1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:05,171 >> IN LIGHT OF DISNEY SAYING IT WILL WORK TO REPEAL FLORIDA'S 2 00:00:05,238 --> 00:00:07,941 "DON'T SAY GAY" LAW, RIGHT-WING MEDIA OUTLET, "THE DAILY WIRE," 3 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:11,945 CLAIMS IT WILL INVEST $100 MILLION IN KIDS' CONTENT TO 4 00:00:12,011 --> 00:00:15,949 BATTLE WOKE DISNEY. >> THIS SPRING, "THE DAILY WIRE" 5 00:00:16,015 --> 00:00:21,955 IS PROUD TO PRESENT ITS FIRST NONWOKE ANIMATED FEATURE: "SNOW 6 00:00:22,021 --> 00:00:26,960 WHITE AND THE SEVEN PROUDLY MALE DWARFS." 7 00:00:27,026 --> 00:00:30,930 >> MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, WHO'S THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL? 8 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:34,934 >> THE LOVELY LASS, SNOW WHITE. >> GOOD. 9 00:00:35,001 --> 00:00:37,971 IT WILL BE SNOW WHITE, THEN, WHOM I GROUP GROOM INTO MY 10 00:00:38,037 --> 00:00:42,108 LESBIAN WEB. ( CLEARS THROAT ) 11 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:46,179 LIKE TO COME OVER TO MY CASTLE AND WATCH A BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR 12 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:50,016 ROOSEVELT. WE CAN DRINK KOMBUCHA. 13 00:00:50,083 --> 00:01:03,930 >> I DON'T THINK SO. AREN'T YOU IN A SOFTBALL LEAGUE? 14 00:01:03,997 --> 00:01:06,933 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HOORAY, AWOKEN BY A 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,401 HETEROSEXUAL KISS. LET'S PROCREATE THE WAY GOD 16 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:09,803 INTENDED. THE DWARFS CAN WATCH. 17 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:11,871 >> WEE! 18 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,042 >> Announcer: IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT." 19 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:26,853 TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES: 20 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:33,827 KEN BURNS AND MANDY PATINKIN 21 00:01:33,893 --> 00:01:35,962 WITH A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY JOHN C. REILLY 22 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:39,365 FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY HUMAN. 23 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:45,972 AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK 24 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:50,443 CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT! 25 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:53,112 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪ ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:55,448 >> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL. 27 00:01:55,515 --> 00:01:56,516 HEY! NICE TO SEE YOU. 28 00:01:56,583 --> 00:02:03,022 HAVE YOU LOST WEIGHT? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE WORKING 29 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:05,091 OUT. OF NICE SOSEE, ISAIAH. 30 00:02:13,733 --> 00:02:17,403 WHAT'S UP, LAMPLEY. PLEASE, HAVE A SEAT, EVERYBODY. 31 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:20,139 YOU'RE VERY KIND. UP HERE, DOWN THERE. 32 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:23,943 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME, WELCOME TO "LATE SHOW"." 33 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:28,147 I AM STEPHEN COLBERT. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 34 00:02:28,214 --> 00:02:31,951 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING 35 00:02:32,018 --> 00:02:36,956 HAPPY THURSDAY. APRIL FOOLS, IT'S FRIDAY! 36 00:02:37,023 --> 00:02:37,957 HA-HA. THAT WAS FUN. 37 00:02:38,024 --> 00:02:44,964 ( LAUGHTER ) TALKED ABOUT IN A WHILE: COVID. 38 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:49,936 WE TALKED ABOUT IT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY FOR TWO YEARS. 39 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,972 BUT IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT IT'S OVER, IN 40 00:02:53,039 --> 00:02:54,107 THAT IT'LL NEVER BE OVER. SO, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO TALK 41 00:02:54,173 --> 00:02:55,942 ABOUT IT AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO 42 00:02:56,009 --> 00:03:00,613 TALK TO YOU ABOUT. YOU SEE, COVID IS STILL OUT 43 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,051 THERE, AND LAST WEEK, OVER HALF OF THE NEW CASES WERE OMICRON 44 00:03:05,118 --> 00:03:08,988 BA.2, WHICH SOME CALL "STEALTH OMICRON," WHICH I CALL B.S. ON 45 00:03:09,055 --> 00:03:22,335 ( LAUGHTER ) WE'RE DETECTING IT EVERYWHERE. 46 00:03:22,402 --> 00:03:25,471 THAT'S THE VIRAL EQUIVALENT OF A NINJA WEARING A ROAD-WORK VEST. 47 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,540 BIG FANS OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION HERE. 48 00:03:32,011 --> 00:03:33,513 F.D.A.'S BUDGET, "WITH MUCH OF THE $2.1 BILLION INCREASE AIMED 49 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:34,881 AT PREPARING FOR ANOTHER PANDEMIC." 50 00:03:34,948 --> 00:03:36,049 AH-AH! YOU DON'T GET ANOTHER PANDEMIC 51 00:03:36,115 --> 00:03:38,184 UNLESS YOU FINISH YOUR FIRST ONE! 52 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:45,158 ( LAUGHTER ) WHICH YOU NEVER WILL, MISTER. 53 00:03:45,224 --> 00:03:51,331 WHICH YOU... IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE THE 54 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:52,699 PANDEMIC FIRST HIT, AND WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN THE GOVERNMENT 55 00:03:52,765 --> 00:03:56,035 RUSHED TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ORDINARY AMERICANS. 56 00:03:56,102 --> 00:04:03,910 AND IT TURNS OUT, SOME OF THOSE ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE 57 00:04:03,977 --> 00:04:09,148 EXTRAORDINARY JERKS, BECAUSE PROSECUTORS ARE NOW SAYING THAT 58 00:04:09,215 --> 00:04:12,318 FOLKS RIPPING OFF PANDEMIC RELIEF WAS "THE LARGEST FRAUD IN 59 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:14,954 U.S. HISTORY." REALLY? 60 00:04:15,021 --> 00:04:16,556 I THOUGHT THE LARGEST FRAUD WAS THE CLAIM THAT "AMERICA RUNS ON 61 00:04:16,623 --> 00:04:22,929 DUNKIN." ( LAUGHTER ) 62 00:04:22,996 --> 00:04:26,799 AND A FROZEN MOCHA COOLATA, I AM NOT RUNNING ANYWHERE. 63 00:04:26,866 --> 00:04:30,536 I AM BARELY CRAWLING TO THE COUCH. 64 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:37,610 ( APPLAUSE ) NOT TONIGHT? 65 00:04:37,677 --> 00:04:39,278 NOT TONIGHT? SOME OF THE FRAUD TOOK PLACE 66 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:42,048 WITH THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, P.P.P., WHICH WAS 67 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:45,952 SUPPOSED TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES KEEP THEIR WORKERS 68 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:47,420 EMPLOYED. THING IS, MANY OF THOSE 69 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:50,957 BUSINESSES AND WORKERS WHO RECEIVED THE MONEY DIDN'T EXIST. 70 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:54,961 FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WOMAN "CLAIMED TO GENERATE OVER $800,000 IN 71 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:57,930 INCOME AND EMPLOYED FIVE INDIVIDUALS FROM A FARM BASED IN 72 00:04:57,997 --> 00:05:02,969 THE YARD OF HER FLORIDA HOME." OKAY, SOUNDS FISHY, BUT YOUR 73 00:05:03,036 --> 00:05:04,137 HOME CAN BE A FARM BECAUSE, LEGALLY, IN FLORIDA, METH IS A 74 00:05:04,203 --> 00:05:07,040 VEGETABLE. ( LAUGHTER ) 75 00:05:07,106 --> 00:05:11,577 AND-- FRESH. FRESH. 76 00:05:11,644 --> 00:05:16,949 BRING IN THE CROP. THESE CROOKS WHO HAVE BEEN 77 00:05:17,016 --> 00:05:18,951 CAUGHT HAVEN'T EXACTLY BEEN COOPERATIVE. 78 00:05:19,018 --> 00:05:21,954 ONE CALIFORNIA COUPLE SLICED OFF THEIR ELECTRONIC MONITORING 79 00:05:22,021 --> 00:05:26,659 BRACELETS AND VANISHED IN AUGUST, LEAVING BEHIND THEIR 80 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:30,763 THREE TEENAGE CHILDREN. WOW! 81 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:38,938 ON THE DOWN SIDE, MASSIVE FRAUD. ON THE UP SIDE, HOUSE PARTY AT 82 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:39,238 BRANDY'S. 83 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,745 TURNING TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE, THERE'S STILL A WAR IN UKRAINE, 84 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:48,815 BUT AT LEAST THERE'S STILL A UKRAINE, AND THAT'S ALL BECAUSE 85 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:50,817 UKRAINIAN CITIZENS KEEP UP THE HEROIC RESISTANCE. 86 00:05:50,883 --> 00:05:54,954 TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION. AND THAT HEROISM HAS TAKEN SOME 87 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:58,958 INTERESTING FORMS LATELY. FOR INSTANCE, AFTER RUSSIA 88 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:02,595 BOMBED A ZOO IN KHARKIV, ONE WORKER DROVE A VAN PACKED WITH 89 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,498 KANGAROOS AND WALLABEES TO SAFETY. 90 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:11,904 ( APPLAUSE ) THAT IS ADORABLE! 91 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:13,606 AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THE KANGAROOS HAVE BEEN 92 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:14,841 TARGETED, BECAUSE THE ANIMALS' ENCLOSURES HAVE BEEN "REPEATEDLY 93 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:18,377 SHELLED." IT'S A STORY CHRONICLED IN THE 94 00:06:18,444 --> 00:06:24,050 HEARTWARMING FAMILY COMEDY "WE BOMBED A ZOO." 95 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:26,619 STILL CAN'T BELIEVE MATT DAMON DID THAT. 96 00:06:26,686 --> 00:06:37,630 ( LAUGHTER ) SOME OTHER SURVIVING ANIMALS 97 00:06:37,697 --> 00:06:41,033 WERE ALSO SAFELY EVACUATED, LIKE GREAT APES, MONKEYS, AND 98 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:43,870 TURTLES. WELL, THAT CAN'T HAVE BEEN EASY. 99 00:06:43,936 --> 00:06:47,907 "GO, TURTLE! I'VE OPENED YOUR CAGE! 100 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:49,609 GO! FREE! 101 00:06:49,675 --> 00:06:51,778 RUN LIKE THE WIND! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. 102 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:53,946 THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. COME ON! 103 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:58,317 AND IT JUST-- YOU KNOW WHAT, SCREW IT. 104 00:06:58,384 --> 00:07:01,621 JUST DUCT TAPE THE TURTLE TO THE MONKEY." 105 00:07:01,687 --> 00:07:05,658 ( LAUGHTER ) FOUL-SMELLING BEASTS: THE FORMER 106 00:07:05,725 --> 00:07:06,859 PRESIDENT. ( LAUGHTER ) 107 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:15,968 WE HAD-- IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE, I SUPPOSE. 108 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:21,607 OLD HOME WEEK. WE HAD A NEW OFFICIAL STATEMENT 109 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:25,611 THIS WEEK FROM OL' CULT 45. AS THE JANUARY 6 INVESTIGATION 110 00:07:25,678 --> 00:07:29,015 CONTINUES TO CLOSE IN ON HIM AND HIS CRIMINAL ASSOCIATES, OF 111 00:07:29,081 --> 00:07:32,618 COURSE HE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT: 112 00:07:32,685 --> 00:07:36,189 HIS GOLF GAME. A QUICK REMINDER: OVER A YEAR 113 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:38,591 AGO, MY DOCTOR ADVISED ME TO STOP DOING MY IMPRESSION OF 114 00:07:38,658 --> 00:07:44,597 THE FORMER PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T VERY GOOD. 115 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:50,303 SO, INSTEAD, ONCE AGAIN, "THE LATE SHOW" WILL HAVE THE FORMER 116 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:53,606 PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT, ACTUAL STATEMENT, READ BY 117 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:55,575 SOMEONE WITH HIS SAME LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL MATURITY: 118 00:07:55,641 --> 00:07:59,979 A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY. JIM? 119 00:08:00,046 --> 00:08:01,614 >> MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING, SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU NOW, IT IS 120 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:05,818 100% TRUE. WHILE PLAYING WITH THE LEGENDARY 121 00:08:05,885 --> 00:08:08,588 GOLFER ERNIE ELS, WINNER OF FOUR MAJORS AND APPROXIMATELY 122 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:13,626 72 OTHER TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; GENE SAUERS, WINNER 123 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:17,597 OF THE SENIOR U.S. OPEN; KEN DUKE AND MIKE GOODES-- BOTH 124 00:08:17,663 --> 00:08:21,601 EXCELLENT TOUR PLAYERS-- I MADE A HOLE IN ONE. 125 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:25,037 >> Stephen: NOW, NOW, REMEMBER, KEEP THIS IN MIND. 126 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:30,676 HE SAID THIS IS 100% TRUE. SO, I HAVE NO DOUBT HIS HOLE IN 127 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:34,714 ONE IS JUST AS REAL AS HIS LOVING MARRIAGE. 128 00:08:34,780 --> 00:08:37,650 BUT WAIT, THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH MORE: 129 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,621 >> IT TOOK PLACE AT TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF CLUB IN WEST 130 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:44,590 PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ON THE SEVENTH HOLE, WHICH WAS PLAYING 131 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:50,596 181 YARDS INTO A SLIGHT WIND. I HIT A 5-IRON, WHICH SAILED 132 00:08:50,663 --> 00:08:53,599 MAGNIFICENTLY INTO A RATHER STRONG WIND, WITH APPROXIMATELY 133 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:56,202 FIVE FEET OF CUT, WHEREUPON IT BOUNCED TWICE AND THEN WENT 134 00:08:56,269 --> 00:09:01,574 CLANK, INTO THE HOLE. >> Stephen: CLANK? 135 00:09:01,641 --> 00:09:02,642 GOLF BALLS DON'T CLANK. DOES HE NOT KNOW WHAT THINGS 136 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:03,676 SOUND LIKE? WHAT KIND OF SEE-AND-SAY DID HE 137 00:09:03,743 --> 00:09:11,617 HAVE AS A KID? >> THE COW SAYS-- 138 00:09:11,684 --> 00:09:17,556 >> AAAAH! >> WILL SMITH JUST SMACKED THE 139 00:09:17,623 --> 00:09:17,990 (BLEEP) OUT OF ME. 140 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:23,663 >> Stephen: THE STATEMENT SOMEHOW GOES ON: 141 00:09:23,729 --> 00:09:26,599 >> ANYWAY, THERE'S A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT IT, QUITE 142 00:09:26,666 --> 00:09:29,735 EXCITING, AND PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SEEM TO BE ASKING FOR THE FACTS. 143 00:09:29,802 --> 00:09:32,605 PLAYING WITH THAT GROUP OF WONDERFUL, TALENTED PLAYERS WAS 144 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:36,175 A LOT OF FUN. THE MATCH WAS ERNIE AND ME WITH 145 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,611 NO STROKES AGAINST GENE, MIKE, AND KEN. 146 00:09:38,678 --> 00:09:42,148 I WON'T TELL YOU WHO WON, BECAUSE I AM A VERY MODEST 147 00:09:42,214 --> 00:09:45,618 INDIVIDUAL, AND YOU WILL THEN SAY I WAS BRAGGING, AND I DON'T 148 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:49,622 LIKE PEOPLE WHO BRAG! ( LAUGHTER ) 149 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:56,862 >> Stephen: NOW, BECAUSE-- BECAUSE HE CONSTANTLY LIES, 150 00:09:56,929 --> 00:10:00,566 THERE'S NO WAY TO KNOW IF HE ACTUALLY GOT A HOLE IN ONE. 151 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:01,801 IT'S A LESSON WE ALL LEARNED IN THAT CHILDREN'S BOOK, "THE BOY 152 00:10:01,867 --> 00:10:08,607 WHO CRIED GOLF." ( LAUGHTER ) 153 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:14,046 STUPID STORY IS, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF STUPID LIFE STUPID 154 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:17,416 SHOULD BE LIVING. FORGET POLITICS, SIR. 155 00:10:17,483 --> 00:10:20,119 INSTEAD OF LYING ABOUT WINNING AN ELECTION, YOU CAN JUST LIE 156 00:10:20,186 --> 00:10:23,856 ABOUT WINNING WHATEVER DUMB COMPETITION THEY'VE GOT GOING ON 157 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:25,358 AT YOUR CLUB! I WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO SPEND THE 158 00:10:25,424 --> 00:10:28,561 REST OF MY LIFE HEARING MORE STATEMENTS LIKE THIS: 159 00:10:28,627 --> 00:10:29,762 >> MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING, SO I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU NOW: IT IS 160 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:33,599 100% TRUE. WHILE DINING WITH THE LEGENDARY 161 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:38,037 COMPETITIVE EATER, JOEY CHESTNUT, WINNER OF 162 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:41,640 APPROXIMATELY 14 MAJOR NATHAN'S HOT DOG EATING CONTESTS, AND 163 00:10:41,707 --> 00:10:45,611 BILL BARR AND STEVE BANNON, BOTH EXCELLENT EATERS, I MADE A 164 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:49,949 DOG IN ONE. I WAS EATING INTO A SLIGHT WIND, 165 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:53,619 WITH APPROXIMATELY FIVE INCHES OF CHILI. 166 00:10:53,686 --> 00:10:56,622 I SHOVED IT IN MY MOUTH, WHEREUPON IT BOUNCED TWICE AND 167 00:10:56,689 --> 00:11:01,627 THEN WENT CLANK, INTO MY TUMMY. THE MATCH WAS JOEY AND ME, 168 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:02,928 WITH NO STROKES. EXCEPT FOR BILL BARR, WHO HAD A 169 00:11:02,995 --> 00:11:08,601 MINOR STROKE. >> Stephen: WE'VE GOT A GREAT 170 00:11:08,667 --> 00:11:13,939 SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT. MY GUESTS ARE KEN BURNS, MANDY 171 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:15,708 PATINKIN, AND A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY JOHN C. REILLY. 172 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:17,676 BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, "MEANWHILE!" 173 00:11:17,743 --> 00:11:18,744 WON'T YOU? ♪ ♪ ♪ 174 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:13,933 BAND, EVERYBODY! ( APPLAUSE ) 175 00:12:13,999 --> 00:12:18,170 >> HAPPY FRIDAY, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: HAPPY FRIDAY TO 176 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:20,639 YOU, LOUIS. I'M VERY EXCITED. 177 00:12:20,706 --> 00:12:21,941 WE HAVE TWO GUESTS ON AT THE SAME TIME TONIGHT. 178 00:12:22,007 --> 00:12:24,677 FIRST OF ALL, JOHN C. REILLY IS GOING TO BE ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, 179 00:12:24,743 --> 00:12:27,413 A VERY SPECIAL APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW. 180 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,850 BUT, ALSO, TWO EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS AND AMERICANS IN THEIR 181 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:34,987 OWN RIGHT, KEN BURNS AND MANDY PATINKIN ARE GOING TO BE ON HERE 182 00:12:35,054 --> 00:12:37,056 TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT A NEW PROGRAM. 183 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:41,127 >> IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. >> Stephen: KEN'S NEW FILM 184 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:42,828 "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" WHICH STARTS MONDAY ON PBS. 185 00:12:42,895 --> 00:12:48,834 I'M A BIG FRANKLYN FAN. DO YOU LIKE FRANKLYN. 186 00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:54,840 >> I LIKE FRANKLIN. >> DO YOU LIKE FRANKLIN? 187 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:58,878 >> I DON'T KNOW. I NEVER FRANKELED. 188 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:02,047 I HEARD THAT ON THE MUPPET'S SHOW. 189 00:13:02,114 --> 00:13:06,752 I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER FRANKLED AS A VERB. 190 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:10,022 YOU KNOW, FOLKS, I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME RIGHT OVER THERE, MINING 191 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:12,858 THE DAY'S BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT STORIES, COLLECTING 192 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:14,293 THE FINEST, MOST TOPICAL IRON ORE, HAND HAMMERING IT INTO JOKE 193 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:17,830 PANELS. THEN I CRAFT SHEETS OF BRONZE 194 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:19,265 EMBLAZONED WITH PATTERNS THAT TELL AN EPIC TALE OF CONQUEST 195 00:13:19,331 --> 00:13:22,268 AND GLORY. THEN, USING THE GERMANIC 196 00:13:22,334 --> 00:13:26,605 TRADITIONAL PRESSBLECH PROCESS, I PLACE THIN SHEETS OF 197 00:13:26,672 --> 00:13:29,842 FOIL AGAINST THE SCENES, AND BY HAMMERING OR OTHERWISE, 198 00:13:29,909 --> 00:13:31,076 APPLYING PRESSURE FROM THE BACK, I PROJECT THESE SCENES INTO A 199 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:33,913 PAIR OF CHEEK GUARDS AND A FACEPLATE. 200 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:36,849 AND, FINALLY, USING FLUTED STRIPS OF WHITE ALLOYED 201 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:40,219 MOULDING, I DIVIDE THE DESIGNS INTO FRAMED PANELS AND HOLD IT 202 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:42,821 ALL TOGETHER USING BRONZE RIVETS TO CREATE THE BEAUTIFUL AND 203 00:13:42,888 --> 00:13:48,827 INTIMIDATING ANGLO-SAXON BATTLE HELM THAT IS MY 204 00:13:48,894 --> 00:13:59,405 NIGHTLY MONOLOGUE. BUT SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES, FOLKS, 205 00:13:59,471 --> 00:14:01,340 I COME TO MY SENSES FULLY NAKED ON THE DECK OF A PIRATE-BESIEGED 206 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,409 MALAY CONTAINER SHIP THAT PICKED ME UP FLOATING ON THE DETACHED 207 00:14:03,475 --> 00:14:06,812 DOOR OF A PORT-A-POTTY IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 208 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:09,848 THEN, AFTER A SUNSTROKE-INDUCED REALIZATION THAT THE CREW OF 209 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:13,852 THIS SHIP PLANS TO SELL ME IN EXCHANGE FOR A BAG OF ORANGES TO 210 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:16,789 FIGHT OFF SCURVY, I LEAD A MUTINY USING ONLY A P.V.C. PIPE 211 00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:17,990 AND A POOL CHAIN. THEN, ACCEPTING MY NEW ROLE AS 212 00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:24,363 CAPTAIN, AND DECLARING MYSELF KING OF THE WINE-DARK SEAS, I 213 00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:25,831 GRAB A DIRTY MOP BUCKET COVERED IN BARNACLES AND ADORN IT WITH 214 00:14:25,898 --> 00:14:27,600 THE TEETH OF THE VANQUISHED, TO CREATE THE SOPPING WET PIRATE 215 00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:30,836 CROWN OF NEWS THAT IS MY SEGMENT: 216 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:37,843 "MEANWHILE!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 217 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:41,380 THAT WAS FUN. RIGHT THERE. 218 00:14:41,447 --> 00:14:45,851 THAT'S IT. THAT'S HOME BASE. 219 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:49,855 MEANWHILE, IN MEDICAL NEWS, "DEADLY SEA SNAIL VENOM IS BEING 220 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:53,692 TARGETED FOR FUTURE PAINKILLERS." 221 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:54,927 BECAUSE, AS WE KNOW, THERE'S NO MORE RELIABLE PAINKILLER THAN 222 00:14:54,994 --> 00:14:58,163 DEATH. ( LAUGHTER ) 223 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:04,370 VENOM CONTAINS CHEMICALS CALLED CONOTOXINS, WHICH THE CREATURE 224 00:15:04,436 --> 00:15:06,839 USES TO PARALYZE ITS PREY," AND "A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE 225 00:15:06,905 --> 00:15:09,642 POISON COULD FORM THE BASIS OF FUTURE DRUGS CAPABLE OF 226 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:13,612 BLOCKING PAIN." SHOULD BE AN EASY SELL. 227 00:15:13,679 --> 00:15:14,780 "HEY, NOT FEELING WELL? CAN I INTEREST YOU IN SOME 228 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:17,182 POISON? NO? 229 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,551 OH, I FORGOT TO SAY, IT'S 'MODIFIED' POISON. 230 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:24,323 WAIT, COME BACK! IT MIGHT PARALYZE YOU!" 231 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:28,927 ( LAUGHTER ) DYSON HAS COME OUT WITH A NEW 232 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:32,164 SET OF HEADPHONES WITH AN ATTACHMENT THAT BLOWS FILTERED 233 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:36,135 AIR AT YOUR FACE, WHICH THEY ARE CALLING THE "DYSON ZONE." 234 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:38,237 OKAY, THAT'S GREAT, BUT THEY SHOULD FIRE WHOEVER DIDN'T THINK 235 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:40,639 TO CALL THEM "NOSE CANCELING HEADPHONES." 236 00:15:40,706 --> 00:15:44,610 ( LAUGHTER ) THE NEW-- 237 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:52,885 ( APPLAUSE ) THE NEW "DYSON ZONE" IS PERFECT 238 00:15:52,951 --> 00:15:54,019 FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT "I WANT TO LOOK LIKE THE 239 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:57,122 OFFSPRING OF DAFT PUNK AND BANE." 240 00:15:57,189 --> 00:16:05,097 ( LAUGHTER ) NEWS, A METAL DETECTORIST HAD TO 241 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:09,101 COME TO THE RESCUE WHEN A BEACH PROPOSAL WENT AWRY. 242 00:16:09,168 --> 00:16:12,271 FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T REALIZE A PERSON WHO OWNED A METAL 243 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:15,541 DETECTOR WAS CALLED A "METAL DETECTORIST." 244 00:16:15,607 --> 00:16:18,143 ( LAUGHTER ) "YOUR UNCLE KEITH WHO'S BEEN 245 00:16:18,210 --> 00:16:21,113 GOING THROUGH A LOT, SO JUST LET HIM HAVE THIS, BECAUSE AT 246 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:24,116 LEAST IT'S NOT HURTING ANYONE." ( LAUGHTER ) 247 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:28,087 THAT'S KEITH. THAT'S KEITH. 248 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:32,391 THE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN THE COUPLE LOST THEIR RING IN THE 249 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:36,128 SAND ON THE BEACH NEAR CLEETHORPES, LINCOLNSHIRE, 250 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:42,134 ENGLAND-- WHICH IS THE MOST BITISH-SOUNDING TOWN SINCE 251 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:48,207 CHIMNEY-SWEEPT-UPON-CRUMPET- BURY HEATH. 252 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:50,809 MEANWHILE, "POSITIVE DRUG TESTS FOR U.S. WORKERS HAVE HIT 253 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:57,116 THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2001, ( CHEERING ) 254 00:16:57,182 --> 00:17:00,252 RELEASED WEDNESDAY BY QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. 255 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:05,090 OR, AS THEY'RE BETTER KNOWN TO U.S. WORKERS, A BUNCH OF 256 00:17:05,157 --> 00:17:06,125 SNITCHES ASKING FOR STITCHES. ( LAUGHTER ) 257 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:15,968 MEANWHILE... WOOO! MEANWHILE, IN CONFECTIONARY 258 00:17:16,034 --> 00:17:17,102 NEWS, "SOMEONE'S SELLING COUNTERFEIT WONKA BARS TO U.K. 259 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:22,441 SHOPS." AND FOR ANYONE DUPED BY THESE 260 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:25,110 FAKE WONKA BARS, A SPOKESMAN OFFERED THIS APOLOGY: 261 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:29,114 >> YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE! 262 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:33,152 GOOD DAY, SIR! >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK 263 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,220 WITH JOHN C. REILLY. WE MADE A BUNCH OF MOVIES. 264 00:17:59,011 --> 00:18:04,883 EVERYBODY. WE ARE ONCE AGAIN LEARNED TO BE 265 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:07,886 JOINED BY SIR JOHN C. REILLY. TAR OF "BOOGIE NIGHTS," 266 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:08,921 "TALLEDEGA NIGHTS," AND ALL THE NIGHTS IN BETWEEN. 267 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:11,356 JOHN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY. 268 00:18:11,423 --> 00:18:18,831 ALSO A, MR. TO HAVE YOU HERE. >> MY PLEASURE, STEPHEN. 269 00:18:18,897 --> 00:18:20,432 >> Stephen: YOU ARE ALWAYS BUSY. RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE STARRING IN 270 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:21,934 THE SERIES "WINNING TIME" ON HBO, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO 271 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,402 HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MOVIES COMING OUT? 272 00:18:23,469 --> 00:18:25,838 >> I'VE DONE OVER 80 MOVIESA THE THIS POINT. 273 00:18:25,904 --> 00:18:28,140 IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM ALL. 274 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:34,947 >> Stephen: I WAS LOOKING AT THE IMD-- WHAT'S IT CALLED,s 275 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:37,983 IMDP PAGE. >> IMD IS SOMETHING ELSE. 276 00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:41,153 >> Stephen: IT SURE IS. BUT YOU'RE GREAT IN THAT. 277 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:45,224 I JUST FOUND OUT, AND I DID NOT KNOW THIS, BUT I AM IN,s LIKE, 278 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,793 SIX OR SEVEN OF THE MOVIES YOU'RE COMING OUT WITH NEXT, AND 279 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:51,029 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD SHOT THEM WITH YOU. 280 00:18:51,096 --> 00:18:53,232 >> WHAT! >> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING, 281 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:56,935 YOU AND I BOTH DON'T KNOW WHAT MOVIES WE'RE IN TOGETHER. 282 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:59,037 >> CORRECT! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 283 00:18:59,104 --> 00:19:00,672 WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. >> Stephen: THAT IS THE 284 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:03,408 PREMISE OF THE BIT WE'RE ABOUT TO DO. 285 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:06,678 SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK 286 00:19:06,745 --> 00:19:13,318 AT THESE POSTERS AND DO OUR BEST TO REMEMBER THE PLOTS OF THESE 287 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:18,457 MOVIES THAT WE'RE IN TOGETHER, TO GENERATE SOME BUZZ, SOME 288 00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:21,226 INDUSTRY BUZZ, DRIVE SOME B.O. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 289 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,896 >> I'VE DRIVEN WITH SOME B.O., FOR SURE. 290 00:19:23,962 --> 00:19:25,130 >> Stephen: ARE YOU READY? >> YES. 291 00:19:25,197 --> 00:19:30,802 >> Stephen: THEN IT'S TIME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR "MAYBE 292 00:19:30,869 --> 00:19:34,740 COMING SOON." >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, HERE WE 293 00:19:34,806 --> 00:19:37,543 GO, JOHN. THIS IS THE FIRST FILM THAT YOU 294 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:41,780 AND I ARE GOING TO BE IN, MAYBE COMING SOON. 295 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:45,050 IT'S CALLED... ( LAUGHTER ) 296 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:50,455 >> OH, YEAH. 297 00:19:50,889 --> 00:19:53,292 >> THIS WAS A DIFFICULT ONE FOR ME. 298 00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:58,397 I WAS DRUNK MOST OF THE TIME. MY GRANDFATHER AND I HAD A 299 00:19:58,463 --> 00:20:02,935 REALLY TOUGH RELATIONSHIP. AND, WELL, THIS MOVIE WAS A 300 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,836 STRUGGLE, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FOR KIDS. 301 00:20:04,903 --> 00:20:07,172 >> Stephen: YEAH. AND THIS IS WHAT-- WHAT I DIDN'T 302 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:08,974 EXPECT IS THE KILL COUNT IN THIS MOVIE. 303 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:15,881 ( LAUGHTER ) BRUTALLY MURDERED BY YOUR 304 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:18,216 GRANDFATHER. >> WELL, AT THE STRIKE OF 305 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:19,251 MIDNIGHT, YOU KNOW,. >> Stephen: YEAH. 306 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:22,454 >> MEANT GRANDPA WAS GIVING YOU THE OLD SLEEPER. 307 00:20:22,521 --> 00:20:24,656 >> Stephen: SURE. >> YEAH. 308 00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:27,960 ( APPLAUSE ) THE 12. 309 00:20:28,026 --> 00:20:30,362 THE LITTLE HAND'S AROUND YOUR THROAT. 310 00:20:30,429 --> 00:20:32,297 ( LAUGHTER ) I LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU. 311 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:34,666 >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen:Y YARK YEAH. 312 00:20:34,733 --> 00:20:37,202 THIS ONE-- THIS IS VERY EXCITING. 313 00:20:37,269 --> 00:20:40,973 THIS IS-- >> "TURTLE DRIVE." 314 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:45,544 >> Stephen: "TURTLE DRIVE." SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE SPANISH 315 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:46,845 AMERICAN WAR. ( LAUGHTER ). 316 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:51,216 >> Stephen: THIS ONE-- THIS ONE IS A REMAKE. 317 00:20:51,283 --> 00:20:54,086 >> OH, YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU ARE PLAYING 318 00:20:54,152 --> 00:20:56,288 JOHN WAYNE'S ORIGINAL PART. >> YES... 319 00:20:56,355 --> 00:21:00,559 >> Stephen: AND I AM PLAYING MONTGOMERY CLIFT'S. 320 00:21:00,626 --> 00:21:03,895 >> THIS MOVIE FOR ME WAS A SLOG. >> Stephen: WELL-- 321 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:06,431 >> I MEAN, WE KEPT GETTING SETBACKS. 322 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:07,799 >> >> Stephen: SURE UPON. 323 00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:13,872 YOU HAD THE DENGUE FEVER. >> WHEN I CAUGHT FROM A 324 00:21:13,939 --> 00:21:15,874 TORTOISE. THEY'RE FILTHY ANIMALS, BY THE 325 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,676 WAY. >> Stephen: AND YOU WERE 326 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:18,910 LIKE,s, I DON'T WANT TO DO A LOVE SCENE WITH A TORTOISE. 327 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:24,449 >> AND THEY WERE LIKE IT WON'T BITE YOU, AND I GET MY LIP BIT. 328 00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:29,621 CAN'T GO A LITTLE BIT FASTER. THEY'RE TORTOISES UPON. 329 00:21:29,688 --> 00:21:32,190 YOU LURE THEM WITH LETTUCE. >> Stephen: AND YOUR LIP 330 00:21:32,257 --> 00:21:34,926 BITE-- ALL OF THE LINES HAD TO BE DUBBED AFTER THAT. 331 00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:36,828 EVERYTHING. THEY GOT KEVIN JAMES TO COME IN 332 00:21:36,895 --> 00:21:40,632 AND DO ALL OF YOUR LINES. AMAZING, AMAZING JOB BY THE WAY. 333 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,335 IT REALLY SOUNDED LIKE YOU. >> IT LAUNCHED HIS CAREER. 334 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:44,870 >> Stephen: THERE WE GO. ( LAUGHTER ). 335 00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:52,177 YEAH. ( APPLAUSE ) 336 00:21:52,244 --> 00:21:59,284 GO, THE WORLD'S TOP FOOT MODEL. THE WAXING BUDGET. 337 00:21:59,351 --> 00:22:02,020 AND THIS MOVIE ALONE-- >> I STILL HAVE THESE SHORTS. 338 00:22:02,087 --> 00:22:04,523 >> Stephen: REALLY? >> YEAH. 339 00:22:04,589 --> 00:22:08,060 YOU CAN GET A CUSTOM PAIR OF SHORTS LIKE THAT MADE. 340 00:22:08,126 --> 00:22:10,696 YOU DON'T JUST GIVE THEM BACK. >> Stephen: JOHN, I JUST WANT 341 00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:16,668 YOU TO KNOW? >> THAT'S IT? 342 00:22:16,735 --> 00:22:17,836 ( BLEEP ). >> Stephen: NO, THERE'S ONE 343 00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:21,907 MORE. I'M ANGRY-- I'M ANGRY ABOUT THIS 344 00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:23,875 ONE. "BELFAST AND FURIOUS." 345 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:26,378 ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THIS IS ABOUT THE 346 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:29,114 TROUBLES, AND THAT WE-- WE FIGHT BACK. 347 00:22:29,181 --> 00:22:34,953 >> YEAH. I HAVE SOME TROUBLES ON THOSE 348 00:22:35,020 --> 00:22:35,821 NARROW STREETS. >> Stephen: OF DUBLIN. 349 00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:38,023 >> YES. >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU WERE 350 00:22:38,090 --> 00:22:39,524 DRIFTING. YOU WERE IN A SHELBY COBRA. 351 00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:42,160 >> I WAS DRIFTING BECAUSE OF GUINNESS. 352 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,128 BUT... ( LAUGHTER ) 353 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,997 >> I DAMAGED A LOT OF BUILDINGS IN BELFAST. 354 00:22:46,064 --> 00:22:48,166 >> Stephen: YEAH. >> WHICH WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET. 355 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:51,937 >> Stephen: YEAH. BUT VIN DIESEL WAS A 356 00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:53,472 >> AS ALWAYS. >> VINNY! 357 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:56,241 >> Stephen: VINNY, SEE. YOU KNOW HIM BETTER THAN I DO. 358 00:22:56,308 --> 00:23:00,011 HE ASKED ME TO CALL HIM MR. DIESEL THE ENTIRE TIME. 359 00:23:00,078 --> 00:23:02,748 >> THIS WAS AN EXCITING MOVIE TO MAKE. 360 00:23:02,814 --> 00:23:04,916 >> Stephen: YOUR ACCENT WAS AMAZING. 361 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:06,685 JOHN C. REILLY, HUIT. IT'S IN YOUR BLOOD. 362 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:09,020 DO A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR IRISH ACCENT. 363 00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:12,257 >> OH, SURE, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: JUST DO A HAIR-- 364 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:15,927 >> WOW. I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING. 365 00:23:15,994 --> 00:23:18,563 >> Stephen: YOU KNOW DANNY BOY, RIGHT? 366 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:22,300 THIS GUY, HIS DANNY BOY IS EXTRAORDINARY. 367 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:25,504 WITH ♪ DANNY BOY 368 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:31,777 >> THAT'S TOO HIGH LET ME HEAR THE KEY 369 00:23:31,843 --> 00:23:37,315 ♪ OH, DANNY BOY THE PIPES, THE PIPES ARE CALLING 370 00:23:37,382 --> 00:23:43,088 ♪ FROM GLENN TO GLENN AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE 371 00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:49,094 ♪ WE'RE SHIFTING GEARS AND YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S DRIVING ♪ 372 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:56,234 OH, DANNY BOY OH, DANNY BOY 373 00:23:56,301 --> 00:24:03,608 ♪ LET'S STOP FOR GAS ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 374 00:24:03,675 --> 00:24:09,181 REILLY. "WINNING TIME" AIRS SUNDAY 375 00:24:09,247 --> 00:24:10,081 NIGHTS ON HBO. JOHN C. REILLY, EVERYBODY! 376 00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:11,149 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 377 00:24:43,014 --> 00:24:47,953 WELCOME BACK. MY NEXT GUESTS ARE BOTH LEGENDS 378 00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:49,054 IN THEIR FIELDS. ONE IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING 379 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:52,157 DOCUMENTARIAN, THE OTHER A TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR. 380 00:24:52,224 --> 00:24:54,893 THEY'VE TEAMED UP FOR THE NEW FILM, "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN." 381 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,061 PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," KEN BURNS AND MANDY 382 00:24:56,127 --> 00:24:59,965 PATINKIN. ♪ ♪ ♪ 383 00:25:00,031 --> 00:25:14,913 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 384 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:17,582 ( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 385 00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:23,255 A FULL HOUSE. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 386 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:25,257 >> WE'RE BACK. >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU 387 00:25:25,323 --> 00:25:26,091 BOTH. >> NICE TO SEE YOU. 388 00:25:26,157 --> 00:25:28,526 >> Stephen: KEN, WELCOME BACK. >> NU. 389 00:25:28,593 --> 00:25:30,028 >> Stephen: MANDY, WELCOME BACK TO BROADWAY. 390 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:32,063 >> OH, MY GOD. I'M TELLING YOU. 391 00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:35,800 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN IN A THEATER SINCE THE PANDEMIC 392 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:37,335 STARTED. >> Stephen: OH, SERIOUSLY. 393 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:39,037 WOW. >> I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S REALLY 394 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,105 -- >> Stephen: IT'S A NICE 395 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:42,574 FEELING, ISN'T IT? >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING ME 396 00:25:42,641 --> 00:25:46,811 BACK TO LIFE! ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 397 00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:50,515 >> OH, MY GOD! >> Stephen: Y'ALL HAVE BEEN 398 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:53,985 WORKING-- HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN WORKING ON THIS-- THE 399 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:55,120 DOCUMENTARY ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 400 00:25:55,186 --> 00:25:59,958 >> I THINK 250 YEARS? >> IT ONLY FEELS LIKE THAT. 401 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:03,194 >> Stephen: HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON 402 00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:06,431 IT? SPOILER ALERT, MANDY VOICES 403 00:26:06,498 --> 00:26:08,333 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. >> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 404 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,835 VIRTUALLY A YEAR AND A HALF, A LITTLE BIT MORE. 405 00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:14,839 AND TONIGHT IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE MET PERSON TO PERSON. 406 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:17,442 SO IN THE DRESSING ROOM-- ( APPLAUSE ). 407 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:20,745 THAT'S LOVELY. >> ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM. 408 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:23,515 >> Stephen: ANY SURPRISES? IS SOMEBODY TALLER THAN YOU 409 00:26:23,581 --> 00:26:28,353 THOUGHT? >> WELL, I-- HIS STATURE IS 410 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,854 GIGANTIC. SO-- 411 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:32,324 >> HE'S NEVER A MENCH THAN I THOUGHT HE WAS. 412 00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:35,927 >> Stephen: KEN, WHY-- WHY DID YOU CHOOSE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN? 413 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:39,464 IT'S A TWO-PARTER. WHY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS YOUR 414 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:43,034 LATEST SUBJECT, AND WHY WERE YOU INSPIRED TO HAVE MANDY VOICE 415 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:45,637 HIM? >> SO, YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECTS 416 00:26:45,704 --> 00:26:48,974 PICK ME. THEY'RE NOT A CONSCIOUS 417 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,175 DECISION. IT'S THE WAY -- 418 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:53,244 >> Stephen: YOU USE A OUIJA BOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? 419 00:26:53,311 --> 00:26:54,946 >> KIND OF. YOU HAVE AN IDEA IN YOUR HEAD 420 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:57,549 AND IT DROPS DOWN INTO YOUR HEART AND YOU SAY, OKAY, WE'LL 421 00:26:57,615 --> 00:27:00,986 DO IT. HE'S THE MOST ACCESSIBLE OF THE 422 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:03,688 FOUNDING FATHERS. HE IS THE OLDEST, THE WISEST. 423 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:06,992 HE IS THE ONLY AMERICAN KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOR HIS 424 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:09,594 SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES. HE'S THE GREATEST DIPLOMAT IN 425 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,963 AMERICAN HISTORY, SECURING THE FRENCH SUPPORT THAT WINS THE 426 00:27:12,030 --> 00:27:13,665 REVOLUTION. HE'S AS IMPORTANT AS WASHINGTON. 427 00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:18,703 KNOW HIM, KNOW US. HE'S AN EDITOR OF JEFFERSON'S 428 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:21,906 PROSE IN THE DECLARATION IN THE SUBTLELEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT 429 00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:24,809 WAYS. HE FORCES THE COMPROGRAMS, SOME 430 00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:27,946 TRAGUC, OF THE CONSTITUTION. H'S AN INVENTOR, THAT HE HOLDS 431 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:33,885 ALL THIS STUFF WITHOUT PATENTS. HE'S FILLED WITH FLAWS AND 432 00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:37,389 CONTRADICTIONS. AND THAT'S THE AMAZING THING. 433 00:27:37,455 --> 00:27:39,591 >> Stephen: NO DIFFERENCE. >> RIGHT, EXACTLY. 434 00:27:39,657 --> 00:27:42,193 A MAN OF ACCOMPLISHMENT, LIKE MANDY. 435 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,230 >> I SAY THAT WITH ALL MODESTY. >> Stephen: AS ALWAYS. 436 00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:52,037 >> MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, WILLA, WHO IS HERE, AND I WERE WATCHING 437 00:27:52,103 --> 00:27:54,072 "HOMELAND." SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN 438 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:58,043 WATCHING "HOMELAND" AT AGE EIGHT AND I'M COVERING UP HER EYES AND 439 00:27:58,109 --> 00:28:00,812 TRYING TO EXPLAIN STATE-CRAFT, SPY CRAFT, AFGHANISTAN AND 440 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:05,917 RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN RELATIONS WHEN I SUDDENLY WENT, MANDY-- 441 00:28:05,984 --> 00:28:08,453 SAUL BER OFFENSEON, THE CHARACTER HE PLAYS, MANDY SHOULD 442 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,722 BE FRANKLIN. AND WE HAVE PLOWED FROM THAT 443 00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:14,559 MOMENT ON. AND IT WAS THE BEST CHOICE. 444 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:17,762 I'VE WORKED, WITH GREAT PEOPLE. HE HAS INHABITED THIS MAN, THIS 445 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:21,466 HUMAN BEING IN THE MOST LOVING WAY. 446 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:24,035 ALL THE HIR, ALL THE PATHOS IN THE CREATION OF THE UNITED 447 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:29,140 STATES, ALL THE CONTRADICTIONS OF SLAVERY AND OTHER THINGS. 448 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:32,343 >> Stephen: MANDY, DOING FRANKLIN, VOICING FRANKLIN, AS 449 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:36,014 YOU DOVE INTO THIS, YOU KNOW, A REAL PERSON BUT A CHARACTER IN A 450 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:38,550 SENSE, WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT HIM THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW? 451 00:28:38,616 --> 00:28:42,587 >> FIRST OF ALL, HIRS HUMOR. LIKE YOU, WHO WOULD WE BE AS A 452 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:47,926 NATION WITHOUT GUYS LIKE YOU AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN? 453 00:28:47,992 --> 00:28:51,262 >> Stephen: VERY SIMILAR. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). 454 00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:55,467 >> I MEAN, COME ON! >> Audience: STEPHEN! 455 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:56,534 STEPHEN! STEPHEN! 456 00:28:56,601 --> 00:28:58,770 STEPHEN! >> REALLY. 457 00:28:58,837 --> 00:28:59,637 IT'S -- >> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S ALL 458 00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:02,273 WE HAVE TIME FOR. THANKS, FELLAS. 459 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:05,343 >> AND I DO IT EXACTLY -- >> Stephen: THE WAY I WROTE 460 00:29:05,410 --> 00:29:07,479 IT. >> BUT THEN, THEN HIS HUMOR, AND 461 00:29:07,545 --> 00:29:10,548 THEN, YOU KNOW, HIS GENIUS, HOW TO INVENT THINGS. 462 00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:13,251 THEN I START TO LEARN AS I'M GOING ALONG, AND I'M GOING I 463 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:15,186 LOVE THIS GUY. I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GETTING TO 464 00:29:15,253 --> 00:29:16,988 BE THIS GUY. HE INVENT THE LIBRARY. 465 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:19,457 HE DOESN'T WANT ANY PATENT FOR IT. 466 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:23,461 HE JUST GIVES IT AWAY. HE INVENT THE LIGHTNING ROD, 467 00:29:23,528 --> 00:29:25,196 GIVES IT AWAY ALL OVER THE WORLD. 468 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:27,098 DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING FOR IT. HE'S A PRINTER. 469 00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:28,800 HE WANTS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THIS COUNTRY. 470 00:29:28,867 --> 00:29:31,469 HE'S A LADIES' MAN, WHICH I'M NOT. 471 00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:37,342 YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO BE LIKE HIM IN MY -- YOU KNOW, IN MY BIG 472 00:29:37,408 --> 00:29:41,012 YEARS. I HAD A BUDDY OF MINE, MY 473 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:43,882 DEAREST FRIEND, AND WE'D SIT AT THE BAR AND PRACTICE. 474 00:29:43,948 --> 00:29:46,818 AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ASK HER OUT. 475 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:49,120 LET'S PRACTICE. I'LL BE HER, YOU BE YOU. 476 00:29:49,187 --> 00:29:51,589 AND IT TANKED EVERY TIME. >> Stephen: KEEP IN MIND, 477 00:29:51,656 --> 00:29:53,291 THIS, THIS GUY WAS RAKING THEM IN. 478 00:29:53,358 --> 00:29:57,328 >> RAKING THEM IN. RAKING THEM IN. 479 00:29:57,395 --> 00:30:01,933 >> Stephen: WE HAVE-- WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF MANDY AS 480 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,835 FRANKLIN. BEFORE WE GO TO THIS CLIP, CAN 481 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,104 YOU TELL US AGO WHEN HAPPENING? WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT IN 482 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:08,439 FRANCE HERE? >> SO THE REVOLUTION HAS 483 00:30:08,506 --> 00:30:10,942 STARTED. HE'S DISPATCHED BY THE 484 00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:14,279 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO GO TO FRANCE AND TRY TO GET MONEY, 485 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:17,315 MATERIEL, AND SOLDIERS AND A FLEET, AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE 486 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:18,583 MOST DIFFICULT DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN THE HISTORY OF THE 487 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,685 UNITED STATES. BUT HE'S THE MOST FAMOUS 488 00:30:20,752 --> 00:30:23,288 AMERICAN FOR HAVING TAMED LIGHTNING. 489 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:27,358 SO HE'S-- HE'S THIS ROCK STAR IN FRANCE. 490 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:28,993 >> YOU WANT TO SLEEP WITH HIM. >> THEY LOVE HIM. 491 00:30:29,060 --> 00:30:33,364 >> Stephen: HERE'S SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WAS EXPRESSED. 492 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:42,006 >> THE CLAY MEDALDALIOPION OF ME WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND MADE 493 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:43,274 IN FRANCE AND THE NUMBERS SOLD IS INCREDIBLE. 494 00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:47,745 THESE WITH THE PICTURES, BUSTS, AND PRINTS, OF WHICH COPIES UPON 495 00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:50,648 COPIES ARE SPREAD EVERYWHERE, HAVE MADE YOUR FATHER'S FACE AS 496 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:57,989 WELL KNOWN AS THAT OF THE MOON. >> THE KING, LOUIE XVI, BECAME 497 00:30:58,056 --> 00:31:00,625 SLIGHTLY ANNOYED AND AMUSED BY THE CULT OF FRANKLIN. 498 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:03,761 HE HAD A CHAMBER POT WITH AN IMAGE OF FRANKLIN PUT ON THE 499 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:07,732 INSIDE OF IT, JUST AS A WAY OF SAYING,s, ENOUGH, ALREADY!" 500 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:09,934 >> Stephen: THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE FORGET. 501 00:31:10,001 --> 00:31:15,006 ( APPLAUSE ) IS THAT-- WELL, OF COURSE WE 502 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:18,076 KNOW WHO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IS. WE TEND TO THINK OF WASHINGTON 503 00:31:18,142 --> 00:31:21,079 AND LINCOLN. BUT FOR, SAY, THE FIRST CENTURY 504 00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:24,249 OF THE UNITED STATES THERE WAS NOBODY WHO COMPARED TO THE FAME 505 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:25,216 OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. >> NOBODY. 506 00:31:25,283 --> 00:31:26,851 >> Stephen: HE WAS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. 507 00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:29,220 >> BECAUSE HE HAD TAMED LIGHTNING. 508 00:31:29,287 --> 00:31:31,689 HE SAVED LIVES. HE WAS AS IMPORTANT AS ICEAC 509 00:31:31,756 --> 00:31:33,758 NEWTON A CENTURY EARLIER THIS THAT CENTURY. 510 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:35,660 AND HE'S THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULD HAVE DONE IT. 511 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,998 HIS SON WAS OLDER THAN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS AND 512 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:44,235 PATRICK HENRY AND JAMES MADISON. SO HE IS THE WISE OLD MAN THAT 513 00:31:44,302 --> 00:31:48,806 UNDERSTANDS HE'S THE PERSON WHO IS ABLE TO FORGE THE COUNTRY 514 00:31:48,873 --> 00:31:50,742 TOGETHER. I MEAN, SHE AS RESPONSIBLE AS 515 00:31:50,808 --> 00:31:55,480 WASHINGTON FOR US BEING HERE, FOR US BEING US AND THE U.S. 516 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:57,982 >> WHAT WERE THE THREE COUNTRIES -- THIS IS MY TEACHER-- WHAT 517 00:31:58,049 --> 00:32:01,953 WERE THE THREE COUNTRIES THAT WOULDN'T SIGNED THE DECLARATION 518 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:03,021 OF INDEPENDENCE. >> THE STATE. 519 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,690 >> THE THREE STATES. >> IT WAS ONE CONSTITUENT THAT 520 00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:08,626 HELD OFF. 12 OF THE 13 COLONIES SIGNED UP 521 00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:11,562 FOR IT. BUT ONE TOOK A FEW MORE DAYS, 522 00:32:11,629 --> 00:32:15,566 NEW YORK, TO DECIDE TO SIGN IT. >> BUT THEY ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO 523 00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:18,603 BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP SLAVERY. 524 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:23,841 >> SO-- SO-- THAT'S THE CONSTIT. >> THE CONSTITUTION. 525 00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:26,344 >> GIVE ME A BREAK. >> Stephen: THAT'S 526 00:32:26,411 --> 00:32:29,047 CONSTITUTION, THE DECLARATION IS THE ONE WHERE FRANKLIN PUT THE 527 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:31,549 TREASURE MAP ON THE BACK. >> RIGHT, OH, RIGHT. 528 00:32:31,616 --> 00:32:34,185 NO, THE TREASURE MAP IS ON THE FRONT. 529 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:39,557 AND JEFFERSON-- >> YOU GOT IT WRONG! 530 00:32:39,624 --> 00:32:42,760 >> JEFFERSON-- JEFFERSON SENDS THE FIRST DRAFT TO FRANKLIN, 531 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,330 RIGHT. AND HE SAYS, WE HOLD THESE 532 00:32:45,396 --> 00:32:47,198 TRUTHS TO BE SACRED AND UNDENIABLE." 533 00:32:47,265 --> 00:32:51,402 AND FRANKLIN GOES, "UH-UH. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE'RE IN 534 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:54,939 THE ENLIGHTENMENT, BUDDY. THESE ARE SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH, 535 00:32:55,006 --> 00:33:00,611 LIKE THE SUN RISES IN THE EAST, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL-- 536 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:05,950 ASTERISK-- THOMAS JEFFERSON OWNS HUMAN BEINGS. 537 00:33:06,017 --> 00:33:09,687 ASTERISK, BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE CONSTITUTION, THE SOUTHERN 538 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:12,457 STATES DON'T WANT TO JOIN, UNLESS THEIR PROPERTY, THEIR 539 00:33:12,523 --> 00:33:14,792 SLAVES ARE COUNT FORWARD THE PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION. 540 00:33:14,859 --> 00:33:17,362 AND WE FORGE THE TRAGIC COMPROMISE THAT CREATES THE 541 00:33:17,428 --> 00:33:19,564 UNITED STATES WITHOUT WHICH WE WOULD NOT BE TOGETHER. 542 00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:27,605 WE'D BE WARRING CITY STATES, BY CLAUSE THAT IS SO HORRIFIC, THE 543 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:31,576 THREE-FIFTHS, COUNTING THE BLACK, STOLEN AFRICAN SLAVES AS 544 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:34,445 THREE-FIFTHS OF A HUMAN BEING FOR THE PURPOSES OF 545 00:33:34,512 --> 00:33:36,214 REPRESENTATION AND APPORTIONMENT. 546 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:39,283 AND THAT GAVE THE SOUTH UNDUE LEGISLATIVE CONTROL UNTIL THE 547 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:41,152 CIVIL WAR. >> Stephen: YOU DON'T LET 548 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:44,222 FRANKLIN OFF THE HOOK FOR THAT. >> OH, NO. 549 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:45,757 NO. FRANKLIN-- THESE ARE TRAGIC 550 00:33:45,823 --> 00:33:47,225 COMPROMISES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. 551 00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:53,564 AND WE DON'T LET HIM OFF THE HOOK FOR OWNING A HAND FULL OF 552 00:33:53,631 --> 00:33:55,333 HOUSEHOLD SLAVES. IT'S JUST AS BAD TO HAVE ONE AS 553 00:33:55,400 --> 00:34:00,605 IT IS TO H 100. UNLIKE THE OTHER FOUNDING 554 00:34:00,671 --> 00:34:02,640 FATHERS, HE'S MOVES. HE'S NOT STATIC. 555 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:05,276 HE FOUND A SCHOOL FOR BLACK KIDS, AND IS STARTLED TO 556 00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:08,079 DISCOVER THAT THEY'RE AS APT AND PONE TO LEARNING AS WHITE KID. 557 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:12,250 AND THEN BY THE END OF HIS LIFE, HE'S LEADING AN ABOLITIONIST 558 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:16,687 SOCIETY AND PROPOSES IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT, THE THING THAT HE HE 559 00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:19,524 HAS CREATED, THE FIRST RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY. 560 00:34:19,590 --> 00:34:23,161 SENATE IGNORES IT. HOUSE VOTES IT DOWN WITH GREAT 561 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:24,929 OUTRAGE, BUT THERE IT IS. WELL BEFORE THE ABOLITIONIST 562 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:27,832 MOVEMENT SPREADS IN THE COUNTRY IN THE 1800s, BENJAMIN 563 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:33,504 FRANKLIN HAS GOTTEN ON THE RIDE SIDE, AS THE SCHOLAR ERICA 564 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,940 DUNBAR SAYS, OF THE QUESTION. >> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A 565 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:37,942 QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK I WILL ASK KEN 566 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:45,883 AND MANDY WHAT LEARNING ABOUT FRANKLIN TEACHES US ABOUT 567 00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:46,517 OURSELVES. STICK AROUND. 568 00:34:54,025 --> 00:35:00,598 BACK HERE WITH MANDY PATINKIN AND KEN BURNS FROM THE FILM 569 00:35:00,665 --> 00:35:01,899 "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN," WHICH STARTS MONDAY ON PBS. 570 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:04,769 KEN, YOU OFTEN SAY ALL YOUR FILMS ARE TRYING TO ANSWER A 571 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:08,072 QUESTION, WHICH IS WHO ARE WE? AND I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION 572 00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:12,777 TO BOTH OF YOU: WHO DO YOU THINK, LEARNING ABOUT FRANKLIN-- 573 00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:15,279 IN WHAT WAY DOES IT TELL US WHO WE ARE? 574 00:35:15,346 --> 00:35:17,415 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK EACH PROJECT DEEPENS THE QUESTION, 575 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:19,684 BUT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GET AT IT. 576 00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:22,053 IT'S ELUSIVE. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE OUT IN THE 577 00:35:22,119 --> 00:35:25,289 OCEAN AND YOU'RE CHASING A BALL. IT'S LIKE WILSON, YOU KNOW. 578 00:35:25,356 --> 00:35:27,859 "HEY, WILSON, COME BACK, COME BACK." 579 00:35:27,925 --> 00:35:29,160 YOU SORT OF FEEL LIKE YOU TOUCH IT. 580 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:32,597 I HAVE TO SAY, STEPHEN, AS I FINISHED THIS FILM, I FELT 581 00:35:32,663 --> 00:35:36,934 CLOSER TO IT IN A WAY BECAUSE OF THE SPIRIT OF FRANKLIN. 582 00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:39,904 THE FAULTS AS WELL AS THE EXCEPTIONAL ASPECTS. 583 00:35:39,971 --> 00:35:41,906 AND THAT'S THE THING WE DON'T DO TODAY. 584 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:44,942 HE WAS ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE. HE WAS ALL ABOUT WORKING 585 00:35:45,009 --> 00:35:47,545 TOGETHER. HE'S ON THE $100 BILL. 586 00:35:47,612 --> 00:35:52,550 YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY WANTS MORE BENJAMINS, BUT WE FORGOT, THAT'S 587 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:54,418 ONLY HALF THE STORY. BECAUSE HE WANTED IT-- HE 588 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:59,390 RETIRES EARLY AND THEN HOLDS THE STUFF, AS MANDY SAID, WITHOUT 589 00:35:59,457 --> 00:36:02,894 PATENT, THE INVENTIONS THAT HE DOES, BUT HE WANTS TO PROMOTE A 590 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,062 SISH LIFE. AMERICAN FREEDOM IS WHAT I WANT 591 00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:07,732 BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT WE NEED. HE WAS BORN IN THE MASSACHUSETTS 592 00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:10,234 BAY COLONY, WHICH COULD BECOME THE COMMONWEALTH OF 593 00:36:10,301 --> 00:36:13,771 MASSACHUSETTS. AND HE DIED IN THE COMMONWEALTH 594 00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:16,574 OF PENNSYLVANIA. AND THAT IDEA OF COMMONWEALTH 595 00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:21,012 HAS ABANDONED US. AND AS WE EMBRACED HIM, I THINK 596 00:36:21,078 --> 00:36:24,115 WE COULD REACQUIRE A SENSE OF OUR OWN POSSIBILITIES, EVEN IN 597 00:36:24,181 --> 00:36:29,086 THE MIDDLE OF ALL OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON NOW. 598 00:36:29,153 --> 00:36:30,655 >> Stephen: MANDY, WHO TO YOU-- 599 00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:37,028 ( APPLAUSE ) LEARN ABOUT THIS COUNTRY THAT I 600 00:36:37,094 --> 00:36:41,699 KNOW THAT YOU LOVE BY STUDYING AND BEING THIS CHARACTER OF 601 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,168 FRANKLIN FOR US? >> HOW OFTEN HE WOULD SIT AND 602 00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:48,005 LISTEN FOR THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE THE OTHERS SPOKE. 603 00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:51,542 AND HE WOULD WAIT FOR HIS TURN. AND THEN HE WOULD OFFER GOLD. 604 00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:57,515 HE HAD A PATIENCE, BUT MOST OF ALL, AS KEN JUST SAID, HE HAD 605 00:36:57,582 --> 00:37:02,486 COMPROMISE. AND HE... YOU KNOW, WHEN-- WHEN 606 00:37:02,553 --> 00:37:08,392 THEY SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THEY SAY IT'S JULY 607 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:09,560 4. IT WAS ACTUALLY JULY 2, I 608 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:13,364 LEARNED. THERE WERE 130 SHIPS WAITING TO 609 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:18,970 COME INTO NEW YORK TO ATTACK WITH, YOU KNOW, TO ATTACK OUR 610 00:37:19,036 --> 00:37:23,140 REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, TO END THE DREAM OF FRANKLIN AND HIS 611 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,476 COMPATRIOTS OF AMERICA, TO STOP IT. 612 00:37:25,543 --> 00:37:28,879 THERE WERE 300 SHIPS IN TOTAL, AND ALL THE KING'S MEN WAITING 613 00:37:28,946 --> 00:37:31,682 FOR US. AND WHERE ELSE HAVE WE JUST SEEN 614 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:37,088 THAT IMAGE BUT IN UKRAINE, WHERE THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN ARMY WAS 615 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:38,656 CIRCLING THIS COUNTRY TO DISOI IT. 616 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:41,158 AND I WENT, "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THAT PICTURE BEFORE?" 617 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:43,894 I SAW IT IN THIS DOCUMENTARY. I SAW IT IN THESE BOOKS. 618 00:37:43,961 --> 00:37:45,763 THIS WAS THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY. 619 00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:48,299 >> OF US. >> OF US. 620 00:37:48,366 --> 00:37:49,900 AND IT CONTINUALLY REPEATS ITSELF. 621 00:37:49,967 --> 00:37:54,305 AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE ALL REFUGEES. 622 00:37:54,372 --> 00:37:56,941 AND HE WAS A REFUGEE. ( APPLAUSE ) 623 00:37:57,008 --> 00:38:06,584 HERE, NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. 624 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:08,185 "I WANT A VOICE IN MY GOVERNMENT. 625 00:38:08,252 --> 00:38:09,954 I WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PEOPLE. 626 00:38:10,021 --> 00:38:14,892 I WANT TO HAVE A BUSINESS. I WANT TO HAVE A LIFE. 627 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:19,096 I WANT TO SAY. I DON'T WANT TO BE A SUBJECT." 628 00:38:19,163 --> 00:38:22,099 AND ALL OF US, ALL OF OUR ANCESTORS, CAME TO THIS COUNTRY 629 00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:26,037 FOR THAT DREAM. AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER REFUGEES 630 00:38:26,103 --> 00:38:30,741 WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CONFLICT, CLIMATE CHANGE, COVID-19, ALL 631 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:31,909 OVER THE WORLD, EVERY DAY. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT WILL 632 00:38:31,976 --> 00:38:37,114 NEVER GO AWAY. AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR NOT 633 00:38:37,181 --> 00:38:40,918 LOSING THE ABILITY TO LISTEN TO OUR UNCHG'S BROTHERS SISTERS 634 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:43,621 FRIENDS, COUSINS WHO ARE ON THE POLAR OPPOSITE SIDE OF OUR 635 00:38:43,688 --> 00:38:46,724 BELIEF SYSTEMS. AND WE HAVE TO FIND THE PATIENCE 636 00:38:46,791 --> 00:38:50,661 TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AND WHY THEY'RE SAYING WHAT THEY'RE 637 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:52,163 SAYING. THEY ARE OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND 638 00:38:52,229 --> 00:38:54,832 THEY ARE OUR FAMILY. THEY ARE THE FABRIC OF AMERICA 639 00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:58,202 AS WE ARE. AND WE WILL NOT HAVE OUR 640 00:38:58,269 --> 00:39:01,706 DEMOCRACY, OUR REPUBLIC, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP IT IF WE DO 641 00:39:01,772 --> 00:39:05,710 NOT FIND A WAY TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHER WITH GRACE. 642 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:15,586 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) MANDY, THANK YOU. 643 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:16,721 "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN" PREMIERES MONDAY ON PBS. 644 00:39:16,787 --> 00:39:17,722 KEN BURNS AND MANDY PATINKIN, EVERYBODY. 645 00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:18,789 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 646 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:45,282 >> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW." 647 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:48,486 TUNE IN NEXT WEEK WHEN I'LL BE JOINED BY SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, 648 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:50,521 OSCAR ISAAC, AND CNN'S CLARISSA WARD. 649 00:39:50,588 --> 00:39:52,590 GOOD NIGHT.