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Captioning sponsored by CBS ♪ 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.

Captioning sponsored by CBS Captioned by

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