Original subtitles

A group of conservative House

Republicans defy GOP leader Kevin Mccarthy denying him the

votes needed to be speaker. Mccarthy said late Tuesday he

won't drop out of the race for speaker and is willing to make

further concessions to win over sceptical hard-liners.

It sounds like Kevin Mccarthy might be very willing

to make 17 individual concessions to get these 17

people on board. You're watching CNN.

Only God knows why. After a humiliating day of

defeat, Kevin Mccarthy offered the freedom caucus even more

concessions. First to placate Lauren Boebert

he agreed to change his name to Kevin McFarty.

To win over insane dentist and congressman from Arizona, Paul

Gosar he promised to hold the queen in his mouth until he is

covered with an entire hive of bees.

To appease Florida congressman Matt Gaetz he promised to

wrestle an alligator while dressed as an alligator.

But none of these concessions were enough to sway the far

right holdouts. A speaker has not been

elected. So in an act of spineless

desperation, he has agreed to strap meat on his head and face

off against a Komodo dragon. This just in, the GOP holdouts

have switched their votes from Jim Jordon to the Komodo dragon.

IT'S "THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT."

HOUSE OF THE DRAG ON! PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES:

SHANIA TWAIN AND AYO EDEBIRI

FEATURING LOUIS CATO AND THE LATE SHOW BAND.

AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK

CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!

THIS IS FUN.

HEY, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANK YOU,

MARK. UP THERE.

DOWN THERE. ALL AROUND.

THANK YOU, LAD HEES AND GENTLEMEN.

THAT'S THE BEST.

THIS IS NICE. THAT'S THE BEST.

HEY, WE DOING IT, TALKING TO THIS ONE.

THANKS, EVERYBODY, PLEASE HAVE A SEAT, WELCOME ONE AND ALL, DOWN

HERE, UP THERE, OUT THERE TO THE LATE SHOW.

I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. IT'S DAY TWO OF THE REPUBLICANS

FAILING TO ELECT A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

DID THEY FAIL AGAIN? OKAY, GOOD.

NO ONE, LITERALLY NO ONE, AND I NO ONE AND I

CALLED PEOPLE WHO KNOW THINGS, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

HERE'S WHAT WE DO KNOW: IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT JUST-- MM.

THERE WAS ONE ANALYST WHO I THINK CAPTURED KEVIN McCARTHY'S

SITUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, QUITE ACCURATELY.

HERE'S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT McCARTHY.

YOU GET NOTHING! YOU LOSE!

GOOD DAY, SIR!" AND YIT-- TRUE,

YOU GET NOTHING. AND YET McCARTHY

STILL HASN'T GIVEN UP. HIS SPEAKER BATTLE HAS BECOME A

SEEMINGLY ENDLESS, GRIPPING DRAMA AND EPIC SPECTACLE.

WHICH IS WHY TONIGHT, WE'RE "SAD-ATAR, THE WAY

OF LOSER." NOW, I SEE YOU.

NOW NOW, WE TAPE THE SHOW AT 5:30.

IT'S 5:45 NOW. IT'S POSSIBLE

BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, THINGS TURNED OUT WELL FOR KEVIN

McCARTHY. IT'S NOT LIKELY.

BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S STILL KEVIN McCARTHY.

YESTERDAY, THIS IS YUS YESTERDAY,

YESTERDAY, McCARTHY TRIED TO WIN ENOUGH VOTES TO BECOME SPEAKER

THREE TIMES AND FAILED THREE TIMES.

SO THEY ADJOURNED. EVERYONE WENT BACK TO THEIR

CORNERS AND TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO WORK THINGS OUT.

AND McCARTHY HAD ONE MORE INCENTIVE TO OFFER HIS FAR RIGHT

A LARGE NUMBER OF PIZZAS HAVE

BEEN SEEN GOING TO KEVIN McCARTHY'S OFFICE TONIGHT.

REPUBLICANS ARE NOW EATING PIZZA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE ROOMS OTHER THAN A LOT

OF PIZZA. I WOULD IMAGINE THOSE 20

PIZZAS OR SOMETHING GOT DELIVERED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON

IT'S COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE.

McCARTHY WAS JUST CONCEDING TO THIS DEMAND FROM THE ULTRA

GIMME PIZZA!

P-I-ZZ-A! GIMME PIZZA!

SO BRIGHT AND EARLY TODAY AT THE CRACK OF NOON, THE

HOUSE STARTED ANOTHER ROUND OF VOTING.

AND McCARTHY LOST AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

AND AGAIN. AND I BELIEVE-- IT'S TRUE.

I'M BEING TOLD THAT WE HAVE FOOTAGE FROM

C-SPAN OF McCARTHY ON THE HOUSE FLOOR, FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE

BALLOTS.

THREE, TAKE IT. NOW, AGAIN, WE TAPE THIS AT

BEFORE 6:00. AND THEY ADJOURNED NOW.

THEY TOOK A RECESS, THEY ADJOURNED UNTIL

8:00, SO BY THE TIME WE'RE BROADCAST, HE'S EITHER SPEAKER,

OR HE'S LOST FIVE MORE TIMES. JIM, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE?

AND IF THEY DON'T SETTLE THIS TONIGHT, THEY COULD KEEP GOING

INDEFINITELY. JUST LISTEN TO VIRGINIA

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND FRANKENSTEIN'S REVIEW OF YOUR

MOM'S NEW HAIRCUT: BOB GOOD! AS A NEVER-KEVIN VOTER, GOOD

TOLD REPORTERS THAT, IN ORDER TO FIND A SPEAKER WHO ISN'T

McCARTHY, "IT'S WORTH TAKING A FEW DAYS OR A FEW WEEKS."

A FEW WEEKS? THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP VOTING

LIKE STH FOR A FEW WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE

GROUNDHOG'S DAY. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE McCARTHY

LOOKS LIKE A GROUNDHOG. PLAWTION PLAWS

SO FAR, McCARTHY HAS PUT A BRAVE FACE ON HIS HISTORIC, ONCE IN A

CENTURY CURB-STOMP. HERE'S HOW HE DESCRIBED

YESTERDAY'S VOTES TO REPORTERS. LOOK, TODAY, IS IT THE DAY I

WANTED TO HAVE? NO.

THAT'S A PRETTY MILD WAY TO ASSESS THE WORST DAY

OF HIS POLITICAL CAREER. BUT IT DOES REMIND ME OF THAT

FAMOUS SCENE FROM "JAWS." LOOK, TODAY-- IS IT THE DAY I

WANTED TO HAVE? NO.

AHHHHHH! MOTION TO ADJOURN!

BUT DESPITE HAVING NO APPARENT PATH TO VICTORY,

McCARTHY HAS SAID HE IS NOT BACKING DOWN.

ARE THERE ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH YOU WOULD CONSIDER

PULLING OUT OF THE RACE FOR SPEAKER?

NO. THERE IS NOT ONE?

THERE'S NOT ONE. OH, KEVIN, LET IT

GO. DON'T YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT DREAMS IS SOMETIMES THEY DIE?

EXCEPT FOR MY DREAM WHERE YOU KEEP LOSING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

NOBODY PINCH ME, I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP!

I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP, MOSM. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL

TODAY. AND DESPITE HIS MULTIPLE FAILED

BIDS, McCARTHY CLAIMS THE FORMER

HE THINKS IT'S BETTER THAT ALL THE REPUBLICANS GET TOGETHER

AND SOLVE THIS. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR

REPUBLICANS, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE IT WHERE WE'RE

STRONGER IN THE LONG RUN. REALLY?

THE FORMER PRESIDENT ENCOURAGED REPUBLICANS TO "GET TOGETHER AND

WORK IT OUT FOR THE GREATER GOOD?"

DID HE ALSO SAY WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE 2020

ELECTION, MARRY ONE WOMAN, AND EAT A SALAD?

THEN THIS MORNING, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUTHED OUT THIS

"REPUBLICANS, DO NOT TURN A GREAT TRIUMPH INTO A

GIANT AND EMBARRASSING DEFEAT... KEVIN McCARTHY WILL DO A GOOD

JOB, AND MAYBE EVEN A GREAT JOB, JUST WATCH!"

A RINGING ENDORSEMENT. JUST LIKE THAT POPULAR FATHER'S

"WORLD'S MAYBE DAD." MAISH.

MAYBE. ANSWER, ANY.

SO, McCARTHY'S NOT BACKING DOWN, BUT NEITHER ARE HIS OPPONENTS.

LIKE FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE AND FAILED CLONE OF JAY LENO, MATT

GAETZ. THIS WEEKEND, McCARTHY MOVED

INTO THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE AND GAETZ IS HAVING NONE OF IT,

ESPECIALLY AFTER YESTERDAY'S VOTES.

SO HE WROTE AN OFFICIAL LETTER TO THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL,

"THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OFFICE IS CURRENTLY

OCCUPIED BY KEVIN McCARTHY. WHAT IS THE BASIS IN LAW, HOUSE

RULE, OR PRECEDENT TO ALLOW SOMEONE WHO HAS PLACED SECOND IN

THREE SUCCESSIVE SPEAKER ELECTIONS TO OCCUPY THE SPEAKER

OF THE HOUSE OFFICE?" I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY

GONNA SAY THIS, BUT MATT GAETZ IS RIGHT.

WELL, THAT'S WEIRD BUT

EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK WOULD BE A

MUCH BETTER CONGRESSMAN THAN MATT GAETZ.

IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS. INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN

JOURNALISTS LIKE THE FOLKS AT FOX NEWS ARE ALSO UPSET.

JUST TO SEE THEM VOTE AND DO THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER

AGAIN AND THEN MAKE SPEECHES TO ENDORSE KEVIN McCARTHY AND HAVE

HIM NOT GET-- I JUST THOUGHT WAS THE CRAZIEST SCENARIO.

IT'S MAKING REPUBLICANS LOOK RIDICULOUS.

TONIGHT WE ASK THE QUESTION-- OH HOW ABOUT THIS QUESTION?

WHAT WOULD RONALD REAGAN SAY? I DON'T KNOW SEAN,

"AH! WHERE AM I?

EVERYTHING WAS SO DARK FOR SO LONG AND THERE WERE DEMONS

DANCING AROUND ME CHANTING, "YOU SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE AIDS

CRISIS WHEN YOU HAD A CHANCE." THEN I WOKE UP, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

MOMMY. SPEAKING OF REAGAN, THERE'S MORE

ONCE AGAIN, THE DRUGS ARE

WINNING. ON THURSDAY, NEW YORK OPENED ITS

FIRST LEGAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY.

WOO! BEFORE THIS, THE ONLY PLACE TO

GET WEED IN THIS CITY WAS ANYWHERE FROM ANYONE AT ANY

TIME. THAT'S WHAT THE STATUE OF

LIBERTY IS IS BURNING UP THERE, BABY.

NOW THAT WEED IS LEGAL HERE, THE OFFICIAL SLOGAN IS CHANGING FROM

"THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS" TO "THE CITY THAT SLEEPS SO MUCH

BETTER NOW THAT IT STARTED TAKING HALF A GUMMY AT BEDTIME."

THE FIRST OFFICIAL DISPENSARY PICKED THE PERFECT TIME TO KICK

OFF SALES, OPENING AT EXACTLY 4:20.

NICE. THEY TOOK INSPIRATION FROM THE

NEIGHBORING SEX SHOP THAT OPENED AT 3:69.

WHATEVER THAT MEANSK DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

TONS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT FOR THE WEED STORE'S OPENING, WITH A

LINE OF HUNDREDS SNAKING AROUND THE BLOCK.

OF COURSE THAT LINE MOVED A LOT FASTER ONCE THE GUY IN FRONT

REALIZED IT WAS A PULL DOOR. WEED ISN'T THE ONLY DRUG YOU'LL

NOW FIND YOUR PARENTS DOING WITH THEIR FRIENDS.

BECAUSE THIS WEEK, LEGAL USE OF HALLUCINOGENIC MUSHROOMS

BEGAN IN OREGON. SO FOR MY OREGONIAN VIEWERS,

ALLOW ME TO SAY...

YOU AND I ARE PASSENGERS ON THE SAME SPACESHIP OF HUMAN

EXPERIENCE, PROPELLED BY BY EXACTS AND LOVE AT THE RILT

IMOF A FLOWER'S HEART BEAT. ALSO, PET THE DOG, IT FEELS

REALLY COOL. THE NEW MEASURE SPECIFICALLY

LEGALIZES PSILOCYBIN MAGIC MUSHROOMS.

NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OTHER MAGIC MUSHROOMS BY WHICH I MEAN

ALL MUSHROOMS. THEY GROW IN THE DARK!

THEY TASTE GREAT ON PIZZA! SOME EVEN LOOK GOOD IN A VEST!

HERE'S HOW IT'LL WORK. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IN OREGON,

ANYONE OVER 21 CAN CONSUME MUSHROOMS AS LONG THEY'RE

SUPERVISED BY A STATE-CERTIFIED FACILITATOR AT A LICENSED

SERVICE CENTER. A "LICENSED SERVICE CENTER"?

IS THIS TAKING SHROOMS OR GETTING YOUR TIRES ROTATED?

WAIT A MINUTE...

WHAT IF THE TIRES ARE STAYING WHERE THEY ARE, AND THE REST OF

US ARE ROTATING? A GUIDE MIGHT ALSO BE HELPFUL

BECAUSE SHROOMS ARE NOT WITHOUT THEIR SIDE EFFECTS, INCLUDING

NAUSEA AND VOMITING, INCREASED BODY TEMPERATURE, ABDOMINAL

CRAMPS AND DIARRHEA, MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND ALTERING YOUR

PERCEPTION OF REALITY. SYMPTOMS OTHERWISE KNOWN AS

"TACO BELL." WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU

TONIGHT! MY GUESTS ARE SHANIA TWAIN AND

AND FROM "THE BEAR," AYO EDEBIRI.

BUT WHEN WE COME BACK, SPACE NEWS!

HEY. WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, GIVE IT

UP FOR LOUIS CATO AND THE BAND, RIGHT THERE PLAWSES

NICE TO SEE YOU.

NICE TO SEE YOU, MAN. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

PEOPLE MAY NOTICE, WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TLK ABOUT

THIS, I LIKE THE NEW SET UP OF THE BAND.

I LIKE HOW THERE IS A NEW, YOU GOT A LITTLE, YOUR NAME.

YEAH. IS CARVED RIGHT IN

THE FRONT, LOUIS CATO. THE LATE SHOW BAND.

NEW LIGHTS. YOU GOT A NEW POSITION RIGHT

HERE. NEW DRUM.

SNEAKING UP ON YOU.

I KNOW, HE'S COMING. HE IS PLAYING THE

DRUMS THE ENTIRE TIME. WE HAVE AN AMAZING MUSICIAN ON

THE SHOW TONIGHT ACTUALLY, A YOUNG LADY FROM CANADA.

YOU MAY KNOW--

SHANIA TWAIN! UH-HUH.

AND FROM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SEEN THE TV

SHOW "THE BEAR" ABOUT ITALIAN BEEF SHOP IN CHICAGO, AYO

EDEBIRI. FOLKS,

FOLKS, AS ANYONE WHO WATCHES THIS SHOW KNOWS, I AM

FASCINATED BY SPACE. IT'S EVERYWHERE-- THERE'S SOME.

IT'S ALSO, SEE THIS YEAR RIGHT HERE, IT'S THERE TOO.

AND I LIKE TO TELL YOU THE LATEST COSMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MY

SPACE NEWS!

,

FIRST UP, MARS LANDER NEWS!

FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, NASA'S "INSIGHT" LANDER HAS BEEN

EXPLORING MARS, BUT NO MORE, BECAUSE OVER THE HOLIDAYS, NASA

CONFIRMED THAT THE NASA MARS LANDER INSIGHT, DIED.

BUT THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW? IT'S A PART OF LIFE.

"ASHES TO ASHES.... BEEP TO BOOP."

BUT WHAT REALLY GOT PEOPLE WAS

THIS TWEET THAT INSIGHT SENT OUT

"MY POWER'S REALLY LOW, SO THIS MAY BE THE LAST IMAGE I CAN

SEND. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME THOUGH: MY

TIME HERE HAS BEEN BOTH PRODUCTIVE SERENE.

IF I CAN KEEP TALKING TO MY MISSION TEAM, I WILL, BUT I'LL

BE SIGNING OFF HERE SOON. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH ME."

THIS IS THE MOST THIS IS THE MOST EMOTIONAL I'VE

BEEN ABOUT A ROBOT SINCE MY ROOMBA WAS MURDERED.

I SUSPECT THE HUMIDIFIER. NEXT UP, "LIFE ON VENUS NEWS!"

AFTER SEARCHING BUT FINDING NO

EVIDENCE OF CHEMICAL MARKERS FOR MICROBES, RESEARCHERS HAVE

"LIFE ON VENUS?

NO CHANCE." SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

UPDATE THAT BOOK TITLE TO "MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM, I

WOMEN ARE FROM, I DUNNO, TRENDTON?

NEXT UP, "AUSTRALIAN SPACE NEWS!"

ANOTHER CRUSTACEAN ON THE FLESH BURNING MACHINE.

IT'S OFFICIAL. AFTER THREE DECADES OF

DEVELOPMENT, "CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO

ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN IN AUSTRALIA."

OF COURSE, AUSTRALIA "NEEDS" THEIR TELESCOPE TO BE LARGE.

SINCE THEY'RE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH, THEY'RE MUCH FURTHER

AWAY FROM SPACE. SPACE IS UP, SPACE IS UP.

THAT'S SCIENCE. THAT'S SCIENCE, LOUIS.

NEXT UP, "SPACE HOTEL NEWS!!" $30 FOR A TOBLERONE?!

YOU MAY SOON BE ABLE TO BRAVELY VACATION WHERE NO ONE HAS

VACATIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE THE HOTEL CHAIN HILTON WILL DESIGN

LODGING FOR A FUTURE SPACE STATION.

HOW DARE YOU HILTON? A CRAMPED, DARK POD IN A COLD,

SOULLESS VOID? THAT'S LA QUINTA'S GAME!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SHANIA TWAIN!

HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.

THANKS, FOLKS, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST IS A FIVE-TIME

GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER.

SHE IS THE BESTSELLING FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST OF ALL TIME

WITH MORE THAN 100 MILLION RECORDS SOLD WORLDWIDE.

PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," SHANIA TWAIN!

♪ WORKING NINE TO FIVE. ♪ WHAT I WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.

♪ BARELY GETTING BY. ♪ MORE TAKING THAN MORE GIVING.

♪. WOW.

NICE TO SEE YOU. BOY, LOVELY TO FINALLY MEET YOU,

AND INTERVIEW YOU. REALLY, I AM A LONG-TIME FAN.

I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM THE MUSIC VIDEO, THIS OUTFIT IS VERY

RESONANT, IS IT, FEELS LIKE A WOMAN.

EXACTLY. IT'S NOT THE SAME DRESS.

NO, IT IS KIND OF, SHANIAESQUE.

THIS IS LIKE THE DRAFT VERSION. SURE.

WELL, BEFORE WE GET INTO T I'M LEGALLY REQUIRED TO START ASIAN

EYEA TWAIN INTERVIEW WITH THIS. ♪ LET'S GO GIRL.

ALL RIGHT. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT

HISTORIANS ARE CALLING THE SHANIA SONG, WHERE YOU HAVE A

NEW ALBUM COMING OUT ON FEBRUARY 3rd.

THERE SPH. IT IS SHALL-- IT IS CALLED DREAM

OF ME. ARE YOU GOING ON A GLOBAL ARENA

TOUR. YOU ARE EVERYWHERE.

LAST YEAR YOU HAD A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AT THE HARRY STYLE

CONCERT RIGHT THERE AT COACHELLA.

YOU HAVE A POPULAR NETFLIX DOCUMENTSARY, SHANIA TWAIN, NOT

JUST A GIRL AND JUST FOR FUN, AN ICON PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD.

THERE YOU GO. THE ANIMAL PATTERN, THE ANIMAL

TRENDS CONTINUE. SO WHAT IS THIS, LISTEN.

WHAT IS THIS MOMENT FEEL LIKE FOR YOU, SHANIA TWAIN?

I AM JUST SO INCREDIBLY ENERGIZED LATELY.

I THINK THAT COVID WAS, IT WAS A VERY CREATIVE TIME FOR ME, THE

ISOLATION. I HEAR YOU LIKE

ISOLATION. I MEAN NOT THAT KIND OF

ISOLATION, OF COURSE. BUT CREATIVELY.

I LOVE BEING ISOLATED. I LOVE TO WRITE MUSIC.

I LIKE TO BE ALONE. I LOST MYSELF IN THE BATHROOM

OFF EP TO GET THAT ALONE TIME SPACE, IN CLOSETS.

I MEAN I REALLY-- . YOU LITERALLY

CRAWL INTO A CLOSET AND CLOSE THE DOOR.

CLOSETS ARE GREAT. I NEED TO BE ALONE.

I REALLY DO. I'M GUESSING

SHANIA TWAIN YOU HAVE A BETTER CLOSET THAN I DO.

I KNOW IT DOES SOUND WEIRD TO SAY IT OUT LOUD BUT I NEED THE

ISOLATION. I NEED A SPACE WHERE I CAN LET

GO OF MY INHIBITIONS, THERE IS NO WRONG THING TO RIGHT THERE IS

NO WRONG THING TO SAY, SAY IT OUT LOUD, CAN I SCREAM T

WHATEVER THE EMOTION. IS AND NOT FEEL JUDGED.

SO THIS IS PLIE NO-- ZONE BATHROOMS, CLOSET, WHERE I CAN

FIND PRIVACY. WELL, YOU HAVE WON

MANY AWARDS, FIVE GRAMMYS AS I SAID BEFORE.

MI JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS MOMENTS FEELS TO YOU.

THIS IS ANOTHER HIGH POINT RECENTLY.

WHERE IS THIS, A TRAIN WAS NAMED AFTER YOU, THE SHANIA TRAIN.

IS THIS CANADA.

IT'S TRUE. THERE IS IN SWITZERLAND.

IN SWITZERLAND, THEY TAKE THEIR TRAINS

SERIOUSLY. THEY TAKE THEIR TWAIN TRAINS

VERY SERIOUSLY. NO, I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH

TWAINS FROM MY CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN CANADA.

SO IT WAS VERY COOL FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AT THE

INAUGURATION AND HAVE THE TRAIN NAMED AFTER ME IT WAS REALLY A

COMPLIMENT, SHANIA TRAIN. YOU HAVE A CITY

UNDERNEATH, DID YOU SIGN IT LIVE IN THE MOMENT.

I DID SIGN IT LIVE IN THE MOMENT.

I WASN'T SURE, I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET ME TO REDO IT

LATER, SOMETHING LIKE, THAT BUT THIS IS MY FEEL SIGNATURE AND I

HAVE-- FOR THE ALBUM T IS PROBABLY A VERY HE DESCENT

VERSION OF MY SIGNATURE, BUT YEAH, IT'S PERMANENT, HOWEVER

GOOD OR BAD IT IS, IT IS PERMANENT.

D. ANYONE WHO RIDES

THAT TRAIN COULD FORGE A CHECK BY YOU.

I SURE HOPE NOT. NOW YOU HAVE

INFLUENCED A GENERATION OF YOUNGER MUSICIANS, TAYLOR SWIFT,

HARRY STYLES, POST MALONE, DIPLO, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THIS

NEXT GENERATION.

IT GOES ON AND ON. WHEN THEY SAY, WHEN POST MALONE

SAYS YOU REALLY INFLUENCED ME, DO YOU EVER SAY, I DON'T HEAR IT

OR. NO.

ACTUALLY I'M A REALLY BIG FAN OF SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES, I LOVE

POST MALONE. I'M A GENUINE FAN OF HIS MUSIC

AND HIS VOICE, WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.

YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS ALL MEANS TO ME IS THAT THINGS HAVE GONE FULL

CIRCUMSTANCE NELL THE LAST 25, 30 YEARS FOR ME.

THESE ARE ARTISTS THAT WERE KIDS, FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD,

GROWING UP TO MY MUSIC. AND NOW THEY'RE GROWN UP AND

ABLE TO SAY, EXPRESS WHATEVER THAT INSPIRATION WAS TO ME.

SO IT FEELS REALLY, REALLY GOOD. I JUST WANT TO SIT DOWN AROUND A

CAMPFIRE WITH THESE GUYS AND SAY LET'S JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS, YOU

KNOW. LET'S GET OUT OUR GUITARS.

THAT WOULD MAKE A REALLY GOOD SPECIAL.

I WOULD WATCH THAT. SHAFN EYEA TWAIN TAKES THE TWAIN

TRAIN. THAT'S IT.

UP TO THE JUNKS AND GET OUT AND SIT AROUND THE

FIRE WITH A GUITAR. ROLL ON THOSE TWAIN TRACKS

RIGHT DOWN TO THE FIRE.

HOW DID YOU, SO THIS IS A GREAT SHOFT YOU AND

HARRY ON STAGE. HOW DID YOU BECOME FRIENDS WITH

HARRY STYLES, DID YOU GUYS HANG. HE WAS PLAYING IN NEW YORK,

ACTUALLY. THIS IS BEFORE HE REALLY BLEW

UP. AND I WENT BACKSTAGE TO MEET

HIM. AND HE SAID YOU KNOW, WE BECAME

ACTUAL FRIENDS AT THAT MOMENT. AND TEXT ME AND SAID WOULD YOU

CALL MY MUM AND WISH HER HAPPY BIRTH DAIVMENT I WAS LIKE OF

COURSE, SURE. HE SAID MY MUM WAS A BIG

INFLUENCE ON ME AND WHY I GREW UP WITH THE MUSIC.

SO I CALLED HER UP, WISHED HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HARRY AND I

HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. WE HAVE TO TAKE A

QUICK BREAK BUT WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE SHANIA TWAIN,

EVERYBODY.

SWLEUTLY. HEY, WE'RE BACK WITH THE

ARTIST WHOSE NEW ALBUM IS "QUEEN OF ME," SHANIA TWAIN.

YOU SAID THAT MUSIC FOR YOU WAS AN ESCAPE WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER.

IS IT STILL AN ESCAPE FOR YOU? MUSIC IS MY GREAT ESCAPE, IT

IS FOR ME TIME T IS MY ISOLATION TIME.

IT'S A TIME CAN I GET LOST IN MY SONG WRITING AND FORGET ABOUT

THE REST OF THE WORLD FOR A LITTLE BIT.

SONG WRITING IS A CREATIVE SPACE WHERE I CAN JUST MAKE UP

WHATEVER IT IS I WANT TO FEEL. I CAN CREATE MY MOOD.

CAN I SET THE TONE. I CAN EXPRESS, IT'S MY THERAPY

IT IS MY GO-TO. IT IS MY SELF-HELP.

DO YOU RECOMMEND IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.

DO YOU EVER SAY YOU SHOULD WRITE.

LISTEN, I DO IT ALL THE TIME. I SAY LISTEN, WHEN WHETHER YOU

ARE A SONGWRITER OR PROFESSIONAL WRITER OR NOT, WHENEVER YOU HAVE

IDEAS, WRITE THEM DOWN. YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON THEM LATER

OR YOU MEFER DO, YOU CAN BURP THEM IF YOU WANT.

SOMETIMES THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. YOU KNOW, WRITE THEM DOWN AND

BURN THEMMENT AND FORGET ABOUT IT.

IT IS JUST GOOD TO GET IT OUT. SOMETIMES, YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK

TO YOUR DOG. THEY ARE PERFECT, GREAT THERAPY.

BUT WRITING IT DOWN AND LETTING IT GO, GETTING IT OFF YOUR

CHEST, THAT IS WHAT SONG WRITING IS FOR ME.

LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR STUDIO ALBUM, QUEEN OF ME,

QUITE A PROVOCATIVE, CHECK THIS OUT HERE, JIM.

THAT IS QUITE A PROVOCATIVE COVER.

IF YOU ARE HEADING OUT ON A GLOBAL TOUR, TELL ME ABOUT THE

ALBUM. I WROTE THE ALBUM DURING

COVID. IT WAS AN EXERCISE OF PICKING MY

SPIRITS BACK UP, YOU KNOW, TAKING SELF-CONTROL OF MY MOOD.

AND SAYING I NEED TO DO WHAT I CAN FOR MY FAMILY, I HAVE TO

STAY POSITIVE. SO I STARTED WRITING ALL SORTS

OF POSITIVE SONG, SONGS THAT MADE ME FEEL GOOD, SOPGS THAT

MADE ME WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE.

QUEEN OF ME TAKING CHARGE, SAYING LISTEN, I'M THE BOSS OF

ME AND I'M IN CHARGE OF MY OWN MOOD AND SPIRIT.

NOBODY CAN CHEER ME UP EXCEPT FOR MYSELF.

SO GET TO IT AND THAT IS WHAT I DID.

BESIDES TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GET VERY CHEERED UP BECAUSE

MY-- COMING OUT IS CALLED GIDDYUP.

THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE ITS WHOLE ALBUM IS

REALLY ALL ABOUT PUTTING SOME PEP BACK IN YOUR STEP.

PUTTING SPICE BACK IN YOUR LIFE. SO UP IN YOUR GIDDY IS WHAT IS

GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU. I'M GT TO PUT SOME UP IN YOUR

GIDDY. IF YOU WANT TO GET

UP IN YOUR GIDDY, GET THE NEW ALBUM QUEEN OF ME, IT GOES ON

SALE FEBRUARY 3-RD. THE SINGLE IS RELEASED TONIGHT

AT MIDNIGHT. SHANIA TWAIN, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THE STAR OF THE BEAR.

AYO I HAD EDEBIRI. AYO I HAD EDEBIRI.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, MARK, THANK YOU, MY

FRIEND. THANKS, EVERYBODY.

WELCOME BACK. MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR AND

COMEDIAN YOU KNOW FROM "BIG MOUTH," "DICKINSON," AND "THE

BEAR." OKAY, SO I MAY HAVE HEARD WE

ARE IMPLEMENTING A FRENCH BRIGADE, WE ALL HEARD THAT,

RIGHT. SO KARMIE IS THE HEAD CHEF GUY,

HE IS THE HEAD OF THE CUISINE, I WOULD BE, I AM, I AM, MI THE

SOUS. HIERARCHY.

MORE LIKE A REGULAR CHILLARCKY T IS MORE ABOUT

DIVIDING LABOR, BECAUSE I AM THE SOUS, RIGHT, I JUST FOLLOW

ORDERS, IT COULD LEAD TO TENSION AND CHAOS AND RESENTMENT BUT

ULTIMATELY DOESN'T WORK. BUT SORRY, THAT'S WHAT I DO, I'M

THE SOUS PLEASE WELCOME, AYO

EDEBIRI! HEY AYO EDEBIRI.

HELLO, MR. STEPHEN COLBERT. SO NICE TO SEE

YOU, THE BEAR IS A FANTASTIC SHOAVMENT AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY

GREAT ON ITER THE FIRST TIME I SAW THE VERY FIRST EPISODE,

FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO KNOW WHO YOU WERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING BUT. TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF, AYO

EDEBIRI, WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW BUT.

I'M A LIBRA. OBVIOUSLY, COME

ON. I'M EM PATHS ETIC.

I DID COMEDY AND WAS A TV WRITER FOR MANY YEARS.

AND THEN ALSO DID VOICE ACTING. IF PEOPLE WATCHED THE SHOW BIG

MOUTH. YOU HAVE DONE A

BUNCH OF WORK. BUT THIS SUMMER WHEN "THE BEAR"

CAME OUT, AND IT BECAME THIS CULTURAL PHENOMENON WHAT DID

THAT FEEL LIKE TO SUDDENLY FIND YOURSELF, ARE YOU ENJOYING THE

EXPERIENCE. BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS THAT

EXPERIENCE WHERE SUDDENLY YOU ARE ON THIS ROCKET.

I'M ENJOYING IT. DON'T TAKE ME OFF THE ROCKET

PLEASE. IT'S NICE.

IT'S BEEN KIND OF FUNNY THOUGH. I SAID SOME OF MY CREDITS

BEFORE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR A FEW YEARS BUT THIS HAS BEEN

THE FIRST YEAR THAT MY PARENTS AREN'T ACTIVELY WORRIED ABOUT

ME. LIKE EVEN WHEN I WAS WRITING,

THEY WERE LIKE, IF YOU EVER NEED IT, IF YOU EVER NEED IT,.

WAS IT EVER TEMPTING?

COULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MOVING BACK IN WITH MY PARENTS IS

PARTICULARLY TEMPTING. I LOVE THEM, THEY'RE COOL.

BUT YEAH, THIS NOW MY MOM IS LIKE OH, WE CAN GRAG ABOUT

YOU-- BRAG B YOU GREAT. WHAT MORE DO YOU

WANT. NOW DO YOU WATCH THE SHOW?

THE BEAR. THE BEAR?

I WATCHED IT. YOU WATCHED IT.

I DIDN'T WATCH ALL THE EPISODES.

I THINK SOME WERE KIND OF HARD TO WATCH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS HARD FOR YOU, BUT THEY ARE

BRIL YENT IN THEIR OWN WAY AND THAT 18 MINUTE SINGLE SHOT ONE

WHICH I THINK IS EPISODE FIVE OR SIX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SEVEN. OKAY, THAT IS AS

FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN. I DIDN'T GO TO THE LAST EPISODE.

WOW. BECAUSE AFTER THAT

ONE, MY WIFE WAS LIKE WE HAVE TO BE MEDICATED.

THE TENSION WAS SO HIGH, IT WAS BRIL YENT BUT I NEED A BREAK.

I THINK THAT IS FAIR. IT WILL BE THERE. YOU'VE GOT

TIME. IT WILL BE THERE.

YOU PLAY A SOUS CHEF. WHAT SAY SOU US

CHEF. FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW OR

DO KNOW AND WANT TO QUIZ ME IS THE PERSON WHO IS UNDERNEATH THE

HEAD CHEF AND BASICALLY IS LIKE DELEGATING IN THE KITCHEN.

RIGHT HAND PERSON EXECUTING THE ORDERS OF THE

CHEF. UH-HUH.

ORGANIZING. YEAH.

HAVE YOU EVER DONE RESTAURANT WORK APT A HIGH END

RESTAURANT. I WORKED IN RESTAURANT FORCE

MANY YEARS. MY FIRST JOB WAS IN THE

RESTAURANT OF A NURSING HOME, I GOT YELLED AT BY A LOT OF OLD

PEOPLE. PUDDINGS.

A LOT OF SOUPS. AND.

THIS SOUP IS TOO HARD.

WE WILL MAKE IT SOFTER, RIGHT AWAY, SIR.

I WORKED THERE TWO WEEKS. AND THEN I WORKED IN NEW YORK

FOR MANY YEARS BASICALLY DOING EVERYTHING, RESERVATIONS,

HOSTING, WEIGHTING. DO CELEBRITIES

COME? I WORKED IN ABC KITCHEN, WE

HAVE HAD SOME, THAT IS A PLACE I I COULD A LOT OF CELEBS GO WHEN

IN NEW YORK. AND BEYONCE CAME IN ONCE.

WHICH WAS-- I MEAN WE ALL KNOW, THAT'S-- I MEAN-- .

THAT'S A BIG ONE. BUT SHE CAME IN, WITH JAY-Z

AND I WAS DOING RESERVATIONS THAT NIGHT WHICH MEANT THAT I

HAD TO STAY IN THE RESERVATIONS OFFICE.

YOU ARE ON THE PHONE.

BUT I AM LIKE BEYONCE IS IN THE BUILDING.

I KEPT COMING UP AND IS LIKE DOES ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ABOUT

ANY RESERVATIONS OR ANYTHING, JUST TO LIKE TRY TO GET A PEEK

AT BEYONCE. DID YOU GET A

SHOT. NOT EVEN A STRAND OF HAIR,

DIDN'T SEE AN EYE LASH OF BEYONCE.

SHE WHITE WANT TO GET A PEEK OF YOU BECAUSE YOU

ARE AYO EDEBIRI, YOU KNOW.

YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU CAN EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME,

YOU CAN EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME. AND THAT IS, SO THIS IS A

CORRECTION WHICH I LOVE. WHICH WAS IN BUG BEAT, AYO

EDEBIRI IS NOT THE SHOW RUNNERS OF KAMINSKY METHOD, A PREVIOUS

VERSION OF THIS POST MISSTATED HER CREDITS.

WHY DID SOMEONE THINK THAT YOU WERE THE SHOW RUNNER OF A SHOW

STARRING MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND ALLEN ARCIN?

AWARD-WINNING SHOW BY THE WAY.

IT IS, CONGRATULATIONS IF YOU WERE THE

SHOW RUNNER. THANK YOU, RIGHT, YEAH.

I JUST SORT OF SAYING THAT I WAS CUZ I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUNNY.

LIKES IN INTERVIEWS OR SOMETHING.

JUST AROUND. AND THEN ON TWITTER I HAD IT IN

MY BIO AS WELL. LIKE THE SHOW

RUNNER OF THE KAMINSKY METHOD. YEAH.

BUT I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT INCREDIBLE WORLD THAT WOULD BE

IF A YOUNG BLACK WOMAN IN HER MID 20S CREATED THIS SHOW WHERE

MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND ALLEN ARCIN ARE ACTING.

COME AND HAVE I WATCHED A SINGLE EPISODE, NO.

BUT I-- BUT I ALREADY GET THE-- YOU YOU KNOW I GET IT,

THEY ARE OLD, THEY'RE MEN, I GOT IT.

I GOT IT I GOT IT. LAST THING BEFORE

WE G HOW DO YOU TAKE THE BEEF, I TAKE IT SWEET WET.

SWEET WET. THE BEAR IS

STREAMING NOW ON HULLO. AYO EDEBIRI, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. PRAGRAPH

THAT'S IT FOR "THE LATE SHOW."

TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE CHRIS WALLACE AND JESSIE

BUCKLEY. BUCKLEY.

TO SAY A FEW WORDS BY A MAN WHO WAS A PROFESSOR OF MINE AND WHO

I AM BOLD ENOUGH TO CALL A FRIEND, FRANK SALOTTI, WHO

HAS-- DIED YESTERDAY. HE WAS AN AMAZING TEACHER, AN

INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO

HAVE WORKED WITH HIM AT ALL AND A BRILLIANT DIRECTOR.

AND HE TAUGHT ME THINGS IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THAT I KNEW

HIM THAT CHANGED MY LIFE, CHANGED THE WAY I APPROACHED MY

WORK AND WHAT I WANTED OUT OF MY PROFESSIONAL AND ARTISTIC LIFE

AND REALLY GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO THINK OF MYSELF AS

AN ARTIST FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO HIM FOR THE GENEROSITY OF HIS

SPIRIT AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM HIM.

AND SO MANY THINGS I THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF BEING A PERFORMER

AND WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A PERFORMER.

AND WHAT THAT CALLING MEANS. AND I RECENTLY HAD A

CONVERSATION WITH JOHN LITHGOW ABOUT FRANK JUST DURING THE

COMMERCIAL BREAK, OUR CAMERAS ARE ALWAYS ROLLING.

AND WHEN I HEARD THAT FRANK HAD PASSED, I JUST WANTED TO PLAY

FOR YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LEARNED FROM FRANK AND HIS

EXAMPLE, JIM. DID YOU KNOW FRANK AT ALL.

I NEVER MET HIM, I SAW A LOT OF HIS GREAT PRODUCTIONS.

FRANK WAS A TEACHER AND EVENTUALLY A FRIEND

AT NORTH WESTERN. AND HE TOLD THAT STORY, HE SAID

THE BOUNCES STORY WHAT I HEARD FROM HIM WAS HE WAS IN CLASS AND

COMPLIMENTING IS BY SAYING THOSE OF US IN THE THEATER, JUST

STUDENTS, THOSE OF US IN THE THEATER, SOMETIMES WE MAKE LIGHT

OF THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE THEATER COME BACKSTAGE AND

SAY HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE LINES.

AND HE SAID HOW DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THOSE LINES.

LET'S NOT TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT THERE IS SOMETHING MAGICAL ABOUT

THAT, YOU CHANGE SOMETHING IN YOUR SERVINGS PEOPLE DON'T SIT

DOIN AND MEMORIZE TWO HOURS OF TEXT, YOU DID, HOW DID YOU DO

THAT, WHAT ARE YOU WHEN YOU GO ON STAGE.

WHAT IS THAT THING THAT YOU BECOME.

HOW ARE YOU PRESENTING YOURSELF, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO BECOME

TO BE THIS PERSON THAT WANTS TO PRESENT IDEAS AND EMOTIONS TO AN

AUDIENCE. HOW DO YOU BECOME BEAUTIFUL.

AND THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD WE SEE ALL AROUND US.

AND WHEN YOU GO ON STAGE, YOU ANSWER THE ACCUSATION OF THE

WORLD, THAT YOU ARE HIDING YOUR BUTTY.

YOU EVEN IF THE WORLD ACCUSE OF YOU HIDING YOUR BEAUTY, YOU GO

ON STAGE, WHATEVER YOU ARE, WHATEVER PART OF HUMANITY YOU

ARE, YOU ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THE WORLD AS YOU FIND

BEAUTIFUL. AND THEREFORE, WHEN YOU ARE ON

STAGE YOU ARE AS BEAUTIFUL AS ANY STATUE, AS BEAUTIFUL AS ANY

SUNSET AND YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE YOU, BEAUTIFULLY.

HE TELLS THAT STORY OF BALANCING THINGS.

RAISE IT BEAUTIFULLABLY T MEANT SOMETHING TO THAT BALLERINA AND

SHE DID RAISE IT BEAUTIFULLY. AND THAT STUCK WITH ME, HOW DO

YOU NOW DO T WONDERFUL, NOW CAN YOU DO IT BEAUTIFULLY.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN GENTLY OR LOVELY, BUT BEAUTIFULLY, NO

MATTER WHAT YOU ARE PORTRAYING. THANK YOU, FRANK.