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♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, OOH

♪ THE LATE LATE SHOW, ♪ OH, OH

♪ IT'S THE LATE LATE SHOW ♪

>> JAMES: GOOD EVENING LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO "THE

LATE LATE SHOW."

HERE'S SOMETHING INTERESTING I'D
THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH YOU--

APPARENTLY, IT'S SUMMER VACATION
NOW.

YEAH.

DID YOU KNOW THAT, REG?

>> Reggie: NO.

>> James: SUMMER VACATION.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON A LITTLE
BREAK SOON.

IT'S GOING TO BE LOVELY FOR ALL
OF US JUST TO SPEND SOME TIME AT

HOME.

( LAUGHTER )
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, WE WILL BE

SPEAKING WITH THE ALWAYS
HILARIOUS WILL FERRELL AND THE

BRILLIANT BILLY PORTER.

AND LATER, WE'VE GOT A WONDERFUL
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FROM PHOEBE

BRIDGERS.

BUT FIRST, IT'S TIME FOR A
NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM OF THINGS.

THIS IS "THREE THINGS."

♪ THREE THINGS ♪
REGGIE, GIVE ME A NUMBER.

>> Reggie: THREE.

>> James: THREE.

FIRST UP, THIRD UP.

IT'S SO HARD
TO FIND THINGS THAT UNIFY US

RIGHT NOW.

BUT, AND I'M AS SURPRISED BY
THIS AS YOU, THERE WAS AN

EXTREMELY TOUCHING MOMENT
YESTERDAY AT TALLADEGA

SUPERSPEEDWAY INVOLVING
BUBBA WALLACE, WHO IS THE ONLY

BLACK FULL TIME DRIVER IN
NASCAR.

WALLACE, WHO RECENTLY LED THE
EFFORT FOR NASCAR TO BAN THE

CONFEDERATE FLAG AT ALL OF THEIR
EVENTS, FOUND A DISTURBINGLY

RACIST OBJECT IN HIS GARAGE
YESTERDAY.

IN RESPONSE, ALL THE DRIVERS AND
CREW MEMBERS OFFERED A UNIFIED

SHOW OF SUPPORT FOR WALLACE WHEN
THEY PUSHED HIS CAR TO THE FRONT

OF THE GRID DURING LAST NIGHT'S
PRE-RACE ACTIVITIES.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT.

>> US A OF NASCAR'S DRIVERS HAVE
RALLIED AROUND BUBBA WALLACE.

THE NASCAR CUP SERIES' LOAN
BLACK DRIVER.

AFTER WHAT HAPPENED HERE
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, THE

DRIVERS, LED BY REIGNEN CUP
SERIES CHAMPION KYLE BUSCH AND

THE ENTIRE CREW RALLIED AROUND
BUBBA WALLACE AND THE NUMBER 43

TODAY.

THAT'S WHY RICHARD PETTY IS HERE
TODAY, AND WHY RYAN BLANEY,

BUBBA'S FRIENDS, COMPETITORS AND
ON-TRACK FOES HAVE CLOSED RANKS

AROUND HIM.

>> James: IT WAS THE MOST
UNEXPECTEDLY BEAUTIFUL THING,

ALMOST AS UNEXPECTEDLY BEAUTIFUL
AS A BRITISH GUY SITTING IN HIS

GARAGE, TELLING YOU ABOUT A
NASCAR DRIVER NAMED BUBBA.

I'D HONESTLY BE MORE INTO NASCAR
IF THE ENTIRE RACE WAS PEOPLE

PUSHING CARS AROUND THE TRACK.

>> Reggie: I AGREE.

>> James: I WONDER WHY I
DIDN'T BECOME A NASCAR DRIVER?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LIKE, I WONDER IF I RETRACE MY
STEPS --

>> Reggie: RIGHT.

>> James: -- AT WHAT MOMENT IN
MY LIFE NASCAR STOPPED BECOMING

AN OPTION.

I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT OVER
THE SUMMER BREAK.

( LAUGHTER )
, REGGIE, WHAT'S NEXT?

>> Reggie: NUMBER ONE.

>> James: MORE AND MORE STATES
ARE PUSHING FOR MAIL-INBALLOTS

FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION DUE TO
FEARS OF THE CORONAVIRUS.

BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED THE
MAIL-IN BALLOTS FRAUDULENT AND

WROTE IN ALL CAPS RIGGED 2020
ELECTION, MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN

BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS.

WHO ARE THE OTHERS?

WHAT DOES HE KNOW?

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE AMERICANS,
THAT'S JUST THEIR VOTE.

THEN THERE ARE FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.

BEYOND THAT, I THINK WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT SPACE ALIENS.

AND THEN TRUMP CONTINUED
AGAIN, IN ALL CAPS, "IT WILL BE

THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!"
THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES?

OBVIOUSLY THE GREATEST SCANDAL
OF OUR TIMES IS WHEN TH

POPEYES RAN OUT OF CHICKEN
SANDWICHES.

BUT THIS MAKES SENSE.

TRUMP IS PARTICULARLY TROUBLED
ABOUT MAIL FRAUD BECAUSE IT'S

THE ONE KIND OF FRAUD HE HASN'T
MASTERED YET.

SO TRUMP SAYS MAIL-IN BALLOTS
ARE FRAUDULENT.

BUT I GOT TO THINKING, WHO DOES
USE MAIL-IN BALLOTS?

WELL IT TURNS OUT, AND THIS IS
TRUE, IT'S PEOPLE LIKE THIS:

YEAH, DONALD TRUMP VOTES BY
MAIL.

AND SO DOES HIS WIFE MELANIA
TRUMP.

AND ALSO IVANKA TRUMP, JARED
KUSHNER, DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR,

AND ABOUT A DOZEN OTHER TRUMP
OFFICIALS, INCLUDING VICE

PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.

ALTHOUGH, MIKE PENCE IS SO
PRUDISH, HE DOESN'T THINK YOU

SHOULD LICK A STAMP OUTSIDE OF
MARRIAGE.

TRUMP'S COMPLAINING ABOUT VOTING
BY MAIL BUT DEEP DOWN I THINK

WHAT HE WAS REALLY UPSET ABOUT
WAS THE POST OFFICE'S NEW LINE

OF COLLECTIBLE TRUMP STAMPS.

THERE'S THIS ONE:
AND THERE'S THIS ONE

COMMEMORATING THE TIME WHEN
TRUMP GOT FRIGHTENED BY A BALD

EAGLE.

AND FINALLY, THIS ONE OF TRUMP
GETTING HANDSY WITH THE AMERICAN

FLAG.

JUST IN TIME FOR THE FOURTH OF
JULY.

REGGIE, WHAT'S LAST?

>> Reggie: NUMBER TWO.

>> JAMES: FINALLY, ALL AROUND
THE WORLD, PROTESTORS ARE

TOPPLING STATUES OF PROBLEMATIC
HISTORICAL FIGURES.

BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER.

A PETITION TO REPLACE THE NAME
OF COLUMBUS, THE STATE CAPITAL

OF OHIO, WHICH IS NAMED AFTER
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, HAS GAINED

MORE THAN 50,000 SIGNATURES.

AND THE NAME THEY WANT TO CHANGE
IT TO?

I'M NOT MAKING THIS UP--
IS FLAVORTOWN.

AND THEY'RE DOING THIS IN HONOR
OF THE CELEBRITY CHEF, FASHION

ICON AND MAYONNAISE PIONEER
GUY FIERI, WHO WAS BORN IN

COLUMBUS.

AND, AT FIRST, IT SOUNDS LIKE
A JOKE, BUT YOU COULD ACTUALLY

DO A LOT WORSE.

FIERI MAY BE KNOWN FOR HIS
CATCHPHRASES AND INABILITY TO

PROPERLY WEAR SUNGLASSES, BUT
HE'S ALSO AN AMAZING PERSON.

HE'S OFFICIATED MORE THAN A
HUNDRED L.G.B.T.Q. WEDDINGS, AND

DURING THE PANDEMIC, HAS RAISED
MORE THAN $20 MILLION FOR

RESTAURANT WORKERS.

IN FACT, BY ANY METRIC, WE HERE
AT THE "LATE LATE SHOW" ARE OF

THE BELIEF THAT GUY FIERI IS
MUCH MORE DESERVING OF HAVING A

TOWN NAMED AFTER HIM THAN
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ARGUE THAT
COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA,

WHICH IS SEEMING LESS IMPRESSIVE
WITH EVERY PASSING DAY.

BUT GUY FIERI DISCOVERED ALL OF
THIS:

>> DRUM ROLL, PLEASE.

( DRUM ROLL )
A TACO PISA.

PEANUT BUTTER BURGER.

DUCK TONGUE TACOS.

DRUGGEN BREATH CHILLY.

SUPER DUPER WIENIE.

MILLER LIGHT MOP SAUCE.

MACK MACK MACK MACK DADDY AND
CHEESE.

CASH ALLOTTA.

>> THAT'S THE BIGGEST BURGER
I'VE EVER MADE.

♪
♪

>> JAMES: THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS, OHIO.

AND WELCOME TO FLAVORTOWN.

THAT WAS "THREE THINGS."

♪ THREE THINGS ♪

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH WILL
FERRELL RIGHT AFTER THIS BREAK.

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

>> James: WELCOME BACK.

OUR FIRST GUEST IS A VETERAN OF
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR SOME OF THE
FUNNIEST MOVIES EVER MADE.

HIS LATEST MOVIE IS A HILARIOUS
TAKE ON THE EUROVISION SONG

CONTEST AND COMES OUT ON NETFLIX
THIS FRIDAY.

WHAT AN HONOR TO WELCOME THE
INCREDIBLE WILL FERRELL IS HERE.

HOW ARE YOU, WILL?

>> JAMES, HOW ARE YOU?

DOES ANYONE CALL YOU JIMMY BACK
HOME?

>> James: NO ONE REALLY CALLS
ME JIMMY.

IT NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF.

>> OKAY.

>> James: IT NEVER -- ONLY MY
OLD ROOMMATE DOMINIC COOPER USED

TO CALL ME JIMMY, BUT I DON'T
KNOW WHY.

>> James: WHAT ABOUT J.C.?

.C.?

LIKE -- JIMMY CIZZLE AT ONE
POINT, BUT THAT NEVER TOOK OFF.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, WERE YOU EVER A
WILLIAM?

>> NO, MY PARENTS TRIED TO CALL
ME WILLIE BUT SAID I WAS TOO

DISTINGUISHED, SO I JUST BECAME
WILL.

>> James: ON YOUR PASSPORT ARE
YOU WILLIAM FERRELL?

>> NO, VIRAL MOMENT RIGHT HERE.

>> James: OKAY.

JOHN WILLIAM FERRELL, THAT'S
WHAT'S ON THE PASSPORT.

>> James: JOHNNY BOY.

OHNNY BOY.

ON OCCASION, MY DAD WOULD CALL
ME J.W.

I'LL CALL YOU JAMES BUT YOU CAN
CALL ME J. DUBS IF YOU WANT.

>> James: ONLY ON "THE LATE
LATE SHOW," YOU WILL BE J. DUBS.

( LAUGHTER )
LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW,

WE BOTH GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE
INCREDIBLE MOMENT WHEN RON

BURGUNDY WAS ON THE SHOW, AND HE
PERFORMED STANDUP COMEDY.

>> RIGHT.

>> James: WHAT WAS YOUR
TAKEAWAY FROM RON'S INCREDIBLE

SET ON THE SHOW?

>> I THINK RON WAS EXPECTING TO
TOTALLY FLOP, AND HE WAS MET

WITH A STANDING OVATION.

IN FACT, I KNOW THIS FROM GOOD
AUTHORITY, RON WAS SO TICKLED

HIS FAKE MUSTACHE STARTED COMING
OFF AT CERTAIN POINTS BECAUSE HE

COULD NOT BELIEVE THE RECEPTION
HE WAS GETTING WITH HIS AWFUL,

AWFUL STANDUP COMEDY.

I'M TELLING YOU, THOUGH, THAT
WAS SO MUCH FUN, AS A PERFORMER.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HAVING DONE
THAT CHARACTER FOR A LONG TIME,

BUT TO GET TO DO -- RON BURGUNDY
DOING STANDUP COMEDY, IT MADE NO

SENSE, IT WAS JUST PURE MAGIC.

I LOVED EVERY MOMENT, SO THANKS
TO YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME BE

THE FIRST PLACE TO DO THAT.

>> James: I'VE NEVER SEEN, AND
THIS IS TESTAMENT TO THE LOVE

FOR YOU AND RON, I'VE NEVER SEEN
MORE MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF WHO

MAKE THE SHOW EVERY NIGHT DOWN
ON THE STUDIO FLOOR WHEN THEY'RE

TAPE AG SHOW.

>> RIGHT.

I LITERALLY WAS WRITING THOSE
JOKES, GOING, THESE ARE SOME OF

THE WORST JOKES EVER CREATED BY
A HUMAN.

AND TO HAVE THEM JUST GET
THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE, IT WAS JUST

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

>> James: IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
MAGNIFICENT.

NOW, USUALLY, THIS TIME OF YEAR,
YOU AND THE WHOLE FAMILY, YOU GO

TO SWEDEN FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER.

>> YES.

>> James: ARE YOU GOING TO GET
TO GO THERE AT ALL?

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FILL THAT
VOID?

>> YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KIND OF
PLAYING IT BY EAR, BUT I

THINK -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO
PROBABLY STAY HERE,

UNFORTUNATELY, IN L.A., AND IT'S
JUST A LOT OF GAMES IN THE

BACKYARD.

THE BOYS HAVE INVENTED A SOCCER
GAME.

WE HAVE SOME NETS SET UP BACK
HERE.

THEY HAVE A GAME CALLED SEXY
TIM.

( LAUGHTER )
AND IT'S BASICALLY ONE KID PLAYS

GOALIE, THE OTHER TWO PLAY ONE
ON ONE, AND IF YOU SCORE ON THE

GOALIE, YOU THEN BECOME A
GOALIE.

>> James: YEAH.

AND, GUYS, WHY IS IT SEXY
TIM?

TIM HOWARD, THE AMERICAN GOALIE.

>> James: YEAH.

OH, OKAY, BUT WHY SEXY?

I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST SEXY.

STOP ASKING QUESTIONS.

AND THEN I WAS AFRAID IT WAS
SOME Y EUPHEMISM THAT I DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT IT MEANT.

BUT, ANYWAY, IT MEANS NOTHING.

SO EVERY EVENING AFTER WE EAT
DINNER, THERE IS A HEALTHY ROUND

OF SEXY TIM PLAYED.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE THE
SUMMER OF SEXY TIM IN OUR

BACKYARD.

>> James: SEXY TIM.

I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW, WHEN YOU
AND THE FAMILY TRAVEL TO SWEDEN,

WHAT IS THE NORDIC SENSIBILITY
TO YOUR COMEDY?

>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
I'M VERY POPULAR.

>> James: YEAH.

IN SWEDEN, THAT THEY LIKE THE
MOVIES, AND THEY ALSO LIKE THE

FACT THAT I'M MARRIED TO A SWEDE
AND WE TALK ABOUT SWEDEN ALL THE

TIME AND OUR LOVE FOR VISITING.

BUT YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW IT
BECAUSE THE SWEDES ARE VERY

QUIET, AND THEY KEEP TO
THEMSELVES.

SO IF I'M EVER APPROACHED BY A
SWEDE TO TAKE A SELFIE, I KNOW

THEY ARE LIKE TREMBLING LIKE A
LEAF.

>> James: REALLY?

AND, SO, YOU DON'T REALLY GET
TOO COCKY, AND THEY KNOW IT.

THEY TAKE PRIDE IN, NO, I KNOW
IT'S HIM.

I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT HIM.

HE'S THE SAME AS ME.

>> James: RIGHT.

BUT IT'S REALLY KIND OF
INTERESTING BECAUSE I CAN SPOT

AMERICANS, ODDLY ENOUGH, FROM A
MILE AWAY BECAUSE WE'RE SO LOUD,

AND I WILL SOMETIMES USE MY BAD
SWEDISH TO THROW THEM OFF THE

TRAIL.

WE WERE ON A FERRY GOING TO A
LITTLE ISLAND ONCE WITH A BUNCH

OF PEOPLE, AND I COULD SEE THIS
AMERICAN FAMILY SPOT ME FROM

ACROSS THE WAY, AND I HEARD THE
DAD GO, LET ME GO SEE IF¦ IT'S

HIM.

( LAUGHTER )
HE WALKS ACROSS THE WAY, AND I

QUICKLY SAID TO MY WIFE AND
COUSINS, LET'S JUST START

SPEAKING SWEDISH.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW MANY VERBS, I
JUST KNOW A LOT OF ANNOUNCE.

AND IF YOU JUST GO, YA, YA, YA,
YA, THAT'S YES.

IF YOU GO, YA, YA --
( SPEAKING SWEDISH )

-- WHICH IS LIKE, CHICKEN.

YA, YA, AND I KEPT SAYING WEIRD
WORDS.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND BACK TO
HIS GROUP AND HE WENT, NOT HIM!

SO THAT'S MY LITTLE TRICK.

>> James: I DON'T THINK THAT
NECESSARILY HAS TO HAPPEN IN

SWEDEN.

I THINK YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD AND PULL THAT OFF AND

IT WOULD WORK.

>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> James: YOU'RE WEARING A
DODGERS JERSEY.

YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY, AS
ARE MINE, HUGE SPORTS FANS.

YOU'RE ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS OF
LAFC.

TELL ME HOW THIS IS GOING TO
WORK.

ALL THE TEAMS ARE GOING TO
DISNEYLAND.

>> ABSOLUTE FOOLPROOF PLAN.

>> James: THIS IS WHAT I SEE
IT AS.

YOU TELL ME WHAT'S LONG, EVERY
MLS TEAM IN AMERICA ARE GOING TO

DISNEYLAND AND THEY WILL HAVE A
SPORTS DAY WHERE THEY'LL ALL

TAKE PART IN DIFFERENT KIND OF
WATER ISLANDS AROUND DISNEYLAND,

AND THE WINNER --
>> NO, YOU'RE GETTING IT WRONG.

>> James: OKAY, GO ON.

THERE'S, APPARENTLY, A KIND
OF CAMPUS THERE BETWEEN DORMS

AND HOTELS.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO STAY, AND
THERE ARE ENOUGH FIELDS THERE,

THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY A WORLD
CUP TYPE TOURNAMENT WITH GROUPS,

AND YOU PLAY YOURSELF OUT OF THE
GROUP AND THEN GO INTO A

PLAYOFF.

>> James: LIKE A WORLD CUP.

LIKE A WORLD CUP, AND THAT
WILL START THE SEASON.

OF COURSE, LAFC HAS BEEN PLACED
IN A VERY CHALLENGING GROUP WITH

THE GALAXY, WITH PORTLAND, AND
WITH HOUSTON.

SO --
>> James: AND HOW DID THEY

DECIDE THOSE GROUPS?

DID THEY LITERALLY DECIDE IT ON
TELEVISION RATINGS?

>> I THINK I WAS LIKE AN
ONLINE --

>> James: THAT DOESN'T FEEL
FAIR TO BOTH OF THOSE TEAMS.

( LAUGHTER )
>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

>> James: IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF THEY MET LATER IN THE

TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK.

>> YEAH.

>> James: BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR BRILLIANT MOVIE FROM IN

EFFECT, "EUROVISION SONG
CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE

SAGA."

I REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THIS
FILM, I THINK IT'S SO FUNNY.

YOU AND THE WHOLE CAST ARE
BRILLIANT.

FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW,
EXPLAIN WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO

YOU PLAY.

>> I PLAY LARS ERICSON FROM
ICELAND, AND MYSELF ALONG WITH

RACHEL McADAMS WHO PLAYS
SEGRIT, AND WE FORM KIND OF A

COVER BAND BY THE NAME OF FIRE
SAGA, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR

DECADES TO GET INTO THE
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST.

FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT
THAT IS, THAT WAS STARTED IN

1956 AND IS 42 COUNTRIES AROUND
EUROPE, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA AND

ISRAEL, AND WAS THIS SONG
CONTEST STARTED TO KIND OF HEAL

POST-WAR EUROPE.

ABBA GOT THEIR START, CELINE
DION, A LOT OF OTHER PERFORMERS

HAVE COME OUT OF EUROVISION TO
GO ON TO GREATER STUFF.

WE'RE KIND OF THESE LONG-SHOT,
LOSER BAND WHO'S IN WAY OVER

THEIR HEAD, AND WE KIND OF --
BUT WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE

THERE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY A MOVIE
ABOUT GOING AFTER YOUR DREAM,

DESPITE ANY SORT OF ODDS, AND WE
HAVE PIERCE BROSNAN PLAYS MY

FATHERRER DAN --
>> James: PIERCE BROSNAN IS SO

GOOD IN THE FILM.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS FUN --
WELL, IT'S ALWAYS EXCEPTIONAL

WHEN YOU CAN WRITE SOMEONE'S
NAME IN THE SCRIPT.

>> James: RIGHT.

THINK PIERCE BROSNAN, BECAUSE
MY FATHER IS THE MOST HANDSOME

MAN IN ALL OF ICELAND.

>> James: YEAH.

AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY GET THE
ACTOR TO PLAY THE PART.

BUT HE'S SO -- HE'S JUST -- HE'S
JUST SUCH A GREAT GUY, AND HE IS

ALWAYS GOOD LOOKING, ALWAYS,
EVEN WHEN HE SLEEPS.

I SNUCK INTO HIS HOTEL ROOM AND
WATCHED HIM.

HE'S GORGEOUS.

HE'S GORGEOUS.

>> James: WELL, THE FILM IS SO
FUNNY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING SO
MANY PEOPLE MUCH-NEEDED JOY AT

THIS TIME.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM
"EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE

STORY OF FIRE SAGA."

AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX THIS
FRIDAY.

♪
♪

♪
>> OKAY!

SO NOT AS BAD AS EXPECTED!

♪
♪

♪
>> THIS IS WONDERFUL.

♪
♪

♪
♪

>> JAMES: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH MORE WILL FERRELL.

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

>> James: WELCOME BACK.

WE ARE HERE WITH WILL FERRELL.

NOW, WILL, WE HAVE BEEN DOING
THIS THING WITH OUR GUESTS, A

LATE LATE SHOW AND TELL WHERE WE
ASK GUESTS TO SHARE SOMETHING

FROM THEIR HOMES WE MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE GET TO SEE.

DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE
WITH US THIS EVENING?

>> I DID A QUICK SCAN OF THE
BEDROOM AND HERE ARE VERY

TREASURED THINGS I FOUND.

HERE'S A NECK PILLOW.

I FOUND THAT LITERALLY ON THE
GROUND, FOR NO REASON.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

MY WIFE'S MOUTH GUARD.

>> James: OKAY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING.

>> James: MMM.

THIS BOOK BY LARS GUFSTESTON, A
NOVEL IN SWEDISH, BUT IT'S ABOUT

A GUY PLAYING TENNIS.

>> James: RIGHT.

YEAH.

>> James: WELL, THANK YOU.

A MANNEQUIN HEAD, A TRUMP
MASK TO SCARE OFF INTRUDERS, AND

I THINK THAT'S IT.

>> James: WOW.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH
TREASURED POSSESSIONS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION
FOR OUR GUEST THIS EVENING?

>> Reggie: YES, I DO.

TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO --
( DRUM ROLL )

-- WILL FERRELL.

FOR REAL.

>> YEAH.

IF TWO BIRDS WERE INVOLVED IN A
WRESTLING MATCH, WHO DO YOU

THINK WOULD WIN?

>> I THINK -- I THINK NATURE
WOULD WIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,

WATCHING TWO BIRDS WRESTLE, YOU
KNOW, IN NATURE IS PROBABLY A

SIGHT TO BEHOLD.

>> James: NATURE'S THE WINNER.

>> Reggie: YEAH, I GUESS IT
IS.

IT'S CORRECT.

>> James: ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

PLEASE THANK THE ONE, THE ONLY
WILL FERRELL.

BILLY PORTER IS GOING TO BE HERE
WHEN WE COME BACK.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY.

♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪

>> James: WELCOME BACK.

OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN EMMY,
GRAMMY, AND TONY AWARD-WINNING

ACTOR AND SINGER, AND ONE OF THE
MOST TALENTED PEOPLE ON PLANET

EARTH.

THE INCOMPARABLE, BILLY PORTER!

HOW ARE YOU, BILLY?

>> HI!

>> James: HUH ARE YOU?

I'M VERY GOOD.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> James: I AM FEELING BETTER
JUST SEEING YOUR FACE ACROSS

WHATEVER VIDEO CONFERENCING APP
WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW.

I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE.

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE THE
SHOW.

I WANT TO KNOW THIS, BILLY, WHAT
IS BILLY PORTER'S LOCKDOWN

FASHION?

>> MY LOCKDOWN FASHION HAS BEEN
A LOT OF SWEAT PANTS, A LOT OF

T-SHIRTS, A LOT OF SHIRTS.

I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LITTLE BIT
OF A BREAK FROM THE FASHION

THING.

>> James: SURE.

WHEN I SHOW UP TO THESE
THINGS, IT'S ONLY WAIST-UP, SO

I'M USUALLY IN MY SWIMSUIT OR IN
MY DRAWERS BELOW.

>> James: WELL, THAT'S
CERTAINLY GIVING THE AUDIENCE AT

HOME A WONDERFUL VISUAL IMAGE.

IT'S PRIDE MONTH AT THE MOMENT.

HOW'S YOUR PRIDE BEEN THIS YEAR?

>> FIRST OF ALL, PRIDE IS NOT
CANCELED.

EVERYTHING HAS MOVED TO BEING
ONLINE.

>> James: THE VIRTUAL PRIDE.

THE VIRTUAL PRIDE.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A SINGLE
FOR A WHILE CALLED FINALLY READY

WHICH DROPS ON FRIDAY WITH THE
SHAPE SHIFTERS, WHO ARE FROM

ENGLAND, IT'S DANCE MUSIC.

AND I JUST WANTED TO INJECT
SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE INTO

THE WORLD AT THIS TIME, AND
DANCE MUSIC IS SO JOYFUL AND

SORT OF HEALING, AND IT'S A SONG
THAT'S FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF,

YOU KNOW, BEING A BLACK TBAI MAN
OF A CERTAIN AGE -- 50 -- HAVING

LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO ESEE, YOU
KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE GAY

MARRIAGE HAPPEN, NOT
UNDERSTANDING HOW -- LIKE WHAT

LOVE WAS REALLY ABOUT, WHAT REAL
INTIMACY WAS ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, THIS WHOLE MARRIAGE
EQUALITY THING HAS REALLY

CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE FOR US,
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR LOVE MATTERS.

IT MATTERS.

AND THIS SONG IS ABOUT FIGURING
OUT THAT I AM FINALLY READY TO

EXPERIENCE FULLY WHAT REAL LOVE
IS, AND IT'S JUST VERY EXCITING.

I HAVE BEEN HERE WITH MY HUSBAND
ON LOCKDOWN FOR THREE MONTHS.

WE'VE SPENT MORE TIME WITH EACH
OTHER IN THREE MONTHS THAN WE

HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, SIX YEARS.

IT'S BEEN GREAT.

IT'S BEEN AMAZING.

>> James: NOW, YOU RECENTLY
WROTE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LETTER,

AND I WOULD URGE ANYONE TO TRY
TO FIND THIS ONLINE, I THINK IT

WAS FOR MAGAZINE.

YOU WROTE A LETTER TO YOUR
YOUNGER SELF.

>> YES.

>> James: WHAT TO YOU WISH YOU
WOULD HAVE KNOWN BACK THEN?

>> UM, I JUST WISH THAT I COULD
HAVE SEEN IMAGES OF MYSELF

REFLECTED BACK.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, RECENTLY
WITHIN THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO,

WE REALLY HAVE STARTED TO HAVE
THE CONVERSATION ABOUT

REPRESENTATION.

REPRESENTATION IN THE MAINSTREAM
AND HOW POWERFUL THAT IS FOR

PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE MARGIN TO
SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED BACK SO

THAT THEY CAN SIMPLY UNDERSTAND,
WE CAN SIMPLY UNDERSTAND THAT

IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT,
THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE LIKE US

IN THE WORLD, AND WHILE WE MIGHT
NOT BE IN A POSITION AT 12 YEARS

OLD TO FEEL VALIDATED IN THAT
WAY, THAT THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD

OUT THERE WAITING FOR US THAT'S
READY AND WILLING AND ABLE TO

EMBRACE US FOR THE HUMAN BEINGS
THAT WE ARE.

>> James: YOU TALK IN THE
LETTER ABOUT HOW OFTEN PEOPLE --

I DON'T THINK YOUR TALENT WAS
EVER IN DOUBT WHEN IT COMES TO

PERFORMING.

>> YOU'RE VERY KIND, THANK YOU.

>> James: DID YOU FEEL -- YOU
TALK IN THE LETTER ABOUT HOW

PEOPLE SAY WE THINK YOU'RE GREAT
BUT YOU'RE NOT A LEADING MAN,

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THIS,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THAT.

>> YES.

>> James: HOW DID YOU KEEP
SUCH A SORT OF STRONG FEELING

WITHIN YOU THAT ALL OF THESE
THINGS WERE POSSIBLE?

>> YOU KNOW, I JUST -- THERE WAS
NO PLAN B, AND I SPEAK ABOUT

THIS ALL THE TIME IN SHOW
BUSINESSNESS, THERE WAS NO PLAN

B.

THE ONLY THING I HAD WAS MY ART.

THE ONLY THING I HAD TO HOLD ON
TO THAT WAS CONSISTENT IN MY

LIFE WAS MY RELATIONSHIP TO MY
ART AND THE JOY THAT THAT GAVE

ME, EVEN INSIDE OF THERE NOT
BEING WORK FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE WASN'T WORK
FOR ME, I WENT TO GRADUATE

SCHOOL, I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE,
I STARTED WRITING SCRIPTS AND

SCREEN PLACE AND EXCAVATING
DIFFERENT WAYS OF BEING

CREATIVE, AND THE CREATIVITY,
THE ART WAS ALWAYS THE THING

THAT KEPT ME FOCUSED AND KEPT ME
MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S ALL I CAN -- THAT'S ALL I
CAN ATTRIBUTE IT TO, FOR REAL.

>> James: THERE'S A REAL
LESSON THERE THAT, IF YOU DON'T

GIVE UP, YOU CAN'T FAIL, AND I
THINK THAT'S IT.

YOU KNOW, AND LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOU'RE IN THE NEW SEASON OF "THE

TWILIGHT ZONE" WHICH IS ON CBS
ALL ACCESS.

I'M LOVING THESE NEW SEASONS.

WAS "THE TWILIGHT ZONE"
SOMETHING YOU WATCHED WHEN YOU

WERE GROWING UP?

>> YEAH, I GREW UP WITH "THE
TWILIGHT ZONE."

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THERE
WERE THREE STATIONS, FOX CAME

LATER, AND THEY ALL WENT OFF THE
AIR AT 1:00 OR 2:00, SO WHEN I

FOUND MYSELF UP LATE AT NIGHT,
THE LAST THING THAT WOULD COME

ON WAS "THE TWILIGHT ZONE."

AND I WAS SO DRAWN TO IT
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN

THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, GROWING
UP WITH RELIGION, GROWING UP

WITH THE BIBLE -- THE BIBLE IS
VERY MUCH ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE

MORALS THROUGH PARABLE, AND I
FIND THAT "THE TWILIGHT ZONE" IS

PARALLEL IN HOW IT TELLS
STORIES.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKELY ABOUT
PARABLE.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT METAPHOR FOR
HOW WE CAN LIVE OUR LIVES AND

THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE OR
DON'T MAKE.

AND, SO, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FAN
OF "THE TWILIGHT ZONE," AND WHAT

I LOVE ABOUT THE REDO WITH
JORDAN IS THAT THERE ARE BLACK

PEOPLE IN IT, THERE ARE BLACK
PEOPLE IN IT NOW.

THERE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR WHO
ARE NOW TELLING THE STORY, AND

IT REFLECTS WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS
LIKE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GREAT.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL,
AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE A PART

OF IT.

I PLAY A LITTLE, YOU KNOW,
FORTUNE-TELLER KIND OF

CHARACTER.

>> James: YOU'RE FANTASTIC IN
IT.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM
"THE TWILIGHT ZONE."

THE ENTIRE SECOND SEASON IS
AVAILABLE ON CBS ALL ACCESS THIS

THURSDAY.

>> ARE YOU A PSYCHIC?

I'M KEY.

HARRY.

WELCOME HARRY.

CAN YOU HELP ME?

OH, I MOST CERTAINLY CAN.

DO WE HAVE PSYCHIC-CLIENT
CONFIDENTIALITY?

( LAUGHTER )
>> YOU AIN'T MY CLIENT...

YET.

>> James: OH, IT'S SO GOOD!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

>> IT'S SPOOKY!

I GET TO BE SPOOKY!

>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE!

BILLY PORTER, EVERYBODY!

PHOEBE BRIDGERS IS HERE WITH A
PERFORMANCE YOU DON'T WANT TO

MISS RIGHT AFTER THAT.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!

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>> James: WELCOME BACK.

OUR NEXT GUEST IS A TALENTED
SINGER-SONGWRITER

AND MUSICIAN.

SHE'S JUST RELEASED HER
BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM "PUNISHER."

IT'S SO WORTH YOUR TIME TO
LISTEN TO IT.

WE LOVE IT SO MUCH ON THE SHOW.

THE ALWAYS COOL, PHOEBE
BRIDGERS!

HOW ARE YOU?

>> DOING GREAT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> James: YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR
OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE?

>> I AM.

THIS IS WHERE I HANG OUT TO STAY
SAFE, LISTEN TO PODCASTS.

>> James: SO YOU MAY NOT GO
ANYWHERE, JUST SIT IN THE CAR?

>> JUST BLAST THE AIRSTRIKE DING
NING.

I LOVE IT.

IT'S GREAT.

>> James: WHY NOT.

YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON TOUR
WITH THE 1975, WHEN, OBVIOUSLY,

EVERYTHING HAPPENED, YOU DECIDED
NOT TO JUST SIT IDLY AROUND, YOU

DECIDED TO DO A TOUR OF YOUR
HOUSE, INSTEAD.

TALK ME THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE I
THOUGHT IT WAS A BRILLIANT IDEA.

>> IT WAS GREAT.

I AM VERY QUESTIONABLE AT USING
THE INTERNET.

THE FIRST ONE I DID WAS FOR
PITCH FORK, AND MY FRIEND P.M.

J. WHO IS A JOURNALIST IN
NEW YORK SENT ME ¦A TEXT AFTER

THAT WAS A LINK TO THESE CLASSES
THAT THEY HAVE AT THE PUBLIC

LIBRARY THAT TEACH GRANDMAS HOW
TO USE iPhoneS.

( LAUGHTER )
SO IT WAS A LEARNING CURVE FOR

SURE, BUT IT WAS SO FUN.

I LIKE HOW CREATIVE PEOPLE GET
WITH SINGING ALONG WHEN I PLAY

JUST, LIKE, ALL CAPS LYRICS AS I
SING THEM.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT.

IT WAS FUN.

>> James: THE ALBUM,
"PUNISHER," IS SO GREAT AND THE

REVIEWS RIGHTLY REFLECTED WHAT A
BRILLIANT ALBUM IT IS.

PEOPLE ARE CALLING IT ONE OF THE
YEAR'S BEST RECORDS.

ARE YOU SOMEONE, PHOEBE
BRIDGERS, WHO IS GOOD AT TAKING

A COMPLIMENT?

>> I'M REALLY BAD AT IT, BUT I
DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT IT

BECAUSE, WHEN TRUMP WAS FIRST
ELECTED, THIS ARTICLE CAME OUT

ABOUT HOW HE RECEIVES DAILY GOOD
PRESS ABOUT HIMSELF EVERY

MORNING IN HIS INBOX, AND THAT'S
HOW I FEEL I DON'T HAVE TO SEE

ANYTHING BAD ABOUT MYSELF EVER
BECAUSE I HAVE MY MOM TO SEND ME

DAILY PRESS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I ALSO AM POSITIVE SHE CREATES
BURNER INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER

ACCOUNTS TO TEAR PEOPLE APART
WHO DON'T LIKE ME.

>> James: DO YOU THINK SHE
EVER CREATES THEM FOR OTHER

PEOPLE?

BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP ME IF I
THOUGHT, OH, WELL, THAT HORRIBLE

MESSAGE I JUST GOT, THAT'S NOT
REAL, THAT'S PHOEBE'S MOM?

>> YEAH, I THINK SHE'S PRETTY
GREAT AT IT.

SHE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

>> James: THE ALBUM IS SO GOOD
GREAT.

YOU MAKE AN INCREDIBLE DECISION
TO RELEASE THE ALBUBBLE EARLY.

YOU PUT IT OUT EARLIER THAN
ANYONE EVER EXPECTED IT.

WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT BEHIND
THAT?

>> I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE
REACH OUT AND ASK ME IF I WAS

GOING TO PUT THE RECORD OUT AT
ALL WITH THE POLITICAL CLIMATE

OR EVEN PUSH IT DOWN THE LINE,
AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THE SUBTEXT

OF THAT IS WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO
FORGET ABOUT "BLACK LIVES

MATTER" OR WAITING FOR WHITE
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT

THEMSELVES ON THE INTERNET
AGAIN, WHICH I FIND INSANELY

CRINGEY AND OFFENSIVE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT
AND GIVE IT TO PEOPLE AND, YOU

KNOW, CONNECT THE CHARITIES I
REALLY CARE ABOUT ESPECIALLY

LIKE DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER
THAT'S KIND OF CLOSE TO MY HEART

AND CLOSE TO L.A., AND I THINK
IT REALLY WORKED OUT, AND I HOPE

THAT THIS MOVEMENT GOES ON FOR
AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WHICH I

THINK IS GOING TO BE A LONG
TIME.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S, LIKE, 2012
EMERGENCY OVER MONTHS AND

MONTHS, BUT IT'S COOL TO SEE.

>> James: THE ALBUM IS SO
GREAT.

WE'RE SO HONORED YOU PUT IT OUT
AND SO HONORED YOU WILL PERFORM

FOR US RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW IN
THE CAR.

PERFORMING HER LATEST SINGLE "I
SEE YOU" FROM HER BRILLIANT NEW

ALBUM, "PUNISHER," FOR THE FIRST
TIME EVER ON TELEVISION, PLEASE

WELCOME THE INCREDIBLE PHOEBE
BRIDGERS!

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>> ♪ LAYING DOWN ON THE LAWN
I'M TIRED OF TRYING TO GET IN

♪ THE HOUSE
I'M THINKING OUT LOUD

♪ I'VE BEEN PLAYING DEAD
MY WHOLE LIFE

♪ AND I GET THIS FEELING
WHENEVER I FEEL GOOD

♪ IT'LL BE THE LAST TIME
BUT I FEEL SOMETHING

♪ WHEN I SEE YOU NOW
I FEEL SOMETHING

♪ WHEN I SEE YOU
♪ ♪ ♪

IF YOU'RE A WORK OF ART
♪ I'M STANDING TOO CLOSE

I CAN SEE THE BRUSH STROKES
♪ I HATE YOUR MOM

I HATE IT WHEN SHE
♪ OPENS HER MOUTH

IT'S AMAZING TO ME
♪ HOW MUCH YOU CAN SAY

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
♪ YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

BUT I FEEL SOMETHING
♪ WHEN I SEE YOU NOW

I FEEL SOMETHING
♪ WHEN I SEE YOU

I USED TO LIGHT YOU UP
♪ NOW I CAN EVEN GET YOU

TO PLAY THE DRUMS
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I

WANT
♪ UNTIL I MESS IT UP

WANT
♪ UNTIL I MESS IT UP

♪ ♪ ♪
BUT I FEEL SOMETHING

♪ WHEN I SEE YOU NOW
I FEEL SOMETHING

♪ I'LL CLIMB THROUGH THE WINDOW
AGAIN

♪ BUT RIGHT NOW IT FEELS GOOD
NOT TO STAND

♪ THEN I'LL LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN
LET THE DYSTOPIAN MORNING LIGHT

♪ POUR IN

>> James: OH! THAT WAS
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!

PHOEBE BRIDGERS, EVERYBODY!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT THE
STUDIO WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE.

THE NEW ALBUM "PUNISHER" IS
BRILLIANT AND IT'S OUT RIGHT

NOW.

COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!

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>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
WATCHING.

TOMORROW NIGHT: DON CHEADLE AND
MUSIC FROM BLACK EYED PEAS.

WE'LL SEE YOU THEN, EVERYBODY.

GOODNIGHT.

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