO 421 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:23,608 ACT SINCE I WAS THIS HIGH. I USED TO GO ON-- WE CALLED THEM 422 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:25,410 THE PICTURES WHICH WAS THE CINEMA. 423 00:27:25,477 --> 00:27:29,314 I STARTED TO GO WHEN I WAS FIVE. AND I USED TO GO-- WE HAD DOUBLE 424 00:27:29,381 --> 00:27:32,250 FEATURES. IN MY HOME TOWN, WE HAD 21 425 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,986 CINEMAS AT ONE POINT AND THEY WERE KITTY-CORNER TO ONE 426 00:27:35,053 --> 00:27:36,554 ANOTHER. AND WE COULD SEE AS MANY AS 427 00:27:36,621 --> 00:27:38,990 EIGHT MOVIES IN A WEEK. AND I VIRTUALLY DID THAT SINCE 428 00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:41,526 THE AGE OF SIX. THAT'S WHO I WAS GOING TO BE. 429 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:45,096 BUT THEY'RE ALL AMERICAN MOVIES. I COULDN'T RELATE TO BRITISH OR 430 00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:50,969 ENGLISH MOVIES AT ALL. I COULD ONLY RELATE TO CAGNEY, 431 00:27:51,036 --> 00:27:55,340 AND HUMPHREY BOGARD, AND COMEDIANS LIKE MARTIN AND LEWIS, 432 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:58,910 NOT JUST LEWIS, MARTIN AND LEWIS, AND DANNY KAY. 433 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,913 THESE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF MY WORLD. 434 00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:04,749 I THOUGHT, I'M NOT AMERICAN. THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN TO 435 00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:06,484 ME. I'M NEVER GOING TO MAKE THAT 436 00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:10,955 LINK. AND THEN AT THE AGE OF 14, I 437 00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:18,196 WENT TO THE CINEMA IN THE HILL TOWN OF DUNDY, AND I SAW ALBERT 438 00:28:18,263 --> 00:28:20,498 FINNEY IN "SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING." 439 00:28:20,565 --> 00:28:22,467 AND I THOUGHT, IT'S ME, IT'S POSSIBLE. 440 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:26,237 I CAN DO IT. LOOK, THIS GUY IS DOING IT AND 441 00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:28,473 HE WAS INCREDIBLE. THAT WAS AN AMAZING TIME. 442 00:28:28,540 --> 00:28:31,242 IT WAS A TIME OF GREAT SOCIAL MOBILITY. 443 00:28:31,309 --> 00:28:33,778 I WENT TO A DRAMA SCHOOL. I GOT GRANTS. 444 00:28:33,845 --> 00:28:36,181 NONE OF THAT HAPPENS NOW. YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENED THEN. 445 00:28:36,247 --> 00:28:38,149 AND THE COUNTRY WAS A LOT POORER. 446 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:41,719 AND THAT'S HOW I STARTED. AND I GOT-- I MANAGED TO GET AN 447 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:45,356 INTERVIEW WITH MY LOCAL THEATER, AND I WENT 'ROUND THERE, AND IT 448 00:28:45,423 --> 00:28:47,792 WAS FUNNY BECAUSE AS I WALKED INTO THE THEATER, THERE WAS A 449 00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:50,895 FIGHT GOING ON BETWEEN AN ACTOR AND A STAGE MANAGER. 450 00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:55,733 AND THEY WERE DOING ALL THIS-- YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD -BE FIST 451 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,002 CUFFS -- >> Stephen: AN ACTUAL FUT, NOT 452 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:00,738 A STAGE FIGHT. >> AN ACTUAL FIGHT. 453 00:29:00,805 --> 00:29:03,775 THEY HAD BEEN ON A BENDER APPARENTLY ALL NIGHT. 454 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:07,212 I DIDN'T THAT. I WAS 15 AND PASSING ALL THESE 455 00:29:07,278 --> 00:29:08,880 PEOPLE. AND IT WAS ALL GOING ON LIKE 456 00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:14,252 THAT. SO I GOT UP THE STAIRS TO THE 457 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,521 LANDING, AND THERE WAS AN ACTOR THERE SMOKING A CIGARETTE. 458 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,656 AND HE SAID, "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, DARLING IS THERE? 459 00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:21,893 AND I THOUGHT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT I'VE GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW 460 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,864 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AMUSEMENT AMONG 461 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:31,035 THE CHAOS. >> SO I REALIZED I WAS BLESSED. 462 00:29:31,102 --> 00:29:33,872 AND I CONSIDER MYSELF BLESSED. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 463 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:35,206 QUICK BREAK. BUT STICK AROUND. 464 00:29:35,273 --> 00:29:39,577 WHEN WE COME BACK, I WILL ASK BRIAN ABOUT SOME OF HIS MOST 465 00:29:39,644 --> 00:29:42,313 MEMORABLE MISHAPS ON STAGE. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 466 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:54,592 WE'RE BACK HERE WITH THE STAR OF "SUCCESSION," AND AUTHOR OF 467 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:57,028 "PUTTING THE RABBIT IN THE HAT," BRIAN COX. 468 00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:01,366 WE KNOW YOU FROM TELEVISION AND FILMS, BUT OF COURSE YOU'VE HAD 469 00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:04,169 A LONG CAREER ON THE STAGE. WHAT I LOVE TALKING ABOUT WITH 470 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:08,806 PEOPLE WHO MADE THEIR CAREER ON THE STAGE, IN A FILM OR TV SHOW 471 00:30:08,873 --> 00:30:13,077 YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER TAKE. BUT I LOVE THE FACT, IF 472 00:30:13,144 --> 00:30:15,313 SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON STAGE YOU HAVE TO FLUFF IT OUT. 473 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:19,050 I LIKE TO ASK, ARE TTERE ANY PARTICULAR MEMORABLE MOMENTS 474 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:23,254 WHEN THINGS WENT SIDEWAYS AND YOU HAD TO KEEP GOING. 475 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:28,326 >> SEVERAL TIMES. I ONCE DID KING LEAR AND THREW 476 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:32,730 MY CROWN OFF THAT WAY AND IT WAS SAID IT WENT IN THE FRONT ROW 477 00:30:32,797 --> 00:30:37,669 AND CUT A WOMAN'S HEAD. SHE TURNED TO HER BOYFRIEND," 478 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:39,504 AND HE SAID, "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?" 479 00:30:39,571 --> 00:30:43,741 AND THE BLOOD WAS ON HIS SHIRT NOT HER HEAD. 480 00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:48,746 AND THE OTHER INCIDENT I WAS PLAYING CAPTAIN AHAB IN "MOBY 481 00:30:48,813 --> 00:30:51,816 DICK," AND I HAD THIS BEG LEG, AND THIS WHOLE THING WHERE I HAD 482 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:56,588 TO WALK DOWN THE DECK OF THE SHIP AND CLIMB UP ON THE POST 483 00:30:56,654 --> 00:30:58,256 AND KNOCK THE BOOM INTO TE MAST. 484 00:30:58,323 --> 00:31:01,693 AS I CLIMBED UP AND GOT OFF, MY PEG LEG FELL OFF. 485 00:31:01,759 --> 00:31:06,197 ( LAUGHTER ) STARTING TO FRACT T FRANTICALLY 486 00:31:06,264 --> 00:31:09,701 SCREW THE PEG LEG BACK ON. >> Stephen: THE CREW IS COMING 487 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:10,802 OVER. >> THEY'RE COMING ON. 488 00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:14,505 AND I WOULD SAY, "LEAVE TBOYS! LEAVE IT, LEAVE IT!" 489 00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:17,742 AND OF COURSE THEY DID LEAVE IT. SO I WAS MINUS A LEG. 490 00:31:17,809 --> 00:31:21,179 SO I HAD TO GET OFF STAGE, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY PAINFUL TO GET 491 00:31:21,246 --> 00:31:23,481 OFF STAGE ON ONE LEG, MINUS MY PEG. 492 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:29,420 BUT I DID EVENTUALLY MAKE IT. BUT-- AND THIS IS WHERE MY 493 00:31:29,487 --> 00:31:32,056 SUSPICION OF CRITICS-- WELL, ACTUALLY IT BEGAN BEFORE THEN, 494 00:31:32,123 --> 00:31:36,594 BUT IT CERTAINLY WAS, YOU KNOW, SOLIDIFIED THEN. 495 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:38,997 THE FOLLOWING DAY I GOT A RAVE REVIEW. 496 00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:44,969 ( LAUGHTER ) AND HE SAID, "AND THIS 497 00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:49,040 EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT WHERE THE VULNERABILITY OF AHAB CAME 498 00:31:49,107 --> 00:31:52,143 THROUGH IN THE MOMENT HE LOST HIS PEG LEG, AND THE CREW TRIED 499 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:55,480 TO HELP HIM, BUT HE WOULDN'T LET THEM." 500 00:31:55,546 --> 00:32:01,586 ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: BRIAN, IT WAS 501 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,921 LOVELY TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 502 00:32:03,988 --> 00:32:05,690 HERE. >> MY PLEASURE. 503 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:06,824 >> Stephen: ALL THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE IN HIS MEMOIR 504 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:10,161 "PUTTING THE RABBIT IN THE HAT." IT'S AVAILABLE NOW. 505 00:32:10,228 --> 00:32:13,631 BRIAN COX, EVERYBODY WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SAMANTHA BEE. 506 00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:31,582 ( APPLAUSE ) WELCOME BACK! 507 00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:36,587 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE EMMY AWARD -WINNING 508 00:32:36,654 --> 00:32:40,258 HOST OF "FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE," WHICH RETURNS 509 00:32:40,325 --> 00:32:41,926 THIS WEEK FOR ITS SEVENTH SEASON. 510 00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:51,302 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," SAM BEE. 511 00:32:51,369 --> 00:33:06,250 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 512 00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:07,485 ♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE ) 513 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:10,888 AGAIN. >> IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU. 514 00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:13,257 HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> Stephen: HAPPY NEW YEAR. 515 00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,626 HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE. 516 00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,862 OH, MY GOSH. >> Stephen: LAST WE SPOKE-- 517 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:19,163 >> YES. >> Stephen: IT WAS OVER THE 518 00:33:19,230 --> 00:33:21,899 ZOOMS. >> IT WAS OVER THE ZOOM, THAT'S 519 00:33:21,966 --> 00:33:22,767 RIGHT. >> Stephen: IT'S BEEN A YEAR 520 00:33:22,834 --> 00:33:25,136 SINCE WE SAW EACH OTHER. >> A YEAR? 521 00:33:25,203 --> 00:33:26,904 >> Stephen: IS IT SOMETHING I SAID? 522 00:33:26,971 --> 00:33:30,575 >> IT WAS. IT WAS ONE FULL INSURRECTION 523 00:33:30,641 --> 00:33:31,876 AGO. >> Stephen: OH! 524 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:36,581 JUST NOW, REAL QUICK, JUST NOW, OF COURSE, I HUGGED YOU JUST 525 00:33:36,647 --> 00:33:37,815 NOW. HAVE YOU BEEN TESTED RECENTLY? 526 00:33:37,882 --> 00:33:41,319 >> I TESTED THREE TIMES TODAY, WHICH IS, LIKE THE NEW -- 527 00:33:41,386 --> 00:33:44,589 >> Stephen: WOW! >> YOU MUST HAVE BEEN RUNNING 528 00:33:44,655 --> 00:33:48,359 OUT OF HOLES. >> I'M TELLING YOU. 529 00:33:48,426 --> 00:33:50,495 I HAVE REALLY FLEXED THESE MUSCLES TODAY. 530 00:33:50,561 --> 00:33:52,897 >> Stephen: HOW IS THE FAMILY? >> FAMILY IS GOOD. 531 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:54,832 EVERYBODY IS KIND OF-- YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY IS FINDING THEIR WAY 532 00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:58,403 IN THE NEW NORMAL. IT WAS NICE THAT-- I KNOW THAT 533 00:33:58,469 --> 00:34:01,472 NO ONE WILL AGREE BECAUSE I ENJOYED THIS DEEP FREEZE BECAUSE 534 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,474 WE WERE ABLE TO SKATE THIS WEEKEND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 535 00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:05,276 THERE WAS A POND. >> Stephen: THAT'S VERY 536 00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:07,779 CANADIAN OF YOU. >> ISN'T IT? 537 00:34:07,845 --> 00:34:09,447 >> Stephen: YOU SKATE ON PONDS? 538 00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:11,849 >> WE CAN SKATE-- IT'S SO FROZEN WHERE WE ARE -- 539 00:34:11,916 --> 00:34:13,484 >> Stephen: I WOULDN'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S OKAY. 540 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:16,854 >> AS YOU KNOW, I AM MARRIED TO A FELLOW CANADIAN. 541 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:21,192 AND HE CAN TELL. HE CAN INTUEIT, HOW DEEP-- HOW 542 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:27,698 THICK THE ICE IS, JUST BY LOOKING-- HE HAS KIND OF LIKE A 543 00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:32,937 BAT SENSOR, LIKE ECHO. >> HE JUST CHIRPS... 544 00:34:33,004 --> 00:34:36,874 >> IT'S A FOOT AND A HALF. >> Stephen: "FULL FRONTAL" 545 00:34:36,941 --> 00:34:39,811 JUST HIT A MILESTONE, 200 EPISODES. 546 00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:40,778 >> 200. >> Stephen: THAT'S A LOT. 547 00:34:40,845 --> 00:34:43,314 >> THAT'S A LOT. >> Stephen: THAT'S A LOT OF 548 00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:44,348 EPISODES. >> THAT'S A LOT. 549 00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:47,985 ( APPLAUSE ) SHOW DIFFERENTLY NOW THAN WHEN 550 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:50,221 YOU WANT ON THE AIR IN FEBRUARY OF 2016? 551 00:34:50,288 --> 00:34:53,491 >> IT'S SO DIFFERENT. I MEAN, FIRST-- IT'S VERY 552 00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:56,360 DIFFERENT FROM HOSTING A SHOW IN A POST-TRUMP WORLD, TOO. 553 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:59,297 I FEEL LIKE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY ITERATION -- 554 00:34:59,363 --> 00:35:01,866 >> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 555 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:05,770 >> A COMPLETE BLANK. WE HAVE LONGER TO EXPLORE 556 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:07,538 OURSELVES. LIKE, I JUST FINISHED WHAT I WAS 557 00:35:07,605 --> 00:35:11,976 DOING PRIOR TO COMING HERE TODAY WAS SHOOTING THIS WHOLE PIECE IN 558 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:15,313 A CAT CAFE IN BROOKLYN. SO I'M HAVING SO MUCH FUN. 559 00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:18,182 I HAD, LIKE, 40 CATS ON ME TODAY. 560 00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:20,485 >> Stephen: REALLY? ARE YOU A CAT PERSON? 561 00:35:20,551 --> 00:35:23,821 >> I LOVE CATS. I HAVE SO MUCH DANDER ON MY BODY 562 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:26,057 RIGHT NOW. >> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE AN 563 00:35:26,123 --> 00:35:27,625 ALLERGY? >> GOD NO. 564 00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:30,127 I HOPE NO ONE IN THIS ROOM DOES. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A GIANT 565 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:34,065 ROOM, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A FACE FULL OF DANDER JUST FROM ME 566 00:35:34,131 --> 00:35:36,334 PHYSICALLY BEING HERE. >> Stephen: THE 40 CATS, IS 567 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,304 THAT PART OF THIS? YOU GAVE A LITTLE HINT, A 568 00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:42,573 PREVIEW, A TEASER OF WHAT THE SEASON IS GOING TO BE LIKE ON 569 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,209 THE TWITTER. >> I DID. 570 00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:49,447 >> Stephen: YOU SAID, "NEXT SEASON, WE'RE GOING TO GO 571 00:35:49,514 --> 00:35:53,451 ( BLEEP ), NUT-NUT." >> THAT'S IT. 572 00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:56,521 THAT'S IT. >> Stephen: WHICH IS A KENDALL 573 00:35:56,587 --> 00:36:01,526 ROY REFERENCE TO "SUCCESSION." >> IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE BRIAN. 574 00:36:01,592 --> 00:36:05,329 I LIKED THAT. ME FILMING A SHOW ABOUT, LIKE, 575 00:36:05,396 --> 00:36:08,065 MISINFORMATION, VACCINE MISINFORMATION, BUT FRAMING IT 576 00:36:08,132 --> 00:36:14,805 IN A KITTEN CAFE WITH 40 KITTENS CLIMBING OVER MY BODY. 577 00:36:14,872 --> 00:36:17,341 THAT'S ME GOING ( BLEEP ) NUT-NUT, STEPHEN. 578 00:36:17,408 --> 00:36:20,244 >> Stephen: WILL WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THIS? 579 00:36:20,311 --> 00:36:22,613 >> WE MIGHT. I'M TRYING TO PUT SOME 580 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,984 INFORMATION INTO IT, BUT TRULY IT'S ME LIVING MY BEST LIFE. 581 00:36:27,051 --> 00:36:28,886 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. >> YEAH. 582 00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:32,189 >> Stephen: THAT'S NICE. >> YOU KNOW WHAT... 583 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:34,392 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU AND I OF 584 00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:35,793 COURSE WORKED TOGETHER. >> WE DID. 585 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:39,397 >> Stephen: MANY YEARS OVER AT THE PLACE CALLED "THE DAILY." 586 00:36:39,463 --> 00:36:41,132 >> YUP. >> Stephen: AND WE DID A LOT 587 00:36:41,198 --> 00:36:42,400 OF ELECTIONS. >> WE DID. 588 00:36:42,466 --> 00:36:46,003 >> Stephen: AND OF COURSE THERE'S, LIKE, PRESIDENTIAL YEAR 589 00:36:46,070 --> 00:36:48,205 ELECTIONS AND THEN THERE'S THE MIDTERMS. 590 00:36:48,272 --> 00:36:49,941 >> YES. >> Stephen: AND WE'RE IN A 591 00:36:50,007 --> 00:36:50,708 MIDTERM YEAR. >> YUP. 592 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:53,511 >> Stephen: ARE YOU MID-EXCITED? 593 00:36:53,578 --> 00:36:59,917 >> EVEN HEARING THE WORD "MIDTERM" MAKES ME WANT TO TAKE 594 00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:01,652 MY MICROPHONE AND RUN OUT OF THE FEELING. 595 00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,356 >> Stephen: I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO 596 00:37:05,423 --> 00:37:08,025 HAPPEN IN OKLAHOMA'S SEVENTH DISTRICT. 597 00:37:08,092 --> 00:37:10,328 ( BLEEP ) THAT'S SOMETHING YOU COULD SINK YOUR TEETH INTO. 598 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:13,230 >> I'LL GET THE KITTENS TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 599 00:37:13,297 --> 00:37:16,067 >> Stephen: THE THING IS YOU CAN'T SORT OF NECESSARILY IGNORE 600 00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,268 IT. >> NO! 601 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:20,004 >> Stephen: BECAUSE WHAT I DO, CERTAINLY, AND I THINK TO A 602 00:37:20,071 --> 00:37:23,541 CERTAIN EXTENT YOU DO, YOU'RE SORT OF A SHADOW OF WHAT'S 603 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:25,276 HAPPENING IN THE NATIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE. 604 00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:28,112 BECAUSE THAT'S THE FOOTAGE YOU'RE ROLLING IN. 605 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:30,815 ALL THEY WILL TALK ABOUT IS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS. 606 00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:37,221 >> I KNOW BBUT WE WILL TELL THE STORY OF THE LOSS OF 607 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:39,490 CIVILIZATION WITH A LITTLE PANACHE. 608 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:42,860 >> Stephen: NEXT TO THE FLAMING PIT, IT SHEDS A LOVELY 609 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,128 LIGHT. >> FEEL THAT WARMTH. 610 00:37:44,195 --> 00:37:47,798 >> Stephen: LIKE MANY COMEDIANS YOU WERE A WAITRESS 611 00:37:47,865 --> 00:37:50,101 BEFORE YOU WERE THE SAM BEE WE KNOW AND LOVE. 612 00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:54,005 >> Stephen: I'M CURIOUS HOW YOUR WAITRESSING EXPERIENCE IN 613 00:37:54,071 --> 00:37:55,239 TORONTO? >> YES. 614 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:58,943 >> Stephen: ACROSS THE LAKES, I WAS IN CHICAGO AMERICA HEY 615 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:00,411 TORONTO. >> IT TRULY IS. 616 00:38:00,478 --> 00:38:04,148 >> Stephen: IT KIND OF IS. THEY'RE KIND OF SISTER CITIES. 617 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:06,584 I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS LIKE IF IT WAS BETTER THAN 618 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:08,185 MINE. I DID FIVE YEARS. 619 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:10,688 >> I THINK I DID-- I THINK I DID AROUND FIVE, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 620 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:13,958 FIVE YEARS AND A DECADE AND A HALF. 621 00:38:14,025 --> 00:38:16,260 >> Stephen: WERE YOU AT THE SAME PLACE. 622 00:38:16,327 --> 00:38:23,968 >> MY FIRST WAITERING JOB WAS AT A 24-HOUR PANCAKE HOUSE THE 623 00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:26,704 GOLDEN GRIDDLE. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE ALL THE 624 00:38:26,771 --> 00:38:29,974 DRUNK PEOPLE AT 2:00 A.M. ARE CUTTING BIG CHECKS TO THE 625 00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:32,610 WAITRESS. >> I ONLY EVER WORKED THE NIGHT 626 00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:35,579 SHIFT, FROM 10:00 P.M. TO 6 :00 A.M. 627 00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:40,117 IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS MOSTLY THE WORST OF TIMES. 628 00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:43,487 >> Stephen: WHAT IS YOUR SOCIAL LIKE LIFE? 629 00:38:43,554 --> 00:38:46,824 HOW OLD ARE YOU AT THIS POINT? >> MID-20s. 630 00:38:46,891 --> 00:38:49,960 >> Stephen: AND YOU WORKED FROM 10:00 AT NIGHT UNTIL 6 :00 631 00:38:50,027 --> 00:38:51,495 IN THE MORNING. HOW DO YOU INTERACT WITH THE 632 00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:53,964 OTHER HUMANS WHO ARE LIVING THE OTHER HUMAN SCHEDULE. 633 00:38:54,031 --> 00:38:58,202 >> YOU-- WELL, I THINK WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR 20s YOU'RE JUST 634 00:38:58,269 --> 00:38:59,503 WEAK ALL THE TIME. I THINK THAT'S FINE. 635 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:02,506 >> Stephen: YOU WAKE UP, WHEN? >> YOU WOULD GO-- YOU WOULD GO 636 00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:05,710 TO SLEEP AT 6:00, YOU GET UP AT, LIKE, 11:00. 637 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:09,647 >> Stephen: YOU WOULDN'T GO TO SLEEP AT SIX, YOU WERE OFF WORK 638 00:39:09,714 --> 00:39:11,916 AT SIX. >> I WOULD RIDE MY BIKE HOME 639 00:39:11,982 --> 00:39:16,087 FOR, LIKE, 45 MINUTE. I LIVED REALLY FAR AWAY FROM THE 640 00:39:16,153 --> 00:39:17,288 GOLDEN GRIDDLE. >> Stephen: THAT'S AWFUL! 641 00:39:17,354 --> 00:39:19,490 >> AND ALL NIGHT LONG SERVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SO DRUNK AND SO 642 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:24,395 HIGH, AND COMING OFF A ""STAR TREK"" CONVENTION ORDERING THEIR 643 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:27,431 FOOD IN KLINGON, AND I'M JUST LIKE... 644 00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:30,968 >> Stephen: DID WHAT THAT? >> SO MANY TIMES. 645 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:35,506 THIS IS VERY ORIGINAL, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR MY BUCK WHEAT 646 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,109 PANCAKES IN KLINGON. SHE WILL NEVER SEE IT COMING. 647 00:39:38,175 --> 00:39:43,547 I'M LIKE, DUDE, YOU HAVE A FULL FACE OF MAKEUP ON. 648 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:46,550 I WAS EXPECTING THIS. AND IT'S STILL NOT FUNNY. 649 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:49,820 THAT'S IT. I JUST GOT A CHILL UP ON MY 650 00:39:49,887 --> 00:39:51,422 SPNE. >> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS ON 651 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:52,923 200 SHOWS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 652 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:56,060 >> Stephen: AND SEVEN SEASONS. >> WHAT A GIFT. 653 00:39:56,127 --> 00:40:04,702 >> Stephen: KEEP IT NUT-NUT. >> KEEP IT NUT-NUT 654 00:40:04,769 --> 00:40:05,970 >> Stephen: "FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE" AIRS THURSDAYS ON 655 00:40:06,036 --> 00:40:07,138 TBS. SAMANTHA BEE, EVERYBODY. 656 00:40:07,204 --> 00:40:08,873 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 657 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,748 THAT'S IT FOR THE LATE SHOW." TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUEST 658 00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:20,351 WILL BE CHRISTINE BARANSKI. GOOD NIGHT.