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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ACCORDING TO AN UNPUBLISHED BOOK, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DAUGHTER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.