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>> Announcer: TONIGHT ON
"LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS."

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS
FROM "INSECURE," ACTRESS AND

COMEDIAN YVONNE ORJI
MUSIC FROM BLACK PUMAS

FEATURING THE 8G BAND WITH
FRED ARMISEN
AND NOW, SETH MEYERS

>> Seth: HOW'S EVERYONE DOING
TONIGHT?

DID YOU BUY A PEDRO MARTINEZ
BOBBLEHEAD ON eBAY

AND THEN WHEN IT SHOWED UP AND
YOUR WIFE ASKED WHY YOU BOUGHT

IT, YOU PANICKED AND SAID, "FOR
THE SHOW."

AND THEN, YOU PUT IT ON YOUR
SIDE TABLE FOR NO REASON OTHER

THAN TO BE RIGHT OUT OF
PETTINESS?

ME, TOO!
LET'S GET TO THE NEWS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP DISMISSED
CRITICISM OF HIS DECISION TO

RESUME CAMPAIGN RALLIES AMID THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND WROTE

ON TWITTER YESTERDAY THAT HIS
OPPONENTS ARE ATTEMPTING TO,

QUOTE, "COVID SHAME" HIM
BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU HAVE OPPONENTS LIKE
SCIENCE, MATH, AND REASON.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT POLL,
FEWER AMERICANS HAVE A NEGATIVE

VIEW OF VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
THAN THEY DID OF

HILLARY CLINTON.
SAID CLINTON, "STOP ASKING

PEOPLE
LEAVE ME OUT OF YOUR POLLS."

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
JOE BIDEN'S CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCED

YESTERDAY THAT IT RAISED
$81 MILLION LAST MONTH, WHICH

HAS TO BE THE MOST MONEY
ANYONE'S EVER MADE WORKING FROM

HOME
FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL

APPEAR AT A VIRTUAL GRASSROOTS
FUNDRAISER NEXT WEEK WITH FORMER

VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
SO GET READY FOR BIDEN TO SET

THE RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF
TIMES HE SAYS "FRIEND" IN ONE

DAY.
SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN

TOM RICE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE
HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE

CORONAVIRUS.
BUT IT'S STRANGE THAT HE

CONTRACTED IT BECAUSE HIS STATE
HAS ONLY REOPENED RESTAURANTS,

BARS, SWIMMING POOLS, BOWLING
ALLEYS, HAIR SALONS, GYMS,

DAYCARES, YOGA STUDIOS, THOSE
TINY STORES THAT ONLY SELL WIND

CHIMES, AND THE BALL PIT AT
CHUCK E. CHEESE.

ACCORDING TO AN UNPUBLISHED
BOOK, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DAUGHTER

IVANKA USED TO REFER TO FIRST
LADY MELANIA TRUMP AS "THE

PORTRAIT" BECAUSE OF HOW LITTLE
SHE SPEAKS

AND ALSO BECAUSE IF TRUMP
TOUCHES HER, AN ALARM GOES OFF

ACCORDING TO A NEW POLL, MEN
BELIEVE THEY START ACTING LIKE

THEIR FATHERS WHEN THEY TURN
37 YEARS OLD

THEN THE POLLSTERS STARTED TO
ASK ANOTHER QUESTION, AND THE

MEN SAID, "HOLD ON, HERE'S YOUR
MOTHER

[ WHISPERING ]
I DON'T KNOW

JUST TALK TO HER
I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HER.

NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL
SAID YESTERDAY, HE WOULD

ENCOURAGE TEAMS TO SIGN
QUARTERBACK COLIN KAEPERNICK

TEAMS LIKE THE NEW YORK METS OR
THE CLEVELAND INDIANS.

I MEAN, HE'D MAKE A GREAT
SAN JOSE SHARK, SO I'M GOING TO

PUT A CALL IN FOR HIM.
THE ANNUAL "STAR WARS"

CELEBRATION HAS BEEN CANCELED
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.

THEY DON'T HAVE A BACKUP PLAN TO
HOST IT VIRTUALLY?

THAT'S A CLASSIC WOOKIEE
MISTAKE.

THAT JOKE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR
COLIN JOST AND ANDY SAMBERG.

AND NOW I JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT
TO FIND OUT IF THEY WATCH THE

SHOW
AUTHORITIES IN OKLAHOMA ARE

LOOKING FOR A COUPLE THAT
ALLEGEDLY SHATTERED A GLASS DOOR

AT A SONIC DRIVE‐IN AFTER
GETTING THE WRONG SAUCE ON AN

ORDER OF CHICKEN TENDERS
BUT, SERIOUSLY, IF YOU DON'T

KNOW THESE GUYS' ORDER BY NOW,
THAT'S KIND OF ON YOU.

HEY, TRUE STORY.
THE GUY DRIVING, THAT'S MY BEST

FRIEND, COLLEGE ROOMMATE
PETER GROSZ.

THAT'S TRUE, FUNNIEST PERSON I
KNOW

AND NOW I JUST SIT BACK AND WAIT
TO SEE IF PETER WATCHES THE

SHOW
DO YOU THINK HE WATCHES, PEDRO

[ LAUGHTER ]
WELL, I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT,

PEDRO.
AND, FINALLY, FORD HAS ANNOUNCED

THAT IT IS BRINGING BACK THE
BRONCO, THE SUV INFAMOUSLY USED

AS A GETAWAY CAR BY
O. J. SIMPSON

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THIS TIME
THERE'S NO AC.

CALL BACK TO THE '90s.
THAT'S YOUR MONOLOGUE.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT.

I'LL BE TALKING TO SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS

PLUS, FROM HBO'S "INSECURE,"
YVONNE ORJI WILL BE JOINING ME

SHE'S GOT A FANTASTIC NEW HBO
COMEDY SPECIAL, AND WE'LL TALK

ABOUT THAT
PLUS, MUSIC FROM BLACK PUMAS

BUT FIRST, SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS
AFFECTED EVERY PART OF AMERICAN

LIFE, WORK, EDUCATION, EVEN
MUSIC.

LAST NIGHT, I SAW A COMMERCIAL
FOR AN ALBUM RECORDED BY TWO R&B

ARTISTS WHO WERE QUARANTINED IN
SEPARATE APARTMENTS.
TAKE A LOOK.

♪
>> MUSIC IS A REFLECTION OF THE

TIMES IN WHICH IT'S CREATED.
AND NO MUSIC IS MORE OF ITS TIME

THAN THE ALBUM "QUARANTINE
LOVE."

"QUARANTINE LOVE" WAS WRITTEN
YESTERDAY BY TWO VERY OLD R&B

SINGERS WHO HAD TO SHELTER IN
PLACE APART.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF PEACHES &
HERB

ASHFORD & SIMPSON?
WELL, THIS ISN'T THEM.

THIS SOUL‐STIRRING ALBUM FROM
BEEBO BRYSON, AND DUNNY BeDARGE

EXAMINES SOCIALLY DISTANT
LOVEMAKING, ESPECIALLY THIS HIT,

"WHAT'CHA LIKE."
♪

♪ I KNOW THAT THING YOU LIK
AND I KNOW THA

THING YOU LIKE ♪
♪ SO LET'S GET TOGETHER

ON FACETIM
AND DO THEM TO OURSELVES ♪

♪
>> WHEN YOU GET THIS ALBUM,

YOU'LL BE GETTING ALL THE HITS
FROM QUARANTINE.

HITS LIKE "THAT'S ALL YOU GET.
♪

♪ THERE'S A FIRE BURNIN
INSIDE OF ME

AND THIS LOVE OF OURS WA
TRULY MEANT TO BE ♪

♪ IT FEELS SO GREAT
I CAN'T WAIT FOR

YOU TO TOUCH ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T

SQUEEZE ME
I CAN'T DO IT ♪

♪ FOR YOU TO LOOK A
ME FROM FAR AWAY

THAT'S ALL YOU GET ♪
♪

>> THERE'S ALSO THE SMOOTH
SOUNDS OF "LOVE YOU.

♪
♪ MY LOVING YOU

IS NO SURPRISE
JUST LOOKING AT YO

MAKES MY TEMPERATURE RISE ♪
♪

>> YOU GOT A FEVER
>> NO, NOT LIKE THAT

♪ METAPHORICALLY ♪
>> OH.

♪ I LOVE YOU MORE EVERY DAY
JUST LOOKING AT YO

TAKES MY BREATH AWAY M
>> SHORTNESS OF BREATH

>> MY LUNGS ARE HEALTHY.
[ INHALES DEEPLY ]

♪ SEE ♪
>> OH.

♪ MY WHOLE BODY
ACHES FOR YOU ♪

>> BODY ACHE
OH, NO, YOU HAVE IT.

>> AND WHO CAN FORGET THEIR
SOON‐TO‐BE CLASSIC SONG,

"VOYEUR"
♪

♪ PUT YOUR BOOTY UP
ON THAT WINDOW

AND I'LL BE ON THE STREET ♪
>> NOW, THAT'S A SEXY QUARANTINE

SONG
BUT NOT AS SEXY AS THEIR NEW HIT

CALLED, "LET ME SEE YOUR BODY.
♪

♪ LET ME SEE YOUR BOD
COME ON COME O

LET ME SEE YOUR BODY
COME ON ♪

♪ STAND BAC
TOO FAR TOO CLOS

I CAN'T SEE YOUR HEA
GET UP GET DOWN ♪

♪ THE SCREEN FROZ
I QUIT ♪

>> AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE,
"ZOOM ORGY."

♪
♪

>> SO, GET ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD
"QUARANTINE LOVE" TODAY.

I MEAN, WHY NOT?
WHAT THE [ BLEEP ] ELSE DO YOU

HAVE TO DO
>> Seth: THANK YOU TO

AMBER RUFFIN AS WELL AS MUSTACHE
AMBER RUFFIN

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH SENATOR
BERNIE SANDERS

♪
>> Seth: OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT

IS A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM
VERMONT AND FORMER PRESIDENTIAL

CANDIDATE.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW,
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS

>> Seth: WELL WELCOME BACK TO
THE

SHOW, SENATOR.
HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M GREAT
GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

>> Seth: YOU WERE OUR FIRST
QUARANTINE GUEST ON MARCH 30th

AND I REALLY HOPED THE NEXT TIME
WE TALKED IT WOULD BE IN PERSON.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU MAKING
TIME FOR US AGAIN.

HOW ARE YOU ‐‐ I KNOW YOU'RE A
MAN WHO LIKES TO BE AROUND YOUR

CONSTITUENTS, YOU LIKE TO BE
AROUND PEOPLE.

HOW ARE YOU GETTING THROUGH THIS
TELEPHONE/ZOOM ERA

>> I WOULD BE BEING DISHONEST
WITH YOU IF I DIDN'T TELL YOU

THAT IT'S DIFFICULT.
YOU KNOW, I THRIVE AND I GET MY

OXYGEN FROM BEING AROUND PEOPLE.
I MISS BEING IN THE KIND OF

PHYSICAL CONTACT I WOULD LIKE TO
BE WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN

SO IT'S HARD
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING THE

BEST THAT WE CAN DO.
>> Seth: YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH

MANY PROTEST MOVEMENTS IN YOUR
LONG CAREER AS AN ACTIVIST

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THE PROTEST
MOMENT THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH

RIGHT NOW?
IS IT AS EARTH‐CHANGING AS MANY

ARE SAYING IT IS
>> IT IS A VERY BIG DEAL

IT IS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED, AND
IT'S EXTRAORDINARY

AND ESPECIALLY TAKING PLACE IN
THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN LARGE
CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND

IN SMALL TOWNS IS PEOPLE SAYING
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

TO CRITIQUE POLICE BRUTALITY AND
POLICE MURDER, THAT WE HAVE TO

RETHINK THE WHOLE NATURE OF
POLICING IN AMERICA, THAT WE

HAVE TO DEAL WITH INSTITUTIONAL
RACISM

AND THAT IS JUST AN
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN OUR

COUNTRY'S HISTORY.
>> Seth: YOU HAVE CLARIFIED THAT

YOU ARE NOT FOR ABOLISHING THE
POLICE, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE

ASSUME DE‐FUNDING THE POLICE
MEANS.

WHERE ARE YOU ON THAT SLIDING
SCALE BETWEEN THE IDEA OF NO

POLICE AND ‐‐ MORE EFFECTIVELY
>> I DON'T THINK ‐

SETH, I DON'T THINK THAT AT THE
END OF THE DAY MOST PEOPLE THINK

WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS IN AMERICA

BUT I THINK WHAT MOST PEOPLE
THINK IS WE HAVE TO REALLOCATE

RESOURCES AND RETHINK THE
FUNCTION OF POLICING

OBVIOUSLY, FOR A START, WE HAVE
TO DO AWAY WITH POLICE MURDERS

AND POLICE BRUTALITY
THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK
WE HAVE TO DO IS TO ASK

OURSELVES, SHOULD POLICE BE
FORCED TO DEAL EVERY DAY WITH

ISSUES LIKE MENTAL ILLNESS, DRUG
ADDICTION, ALCOHOL ADDICTION,

HOMELESSNESS
POLICE SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF

THEIR TIME AND ENERGY DOING
THINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT

NECESSARILY TRAINED TO DO AND
THAT TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES

SO I THINK WHAT PEOPLE WANT WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT DE‐FUNDING THE

POLICE OR REALLOCATING RESOURCES
IS ALSO TO PUT MONEY INTO THE

CAUSES OF CRIME.
WHY DO WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN

JAIL THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY?
SHOULD WE BE LEGALIZING

MARIJUANA, WHICH, IN MY VIEW, WE
SHOULD

SHOULD WE BE INVESTING IN JOBS
AND EDUCATION RATHER THAN JUST

LOCKING UP MORE AND MORE PEOPLE?
SO I THINK THIS MOMENT MAKES US

RETHINK THE FUNCTION OF POLICING
AND THE REALLOCATION OF

RESOURCES, SOMETHING I VERY
STRONGLY BELIEVE IN.

>> Seth: PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY
SIGNED SOME EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON

POLICE REFORM.
AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE

DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP OVER THE
YEARS HAS CALLED FOR REFORMS

LIKE BODY CAMERAS, LIKE
ANTI‐BIAS TRAININGS.

DOES THE PRESIDENT'S STEPS TODAY
MAKE YOU OPTIMISTIC?

OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY ARE
SHORT OF WHAT WE NEED INSOFAR

AS ‐
>> SETH, WE'RE WAY SHORT OF WHAT

WE NEED.
AND WE ARE WORKING IN THE

SENATE, AND I HAVE INTRODUCED A
SET OF PROPOSALS WHICH GO A

LOT ‐‐ A LOT FURTHER
I MEAN, THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS

THAT POLICE OFFICERS NEED TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR

ACTIONS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS

NOT TAKEN PLACE IN THE PAST.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT POLICE

DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY
RECEIVE THE TRAINING TO

UNDERSTAND THAT LETHAL FORCE,
SHOOTING SOMEBODY, IS A LAST

RESPONSE, NOT A FIRST RESPONSE
SO THERE ARE A WHOLE NUMBER OF

THINGS THAT HAVE GOT TO BE DONE.
I THINK TRUMP IS RESPONDING FROM

THE PRESSURE OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, NOT JUST DEMOCRATS OR

INDEPENDENTS, REPUBLICANS AS
WELL

BUT WE HAVE TO GO A LOT FURTHER
THAN TRUMP IS TALKING ABOUT.

>> Seth: ANOTHER THING WHERE I
IMAGINE YOU FEEL THE GOVERNMENTS

BEING SO FURTHER ON IS HOW WE'RE
TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE DURING

THIS PANDEMIC.
OBVIOUSLY CONGRESS HAS PASSED

SOME BILLS
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THEY

PASSED ANOTHER ONE
WHAT STEPS NEED TO BE TAKEN

MOVING FORWARD
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THINGS LIKE

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AREN'T
GOING TO GO ON FOREVER

AND WE CAN SEE A REAL SPIKE IN
WHAT PEOPLE NEED, NOT JUST IN

THE VIRUS, BUT INSOFAR AS WHAT
PEOPLE NEED FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

>> WELL, SETH, I WOULD HOPE THAT
OUT OF THIS TERRIBLE MOMENT IN

AMERICAN HISTORY, WHICH IS
REALLY UNPRECEDENTED

I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT
110,000 PEOPLE DEAD ALREADY FROM

THE VIRUS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 30 MILLION

PEOPLE HAVING LOST THEIR JOBS.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO

HAVE LOST, BY THE MILLIONS,
THEIR HEALTH CARE.

PEOPLE UNABLE TO PAY THEIR
RENTS, WORRIED ABOUT LOSING

THEIR HOMES, KIDS NOT BEING IN
SCHOOL

IT'S AN UNPRECEDENTED MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY

AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY AND ASK

OURSELVES, HOW DID WE GET TO
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AND

WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND IN THE

FUTURE
NOW, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF

MONTHS, WHAT WE HAVE GOT TO
DO ‐‐ NOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF

MONTHS, THE NEXT COUPLE OF
WEEKS, IMMEDIATELY ‐‐ WHAT WE

HAVE GOT TO DO IS PASS WHAT WE
CALL A CORONA LAW ‐‐ PIECE OF

MAJOR LEGISLATION.
WHICH SAYS THAT WHEN 30 MILLION

PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS AND
MILLIONS HAVE LOST THEIR HEALTH

CARE, WE HAVE GOT TO STAND UP
AND PROTECT THEM

VARIOUS WAYS TO DO THAT.
BUT THE VERY LEAST, WORKING

PEOPLE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GET
DECENT UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS WHEN

UNEMPLOYMENT IS SO HIGH.
IN MY VIEW, DURING THE MIDST OF

THIS CRISIS, WHILE WE WORK
TOWARD MEDICARE FOR ALL, CLEARLY

RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY MUST BE
ENTITLED TO HEALTH CARE AS A

HUMAN RIGHT.
I THINK THAT A $1,200 ONE‐TIME

CHECK IS NOT ENOUGH DURING THE
CRISIS

WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT EVERY
INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COUNTRY GETS

AT LEAST $2,000.
BECAUSE SO MANY OF OUR PEOPLE

ARE HURTING.
$2,000 A MONTH

THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE GOT TO
DO

LONG TERM, WE HAVE GOT TO ASK
OURSELVES HOW DOES IT HAPPEN

THAT WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE LOSE
THEIR JOBS, THEY ALSO LOSE THEIR

HEALTH CARE?
SHOULD HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA

JUST BE A JOB BENEFIT, OR SHOULD
IT BE A HUMAN RIGHT?

OBVIOUSLY, I THINK IT SHOULD BE
A HUMAN RIGHT.

I HOPE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT.

SECOND OF ALL, BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, WE HAD TRUMP, AS YOU

ALL RECALL, TELLING US WHAT A
GREAT ECONOMY WE HAD

WELL, HOW GREAT IS AN ECONOMY
WHEN HALF OF OUR PEOPLE ARE

LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK?
AND WHEN THE PAYCHECKS STOP,

HUNGER AND DESPERATION SET IN.
SO WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT

WE RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE IN
THIS COUNTRY TO AT LEAST

15 BUCKS AN HOUR
MAKE IT EASIER FOR WORKERS TO

JOIN UNIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE

SURE THAT ALL OF OUR KIDS GET
THE QUALITY EDUCATION THAT THEY

NEED
SO WHAT I'M SAYING, SETH, IS

THAT IN THIS TERRIBLE MOMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY, WHEN SO MANY

OF OUR PEOPLE ARE HURTING, IT IS
TIME TO RETHINK SOME OF THE

BASIC PRIORITIES OF OUR NATION,
SOME OF THE BASIC INSTITUTIONS

IN THIS COUNTRY, AND AS THE
WEALTHIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH, ASK

OURSELVES WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN
THE FUTURE

>> Seth: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH MORE OF MY CONVERSATION

WITH SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS.
♪

>> Seth: YOU KNOW, THIS IS
REALLY DRAWN IN STARK CONTRAST,

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE
WHO HAVE AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

NOT.
AND ONE THING THAT I BELIEVE IS

SHOCKING TO MANY, AND I WONDER
IF YOU WOULD HAVE PREDICTED IT,

IS THE FACT THAT DURING THIS
TERRIBLE TIME, BILLIONAIRES HAVE

ACTUALLY ADDED TO THEIR WEALTH
AT A TIME WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE

ARE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK.
I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT

OF COURSE SENATOR SANDERS KNEW
WOULD HAPPEN AT A TIME LIKE

THIS
>> WELL, I THINK NOT JUST ME BUT

I THINK ECONOMISTS IN GENERAL.
WE ARE ‐‐ AND ONE OF THE ISSUES,

SETH, THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO HEAR TOO MUCH IN

CONGRESS OR ON TV, FRANKLY, IS
THE ISSUE OF INCOME AND WEALTH

INEQUALITY
AND, AS YOU HAVE JUST INDICATED,

IT HAS BEEN EXASPERATED BY THIS
CRISIS

SO WE'RE SEEING BILLIONAIRES
SEEING THEIR WEALTH INCREASE BY

HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHILE THE

MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY AND WORKING‐CLASS PEOPLE

IN GENERAL ARE LIVING IN
DESPERATION.

I MEAN, HUNGER IN AMERICA IS NOW
WIDESPREAD

PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT BEING
EVICTED FROM THEIR APARTMENTS.

WHERE DO THEY GO
WHAT DO THEY DO?

UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGHER NOW THAN
IT HAS BEEN FOR A VERY, VERY

LONG TIME.
SO THIS ISSUE OF GROWING INCOME

AND WEALTH INEQUALITY AND THE
POWER OF THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS

TO INFLUENCE POLITICS ‐‐ THEY
SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO

ELECT CANDIDATES WHO REPRESENT
THE WEALTHY AND THE POWERFUL

THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE,
WHICH WE CANNOT RUN AWAY FROM.

>> Seth: WHETHER IT'S FAIR OR
UNFAIR, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE

COUNTING ON YOU TO CONVINCE THE
PROGRESSIVE WING OF THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO SUPPORT
BIDEN.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL IN YOUR
SUPPORT OF HIM

IS HE SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE HAD
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OVER

THE YEARS?
I KNOW YOUR POLITICS ARE

OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT.
BUT HOW DO YOU LIKE HIM AS A

PERSON
>> I HAVE KNOWN JOE FOR ‐‐ SINCE

I GOT INTO THE SENATE IN 2006,
AND WORKED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS

VICE PRESIDENT UNDER OBAMA
AND I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP

WITH HIM
AND, AS YOU'VE INDICATED, IT IS

NO GREAT SECRET THAT WE HAVE
VERY DIFFERENT POLITICAL VIEWS

JOE IS MORE OF AN ESTABLISHMENT
POLITICIAN, AND I'M SPENDING MY

LIFE TAKING ON THE
ESTABLISHMENT.

BUT I AM GOING TO DO EVERYTHING
THAT I CAN TO SEE THAT BIDEN IS

ELECTED PRESIDENT.
BECAUSE IN TRUMP, WE HAVE NOT

JUST SOMEBODY WHO IS A
PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, BUT SOMEBODY

WHO DOES NOT REALLY BELIEVE IN
DEMOCRACY, WHO HAS VERY STRONG

AUTHORITARIAN TENDENCIES, WHO IS
A RACIST AND A SEXIST, AND A

HOMOPHOBE AND A XENOPHOBE.
AND THIS IS SOMEBODY THAT CANNOT

BE, IN MY VIEW, RE‐ELECTED, FOR
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THIS

COUNTRY.
SO I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO

SUPPORT JOE AND MAKE SURE THAT
TRUMP IS NOT RE‐ELECTED.

>> Seth: HAVE YOU BEEN HAPPY
THUS FAR WITH THE AMOUNT FORMER

VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS REACHED
OUT TO YOU AND OTHER

PROGRESSIVES IN THE PARTY?
>> WELL, WHAT HE VERY KINDLY

DID, WHAT JOE DID, IS AGREE TO A
SET OF TASK FORCES, A HALF A

DOZEN, WHO ARE CURRENTLY
WRAPPING UP THEIR WORK ACTUALLY,

AS WE SPEAK.
WORKING ON SOME OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THE
COUNTRY ‐‐ THE ECONOMY, HEALTH

CARE, EDUCATION, CLIMATE CHANGE,
IMMIGRATION, CRIMINAL JUSTICE,

ET CETERA.
SO, BIDEN WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT

REACHING OUT
WE HAVE BROUGHT INTO THESE TASK

FORCES SOME OF THE STRONGEST
PROGRESSIVE VOICES IN AMERICA.

HE HAS STRONG SUPPORTERS OF HIS,
AND THEY ARE WORKING ON WAYS

THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH REAL
SOLUTIONS TO THE ENORMOUS CRISES

FACING THIS COUNTRY.
AND I'VE BEEN PLEASED BY THAT.

>> Seth: I WANTED TO END ON SOME
POSITIVE NEWS BECAUSE IT'S SO

HARD TO COME BY THESE DAYS
THE SUPREME COURT RULED 6‐3

YESTERDAY, BASICALLY MAKING IT
ILLEGAL FOR EMPLOYERS TO FIRE

SOMEONE BASED ON THEM BEING GAY
OR TRANSGENDER

WERE YOU SURPRISED, HAPPY?
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION

>> I WAS VERY HAPPY.
VERY HAPPY AND A LITTLE BIT

SURPRISED.
IT'S NO GREAT ‐‐ EVERYBODY

UNDERSTANDS THAT THE
CONSERVATIVES DOMINATE THE

SUPREME COURT 5‐4.
AND THAT WE HAD GORSUCH AND

ROBERTS COMING AROUND ON THIS
ISSUE WAS VERY, VERY PLEASING.

AND I THINK AS WE FIGHT FOR A
LESS DISCRIMINATORY SOCIETY,

WHERE WE TREAT PEOPLE AS WHO
THEY ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS, NOT

THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, NOT
THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NOT

WHERE THEY WERE BORN, THIS IS A
MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR STEP

FORWARD, FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY
AND I THINK FOR THE UNITED

STATES OF AMERICA.
>> Seth: WELL, I WILL SAY WHAT I

SAID LAST TIME WE TALKED VIA
ZOOM

I HOPE THE NEXT TIME'S IN
PERSON

>> SO DO I
>> Seth: AND IF NOT, WE WILL

MAKE IT WORK THIS WAY.
IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE, SENATOR.

>> WELL, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK,
SETH

THANK YOU.
>> Seth: THANK YOU

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH
YVONNE ORJI.

♪
>> Seth: OUR NEXT GUEST IS A

TALENTED ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN
YOU KNOW FROM HBO'S HIT SERIES

"INSECURE.
HER FANTASTIC COMEDY SPECIAL

"MOMMA, I MADE IT!" IS AVAILABLE

NOW ON HBO AND HBO MAX
HERE IS MY CONVERSATION WITH
YVONNE ORJI.

>> Seth: YVONNE, WELCOME TO THE
SHOW

HOW ARE YOU?
>> I AM VERY WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
>> Seth: YOU WERE ACTUALLY

SCHEDULED TO BE IN STUDIO TO
PROMOTE YOUR NEW SPECIAL ON HBO,

WHICH IS FANTASTIC
THANK YOU FOR RESCHEDULING AND

DOING IT WITH US ON ZOOM
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD

SHUT DOWN SO I DIDN'T TAKE IT
PERSONALLY

I WAS LIKE, "WHAT?
HE HAS OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ST ‐‐

OH, NO, NOBODY ELSE?
SO THERE IS NO STUDIO?

OH YEAH, I'M FINE.
YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.

>> Seth: YOU MUST FEEL SO
FORTUNATE TO HAVE FILMED YOUR

SPECIAL BEFORE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO BE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE.

I FEEL SO BAD FOR STAND‐UPS WHO
HAD AN HOUR READY TO GO,

PROBABLY A DAY SCHEDULED TO
SHOOT IT AND IT SEEMED LIKE YOU

PROBABLY ‐‐ WHEN DID YOU
ACTUALLY FILM IT

>> THIS IS HOW GOD IS ON MY SIDE
ON SO MANY LEVELS.

LITERALLY, HE GAVE ME AN EXTRA
DAY IN FEBRUARY.

IT WAS FEBRUARY 29th
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: MAN, YOU JUST ‐‐ SO YOU
JUST MADE IT

>> LIT ‐‐ LIKE, I SHOT IT
FEBRUARY 29th, WENT TO

PUERTO RICO TO SHOOT A MOVIE AND
WE GOT SHUT DOWN LIKE TEN DAYS

LATER.
AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT

>> Seth: WELL, I'M GLAD YOU GOT
IT IN UNDER THE WIRE

IT WAS FANTASTIC
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN SPENDING YOUR

TIME SINCE YOUR LIFE, LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE'S, HAS BEEN SHUT

DOWN
>> WELL, I REALIZED I LOVE TWO

TO FOUR HOUR BATHS
I DIDN'T REALIZE I WOULD ‐

>> Seth: HOW INTERESTING
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW JUST WHEN YOU

GET LIKE VERY E. T.‐LIKE AND
YOU'RE LIKE, "I CAN'T FEEL

TENDONS.
THIS IS ‐‐ I'M READY

SO LOTS OF BATHS
I WAS EDITING THE SPECIAL.

I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY BOOK
COMING OUT IN 2021, "BAMBOOZLED

BY JESUS: HOW GOD TRICKED ME
INTO THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS."

'CAUSE WE'RE ALL GETTING
BAMBOOZLED NOW

>> Seth: YOU ‐‐ SO A LOT OF
PEOPLE PROBABLY KNEW YOU FIRST

OR WERE INTRODUCED TO YOU FROM
PLAYING MOLLY ON "INSECURE."

KNEW YOU AS AN ACTOR
BUT YOU DIDN'T GET YOUR START IN

COMEDY
WHEN DID YOU THINK COMEDY WAS

THE CAREER YOU WANTED TO PURSUE?
>> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT COMEDY.

I'M A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS.
I'M FROM NIGERIA, SO I WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE THE DOCTOR.
>> Seth: MM‐HMM.

>> ‐‐ IN MY FAMILY
AND I GUESS IN SOME WAY, LIKE

SINCE THE SPECIAL CAME OUT,
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "NOW YOU CAN

TELL YOUR MOM, LIKE, YOU HEAL
THROUGH LAUGHTER."

I WAS LIKE, NO, I DON'T THINK
YOU'VE MET MY MOM.

THAT'S NOT ‐‐ NOT THE DEGREE SHE
WAS LOOKING FOR.

BUT I GOT MY START RANDOMLY AT A
PAGEANT AND I NEEDED A TALENT

AND I DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
AND I PRAYED AND GOD TOLD ME TO

DO COMEDY AND I WAS LIKE, "NO.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "WELL, WHAT

ELSE DO YOU HAVE?"
AND I WAS LIKE, "I DON'T LIKE

THESE QUESTIONS.
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: HOW DID COMEDY GO AT
YOUR PAGEANT

HOW DID THAT FIRST TIME OUT GO
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAME IN

THIRD RUNNER‐UP BUT ‐‐
NOT GREAT, BUT PEOPLE DID LAUGH.

AND I WAS LIKE, "MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING HERE."

AND THEN I TRIED IT AGAIN AND
MORE PEOPLE LAUGHED AND IT WAS

LIKE, MAYBE GOD DOES KNOW WHAT
HE'S TALKING ABOUT

PSH.
THAT'S GOOD.

>> Seth: SO YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE
A CHILD OF IMMIGRANTS.

YOUR PARENTS ARE FROM NIGERIA.
>> YEAH.

>> Seth: AND THAT COMMUNITY
ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF NEED FOR A

HOST, I GUESS YOU'D SAY.
AN EMCEE

>> I USED TO EMCEE WEDDINGS.
LIKE, SO, BASICALLY ANYTHING

THAT HAD A MIC OR LIKE ‐‐
NIGERIANS WILL HIRE SOMEONE.

IF IT'S A BABY SHOWER, IF IT'S A
FUNERAL, I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE

BEEN THE ULTIMATE HYPE WOMAN AT
A FUNERAL.

LIKE, "HE HAS DEPARTED, BUT WE
ARE HAPPY BECAUSE HE LIVED A

GOOD LIFE.
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: AND WERE THESE
PEOPLE ‐‐ WOULD THEY HIRE YOU

WITHOUT KNOWING YOU?
OR HAD THEY HEARD WORD OF YOU,

OR WERE THEY FRIENDS
>> NO, THEY WOULD HIRE ME ‐‐ IT

WAS WORD OF MOUTH.
IT WAS LIKE A WHOLE COMMUNITY

OF, LIKE, EMCEES
IT WAS LIKE, WELL, THIS PERSON'S

BOOKED AND IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE
SAW THAT YOU HOSTED OUR FRIEND'S

WEDDING.
ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO HOST OUR

BABY SHOWER?
I'M LIKE, "YES, I CAN.

CAN YOU SEND A DEPOSIT FIRST
THOUGH?"

>> Seth: SO YOU WERE LIVING IN A
WORLD WHERE YOU COULD DO WELL

ENOUGH AT A FUNERAL THAT IT
COULD LEAD TO MORE WORK.

>> IF YOU ‐‐ BASICALLY
I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT ON MY ‐

[ LAUGHTER ]
I SHOULD HAVE PUT THAT ON MY

BROCHURES.
I DO WELL ENOUGH AT A FUNERAL TO

GET HIRED FOR THE WEDDING.
>> Seth: THAT IS OUTSTANDING

WHAT A GOOD WAY TO GET INTO THE
BUSINESS

'CAUSE IT'S VERY RARE TO GET
INTO THE BUSINESS WITH PAID

GIGS
>> WELL, SEE, I DIDN'T REALIZE

THAT THERE WAS NO MONEY IN
COMEDY BECAUSE I WAS MAKING SO

MUCH MONEY IN COMEDY THAT WHEN I
MOVED TO NEW YORK AND I WAS

LIKE, "WHAT'S A BRINGER SHOW
'CAUSE I ONLY BROUGHT MYSELF

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"

AND HOW MUCH DOES THAT ‐‐ LIKE,
I WAS LOSING FRIENDS VERY

QUICKLY.
>> Seth: FOR THOSE WHO DON'T

KNOW, A BRINGER SHOW IS
BASICALLY, IN ORDER TO GET UP

AND DO STAND‐UP AT A CLUB, YOU
HAVE TO BRING TEN FRIENDS.

IT'S NOT EVEN THAT YOU ‐‐ IT'S
NOT EVEN YOU DON'T GET PAID, YOU

HAVE TO BRING FRIENDS TO BUY
DRINKS

>> YES
AND YOU STILL DON'T GET PAID

SO IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST
FIVE MINUTES OF LIKE PREP TIME

TO LIKE, DOES THIS JOKE WORK
ALSO, I NEED YOU TO BE BUYING

TWO DRINK MINIMUMS
THANKS, GUYS

>> Seth: SO THE NAME OF YOUR
SPECIAL IS "MOMMA, I MADE IT!"

YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY ALREADY
REFERENCED THE FACT THAT YOUR

PARENTS WERE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT YOUR CHOICE OF COMEDY FOR

YOUR CAREER.
AND ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT

THINGS IN YOUR SPECIAL IS YOU
HAVE YOUR PARENTS IN IT.

AND WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO GIVE
THEM THE MICROPHONE?

>> WELL, I FIGURED, LIKE, I
WOULD HAVE A LOT OF TIME ON

STAGE TO SAY EVERYTHING I WANTED
TO SAY FROM MY POINT OF VIEW

AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I
MIGHT AS WELL THROW THEM LIKE

EIGHT TO TEN MINUTES JUST TO
GET, YOU KNOW, JUST TO AIR THEIR

GRIEVANCES OR TO ‐‐ LET'S HEAR
IT FROM THEIR POINT OF VIEW.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK
ABOUT OUR PARENTS, OUR

UPBRINGING, OUR FAMILIES ON
STAGE, BUT I WAS LIKE WHY DON'T

WE GIVE THEM THE MIC
LET'S PASS THE MIC FOR THEM TO

LIKE REALLY SHOW THE WORLD HOW
THEY FELT IN THOSE MOMENTS

SOME THINGS I SAID WERE
ACCURATE, OTHER THINGS I LEARNED

SOME NEW THINGS.
>> Seth: AND WERE THEY

ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS
OPPORTUNITY?

>> OH, MY GOD, YEAH.
MY MOM WAS LIKE, "HBO IS COMING

TO THE VILLAGE
OKAY, WE PAINT THE HOUSE."

I WAS LIKE, "NO, DON'T PAINT THE
HOUSE, JUST OPEN THE DOOR.

SHE WAS VERY ‐‐ LIKE, YOU KNOW,
I BROUGHT THE CAMERAS TO A VERY

REMOTE PART.
WE WERE IN THE CITY OF LAGOS BUT

THEN WE ALSO WENT TO LIKE THE
VILLAGE, WHICH IS VERY REMOTE.

AND NOT A LOT OF CAMERA FOLKS
GET THERE ‐‐ SURELY NOT A LOT OF

NON‐BLACK PEOPLE COME THAT WAY
SO EVERYONE WAS LIKE, "THE WHITE

MAN IS HERE.
AND I'M LIKE, "YEP, HE'S WITH

ME."
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: NOW I HOPE THEY
APPRECIATED THAT NO DOCTORS EVER

BROUGHT CAMERAS BACK TO THE
VILLAGE.

AND THAT THAT WAS ‐‐
>> SURE, THEY CAN BUILD

HOSPITALS.
THAT'S GREAT, BUT HBO CAMERAS?

EXACTLY.
>> Seth: DID YOU ‐‐ I WANT TO

ASK THIS ‐‐ IF YOU DID ANOTHER
SPECIAL, WOULD YOUR PARENTS NOW

HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF BEING IN
THAT AS WELL

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
THE WAY MY MOM WAS SENDING ME

THESE WHAT'S APP MESSAGES OF
PEOPLE TELLING HER SHE'S THE

REAL STAR, AND ASKING IF SHE NOW
NEEDS TO GET AN AGENT.

I WAS LIKE, WAIT
I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE

WAY THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
>> Seth: YEAH.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU NEVER KNOW

>> Seth: WELL, I ‐‐ WHEN WE DID
OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING SHOW ON

"LATE NIGHT," I HAD MY PARENTS
AS GUESTS, AND THEY'VE BEEN ON

EVERY YEAR SUBSEQUENTLY.
AND PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "ARE YOU

GOING TO HAVE THEM NEXT YEAR AS
WELL?"

AND I'M LIKE, "IT IS NOT UP TO
ME ANYMORE."

I COULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
EXPLAIN TO MY PARENTS THAT THEY

ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE
THANKSGIVING SHOW.

SO YOU'VE OPENED THE DOOR.
>> YEAH, YOUR PARENTS NOW HAVE

AN ANNUAL CONTRACT WITH YOU.
THEY'RE LIKE, I'M SORRY, WHAT?

>> Seth: IT'S ALSO FUNNY BECAUSE
I HAD ‐‐ WHEN I DID MY SPECIAL I

TALKED FROM MY WIFE'S
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT ME, BUT I DID

NOT ACTUALLY LET HER BE ON
CAMERA

SO YOU HAVE DONE ME A GREAT
DISSERVICE BECAUSE SHE REALIZED

THAT ACTUALLY ‐‐
>> YOU COULD HAVE.

>> Seth: YOU COULD HAVE.
I COULD HAVE BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO

DO THAT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR NOTHING.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME?
>> Seth: YEAH.

YOU KNOW WE TALKED TO ISSA ABOUT
THIS LAST TIME SHE WAS ON,

BECAUSE THIS WAS THE YEAR OF
"INSECURE" WHERE YOUR CHARACTER

MOLLY ‐‐ FANS WERE NOT
PARTICULARLY HAPPY WITH THE

CHOICES YOUR CHARACTER ‐‐ LET'S
STRESS YOUR CHARACTER ‐‐ MADE.

>> YES
>> Seth: AND IT IS BOTH, I

IMAGINE, STRANGE TO RECEIVE
FEEDBACK THAT IS NEGATIVE, AND

ALSO IT'S A POSITIVE THAT PEOPLE
CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THE SHOW.

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE COLORFUL
COMMENTARY ON TWITTER EVERY

WEEK, I WAS LIKE ‐
I REALLY WANTED TO BE LIKE, "YO,

ISSA, WHAT DID I DO?
LIKE, IS THERE A VENDETTA THAT I

DON'T KNOW ABOUT
DID THE WRITERS GET TOGETHER AND

CONSPIRE AGAINST ME?
LIKE, HELP ME UNDERSTAND."

AND ALL THE WRITERS WERE LIKE,
"WE'RE SO SHOCKED BY THE

RESPONSE."
WE ‐‐ AND LIKE, GENUINELY THEY

FEEL SHOCKED
LIKE, WE NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY

WOULD RESPOND THIS WAY
I WAS LIKE, REALLY

BECAUSE I ALMOST FOUGHT HER IN
AN EPISODE

YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD
BE A PROBLEM

>> Seth: AND YOU KNOW, ALSO, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LIVING

THROUGH THIS INCREDIBLY
DIFFICULT TIME, A TIME WHERE A

LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REFLECTING
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE MADE A

SHOW THAT REALLY DOES SORT OF
SHOW THE TOTALITY OF BLACK

LIVES?
BLACK LIFE, EXCUSE ME.

IN A WAY THAT WE DON'T OFTEN SEE
REPRESENTED ON TELEVISION?

>> NO, IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND SO
NECESSARY.

AND I FEEL GRATEFUL AND
FORTUNATE TO BE A PART OF IT

AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE BLACK
LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT, LIKE, WE

ALL WENT TO PROTEST.
KENDRICK, WHO PLAYS NATHAN ON

THE SHOW, HE WAS ON THE FRONT
LINES.

EVEN GOT ASSAULTED WHILE
PROTESTING PEACEFULLY.

AND SO NOT ONLY THE SHOW IS
IMPORTANT, AND RELEVANT, AND

NECESSARY IN THIS TIME, BUT JUST
EVEN THE ACTIVISM BY THE PEOPLE

BEHIND IT, IT'S SHOWING THAT
WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER, THE

SOLIDARITY
LIKE WE CAN GIVE YOU A REPRIEVE

ON SUNDAYS, ONCE A WEEK, BUT
WE'RE IN IT AND THE FIGHT STILL

CONTINUES.
>> Seth: WELL, I THINK THAT'S

REALLY TRUE AS FAR AS THE
REPRIEVE PART, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO

A SHOW THAT IS, YOU KNOW,
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BLACK LIVES,

BUT ALSO IT IS SUCH A JOYFUL
SHOW

AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS AT A TIME
WHERE THERE'S SO LITTLE TO BE

JOYFUL ABOUT
IT'S REALLY FANTASTIC TO WATCH A

SHOW LIKE THAT
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

FOR THAT SHOW.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THE

SPECIAL, IT'S VERY EXCITING.
NOW ARE YOU WORKING EVERY DAY ON

YOUR BOOK?
ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR BOOK?

>> I FEEL LIKE A BOOK IS LIKE A
NEVER ENDING, LIKE ‐‐ IT'S JUST

SO ISOLATING
EVEN WHEN ‐‐ I JUST TURNED IN MY

SECOND DRAFT, AND EVEN WHEN YOU
TURN IT IN YOU REALIZE THERE'S

GOING TO BE A THIRD DRAFT.
LIKE IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE NOT FULLY

DONE WITH IT UNTIL YOU'RE LIKE,
"I PRESSED SEND AND I WILL SEE

YOU GUYS ON THE BOOK TOUR.
BUT I REALIZED THERE'S STILL YET

A JOURNEY LEFT TO GO AND, YOU
KNOW, IT'S LIKE MAYBE GIVING

BIRTH.
I DON'T HAVE KIDS, AND I IMAGINE

THAT ONCE YOU GO THROUGH THE
TRAUMA OF CHILDBIRTH YOU REALIZE

MAYBE I ONLY WANT ONE.
MAYBE ‐‐

[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Seth: WELL, I WILL SAY THIS,

BASED ON HOW LUCKY YOU WERE TO
FILM YOUR SPECIAL RIGHT BEFORE

THIS HIT, I'M SURE THAT THE
PANDEMIC WILL END RIGHT BEFORE

YOUR BOOK TOUR
AND IT WILL NOT INTERRUPT YOUR

SCHEDULE AT ALL.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW WE GET

BAMBOOZLED BY JESUS, GUYS.
THIS IS ‐‐ HEY, I GUESS GOD IS

LIKE, "I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS
TITLE PART OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE."

SO, THERE WE GO.
>> Seth: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU

MAKING THE TIME FOR US
IT WAS SO NICE TALKING TO YOU,

YVONNE
>> IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND STAY COZY.
>> Seth: ALL RIGHT

SOUNDS FAIR.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE

"LATE NIGHT.
♪

>> Seth: WELCOME BACK TO "LATE
NIGHT.

YOU KNOW, ONE NARRATIVE THAT HAS
SPRUNG UP THROUGHOUT THE

COVID‐19 OUTBREAK IS THAT
PROLONGED PERIODS OF QUARANTINE

HAVE HAD A HEALING EFFECT ON OUR
NATURAL WORLD.

HERE TO DISCUSS THIS IS AN
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST FROM THE

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE,
DAVID MARTIN

HI, DAVID.
>> HI, SETH.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME
>> Seth: SO DAVID, OBVIOUSLY

QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS ARE
CONTINUING TO LOOSEN THROUGHOUT

THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE,
BUT WHAT CAN WE DETERMINE ABOUT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE
LOCKDOWN MEASURES?

>> WELL, SETH, YOU KNOW, IT'S
TOO EARLY OT SAY IF THERE'S

GOING TO BE ANY LASTING EFFECTS,
BUT SOME OF THE IMAGES WE SAW

WHILE LOCKDOWN MEASURES WERE
IMPOSED ARE INCREDIBLE

YOU KNOW, WITH SO MANY PEOPLE
STAYING AT HOME THERE ARE GOATS

ON THE STREETS OF WALES, COYOTES
ROAMING SAN FRANCISCO.

AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE
POWERFUL IMAGE OF THARGOT, THE

ANCIENT SHAMBLER, EMERGING FROM
THE MURKY DEPTHS OF THE SEA FOR

THE FIRST TIME
>> Seth: WOW

SO IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THESE
CREATURES JUST OUT AND ABOUT

>> TRUE, SETH.
ESPECIALLY THE COLOSSAL

MONSTROSITY THARGOT.
YOU KNOW, HE'S LAIN IN A

DEATHLIKE SLUMBER BENEATH THE
OCEAN FOR OVER FOUR MILLENNIA.

EVER SINCE HE WAS IMPRISONED
WITH AN ANCIENT BABYLONIAN

INCANTATION.
SO WHEN FEWER HUMAN BEINGS ARE

OUT, CREATURES LIKE GOATS AND
COYOTES AND THIS VENGEFUL SEA

DEITY ARE FREE TO ROAM THE
WORLD.

>> Seth: IT'S REALLY QUITE
REMARKABLE

>> I KNOW, AND THERE ARE SO MANY
MORE PHOTS LIKE THAT

THERE'S THIS IMAGE OF DEER
ROAMING JAPAN'S TRAIN STOPS.

BOARS IN THE STREETS OF
BARCELONA.

AND THARGOT'S STORIED NEMESIS
ZELHARN, A BLIND COW OF THE

WOODS, WHO WAS JUST SPOTTED
EMERGING FROM A GLOWING CLOUD OF

SMOKE THURSDAY
>> Seth: WOW, THAT IS AN AMAZING

PHOTO, DAVID
>> YEAH, IT SURE IS.

YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER TAKING
THE PHOTO, THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS

ACTUALLY TURNED INSIDE OUT AND
EATEN ALIVE BY ZELHARN'S

1,000 CHILDREN
>> Seth: WOW

UNBELIEVABLE
AND THIS PHENOMENON ISN'T JUST

LIMITED TO ANIMALS, IS IT?
>> NO, SETH.

IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS, THE
SMOG OVER L. A. CLEARED

IN PARTS OF NORTHERN INDIA, THE
SNOWCAPPED HIMALAYAS WERE

VISIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
RESIDENTS' MEMORIES.

AND EVEN NOW, THE BLOATED
PUSTULE OF SHUB DEGANT IS FULLY

VISIBLE IN PRAGUE.
I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU, SETH,

BUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO,
POLLUTION WOULD HAVE TOTALLY

PREVENTED US FROM SEEING THE
PUSTULE SPIT OUT THOUSANDS OF

NECROGANTS FROM THE PITS OF HELL
INTO OUR WORLD

IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING THING
THAT WE GET TO WITNESS

>> Seth: TOTALLY
AND I BET WITH CROWDS OF

TOURISTS OR AIR TRAVEL, YOU'D
NEVER BE ABLE TO EVEN HEAR THE

SHRIEKS OF THE NECROGANTS.
>> THAT'S TOTALLY TRUE, SETH

NOW THERE'S NO MISTAKING THEIR
PIERCING CACOPHONOUS CRIES AS

THEY FLY AROUND, LOOKING FOR
HUMAN FLESH TO FEAST ON.

>> Seth: SO I THINK WHAT
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW IS

WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS
SUSTAINABLE?

ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE SEEING
DISTANT MOUNTAINS AND CLEARER

SKIES, AND LONG‐DORMANT CHASMS
TO HELL WHEN COVID‐19 IS BEHIND

US
>> YOU KNOW, SADLY, SETH, IT

LOOKS LIKE ALL THESE EFFECTS ARE
TEMPORARY.

AS THE WORLD GRADUALLY RETURNS
TO NORMALCY, WE'RE SEEING LESS

DEER GRAZING ON OUR STREETS,
FEWER ANIMALS OUTSIDE OUR

FORESTS, AND HELL‐SPAWNED
LEVIATHANS LIKE THARGOT ARE

RETURNING TO THEIR LAIRS
>> Seth: YEAH.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY SAD.
>> IT IS, SETH

BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU LISTEN
CLOSELY, YOU MIGHT HEAR THE

SHRIEK OF ONE OF THE LAST
REMAINING NECROGANTS FLYING

OVERHEAD
[ EERIE WAILING

>> Seth: WAS THAT ONE OF THEM?
>> YOU BET, SETH

>> Seth: WELL.
LET'S LEAVE IT ON THAT POWERFUL

NOTE
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE

"LATE NIGHT.
♪

>> SETH: MY NEXT GUESTS ARE A
GRAMMY‐NOMINATED DUO WHOSE SELF

TITLED DEBT ALBUM WAS RELEASED
LAST YEAR TO GREAT ACCLAIM

HERE WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR SONG "COLORS," PLEASE
WELCOME BLACK PUMAS.

♪
♪

♪
♪ I WOKE UP TO TH

MORNING SKY FIRS
BABY BLUE JUST

LIKE WE REHEARSED ♪
♪ WHEN I GET UP

OFF THIS GROUN
I SHAKE LEAVES

BACK DOWN TO THE BROWN ♪
♪ BROWN BROWN BROWN

'TIL I'M CLEAN
THEN I WALKED WHERE I'

BE SHADED BY THE TREES ♪
♪ BY A MEADOW OF GREE

FOR ABOUT A MILE
I'M HEADED TO TOWN

TOWN TOWN IN STYLE ♪
♪ WITH ALL MY

FAVORITE COLOR
ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS

MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS ♪
♪ SEE THEM LIKE NO OTHE

ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪
♪ IT'S GOOD DAY TO BE

A GOOD DAY FOR M
A GOOD DAY TO SE

MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪
♪ COLOR

MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS
THEY SEE THEM LIKE NO OTHE

ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪
♪ O

NOW TAKE ME TO
THE OTHER SIDE ♪

♪ WHERE THE BABY BLUE
BIRDS FL

IN GREY CLOUDS OR WHITE WALL
OR BLUE SKIES WE GON' FLY ♪

♪ FEEL ALL RIGH
BUT IT HELPS M

FEEL ALL RIGHT TODAY
NOW WE GON' OOOH OOOH ♪

♪ OOOH YEAH
THEY SOUND LIKE OOOH OOO

OOOH OOOH YEAH ♪
♪ THE LEAST I CAN SAY

I ANTICIPATE A HOME COME
PARADE AS WE RENEGAD

IN THE MORNING ♪
♪ SWEET MORNING

WITH ALL MY FAVORITE COLOR
YES SI

ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪
♪ RIGHT O

MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS
SEE THEM LIKE NO OTHER

ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪
♪ MHM

IT'S GOOD DAY TO B
A GOOD DAY FOR M

A GOOD DAY TO SEE ♪
♪ MY FAVORITE COLOR

COLORS
AND MY SISTERS AND MY BROTHERS ♪

♪ THEY SEE THEM
LIKE NO OTHE
ALL MY FAVORITE COLORS ♪

>> Seth: I WANT TO THANK MY
GUESTS, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS,

YVONNE ORJI, AND BLACK PUMAS
I WANT TO THANK FRED ARMISEN AND

THE 8G BAND.
STAY TUNED FOR "LILLY SINGH.

STAY SAFE.
WASH YOUR HANDS.

WE LOVE YOU.