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>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMING PROTESTERS ARE THROWING CANS OF

BUMBLEBEE TUNA AT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> BUMBLEBEE BRAND TUNA.

AND YOU CAN THROW THAT-- YOU CAN PUT A CURVE ON IT.

YOU CAN DO WHATEVER THE HELL YOU WANT.

>> HELLO, I'M THE HORTON'S FISHERMAN.

TRUMP'S TUNA CAN STORY IS CLEARLY NOT TRUE.

THERE'S NO PROOF THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SEAFOOD WEAPON, WHAT YOU REALLY WANT IS

A SHARPENED FISH STICK.

AYE!

IT'S THE PERFECT CRIME.

BECAUSE AFTER YOU STICK SOMEONE IN THE RIBS, YOU CAN EAT THE

EVIDENCE.

NOW, I'M NOT SAYING I MURDERED ANYONE WITH A FISH STICK, BUT

YOU DON'T SEE MRS. PAUL AROUND ANYMORE, DO YOU?

♪ TRUST THE HORTON'S FISHERMAN BUT DON'T TURN YOUR BACK

ON HIM ♪ >> IT'S "A LATE SHOW WITH

STEPHEN COLBERT."

TONIGHT: PLUS, STEPHEN WELCOMES

JEFF DANIELS AND MUSICAL GUEST YUSUF CAT

STEVENS FEATURING JON BATISTE AND STAY

HOMIN'.

AND NOW, LIVE ON TAPE FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER OFFICE

BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY, IT'S STEPHEN COLBERT!

>> Stephen: HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF AMERICA.

I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.

WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW."

I USUALLY SAY THOSE IN THE OPPOSITE ORDER, BUT TONIGHT

THERE ARE NO RULES.

IF YOU FOLLOW THE NEWS-- AND I DON'T RECOMMEND IT-- IT FEELS

LIKE WE'RE IN A TENSE WAITING PERIOD RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN

NEW YORK, WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS PREPARED FOR SOMETHING

BIG AND UNPLEASANT TO DROP, OF COURSE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE

M.T.A. HAS ANNOUNCED THEY ARE GOING TO

OFFICIALLY BAN POOPING IN SUBWAYS AND BUSES.

DON'T WORRY, YELLOW CABS, YOUR BACK SEATS WILL REMAIN A LAWLESS

SWAMP OF HUMAN FLUIDS.

NOW, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO NEW YORK-- AND I RECOMMEND IT-- YOU

KNOW THIS CITY WAS BUILT ON SUBWAY EXCRETION.

IT'S THE PERFECT WAY TO CAP A LONG DAY OF SUBWAY MASTURBATION.

AND, UP 'TIL NOW, IT WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY BANNED.

BUT NOW THE M.T.A. RULES WILL SPECIFICALLY ADD "DEFECATING" TO

THE LIST OF PROHIBITED BODILY EXPULSIONS.

WOW, IT MADE THE LIST!

BIG WEEK!

IT ALSO JUST MADE "FORBES'" "30 BODILY FUNCTIONS UNDER 30."

SO, WHY NOW?

WELL, AN M.T.A. OFFICIAL EXPLAINED "RULES ARE

PERIODICALLY TWEAKED TO ENHANCE CLARITY, AND THAT'S THE CASE

WITH THE ADDITION OF MORE DESCRIPTIVE LANGUAGE."

OKAY, BUT IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE M.T.A. EMPLOYEES WERE SICK OF

HEARING PEOPLE SAY, "YOU SHOW ME WHERE IN THIS RULEBOOK IT

SAYS I CAN'T POOP!

ALSO, CAN I HAVE A COUPLE PAGES OF THAT RULEBOOK?

SOFTEN 'EM UP FIRST."

NOW, IT SEEMS INSANE THAT WE'D HAVE TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL RULE

AGAINST TAKING THE CHOO CHOO TO BROWN TOWN, BUT I ACTUALLY THINK

IT'S NECESSARY, BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS WE USED TO JUST THINK

WERE COMMON DECENCY ARE NOW UP FOR DEBATE.

SO PLACES LIKE THE M.T.A. HAVE TO CLARIFY THAT THERE'S NO GRAY

AREA.

BY THE WAY, IF THE AREA IS GRAY, SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

I THINK WE NEED NO-POOPING RULES FOR LOTS OF STUFF PEOPLE USED TO

JUST KNOW WAS PLAIN WRONG, LIKE SAYING THAT IF THE RUSSIANS CAME

TO YOU WITH DIRT ON YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENT, YOU WOULD

LISTEN.

OR USING THE MILITARY POLICE TO GAS PEACEFUL PROTESTERS.

OR PUBLICLY HORNING AFTER YOUR OWN DAUGHTER.

WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE THE M.T.A. NEEDS TO MAKE A SIGN FOR

THE OVAL OFFICE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WITH THE ELECTION ALREADY

UNDERWAY, TRUMP AND MITCH McCONNELL ARE ABOUT TO DROP TROU

AND UNLOAD A STEAMING NOMINEE ON THE SUPREME COURT.

BECAUSE YESTERDAY, TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE'S GOING TO

ANNOUNCE HIS PICK AT 5:00 P.M.

ON SATURDAY.

HE EXPLAINED ON MONDAY TO HIS FOX AND FRIENDS THAT WAITING

UNTIL THE WEEKEND WAS JUST THE RESPECTFUL THING TO DO.

>> I THINK IT'LL BE ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, AND WE WANT TO PAY

RESPECT.

IT LOOKS LIKE-- IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE SERVICES ON THURSDAY

OR FRIDAY, AND I THINK IN ALL DUE RESPECT, WE SHOULD WAIT

UNTIL THE SERVICES ARE OVER FOR JUSTICE GINSBURG.

>> Stephen: YES, THEY'RE HONORING THE JEWISH TRADITION OF

WAITING EIGHT DAYS BEFORE UNDERMINING EVERYTHING SOMEONE

WORKED A LIFETIME TO ACHIEVE.

BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, TRUMP IS ECSTATIC.

HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM THINKS IT WILL TAKE THE NATION'S ATTENTION AWAY

FROM THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.

SURE, NOTHING GETS PEOPLE'S MINDS OFF THE PANDEMIC LIKE THE

DEATH OF A BELOVED GRANDMOTHER.

NOW, "POLITICO" INTERVIEWED TRUMP AIDES ABOUT THE ISSUE, AND

WHILE THEY WERE CAREFUL TO AVOID APPEARING AS IF THEY WERE

CELEBRATING THE DEATH OF JUSTICE GINSBURG, ONE CALLED IT "SUPER,"

AND ANOTHER SAID "THIS IS REPUBLICAN GOLD."

YOU KNOW THE TRUMP TEAM MAKES GREAT CONDOLENCE CARDS:

"I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT HAPPY FOR MY WIN!

IT'S SUPER THAT YOUR GRAMPS DIED!

GOOOOOOOOLD!" GOOOOOOOOLD!"

WITH THE ELECTION BEARING DOWN ON US, TRUMP IS SCREAMING A LOT

IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES.

YESTERDAY, HE BROUGHT THE ROLLING SPITTLE REVUE TO

PITTSBURGH.

BUT BEFORE LEAVING WASHINGTON, HE PAUSED BRIEFLY TO RECORD

TONIGHT'S EPISODE OF: "CHOPPER TALK."

TRUMP GAVE REPORTERS A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT HE WOULDN'T BE

TALKING ABOUT.

>> WHY HAVEN'T YOU SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE U.S. HITTING 200,000

DEATHS?

>> GO AHEAD.

UHHH... ANYBODY ELSE?

>> Stephen: ANYBODY ELSE?

YES.

IN FACT, MODELS PREDICT ABOUT 150,000 MORE BY THE END OF THE

YEAR.

HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT 200,000 PEOPLE DYING ON HIS

WATCH.

WHAT A PROFILE IN COURAGE.

IT REMINDS ME OF KENNEDY'S STIRRING WORDS:

>> ASK NOT.

>> Stephen: TRUMP THEN DEPARTED FOR PITTSBURGH, WHERE HE TALKED

ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS BELOVED MELANIA.

>> LAST NIGHT, NOW, I WENT HOME, AND I TELL YOU THIS, I GO HOME

ALL THE TIME.

"FIRST LADY, HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CROWD?"

"SIR, I DIDN'T SEE IT."

>> Stephen: YOU CALL YOUR WIFE "FIRST LADY"?

AND SHE CALLS YOU "SIR"?

WHAT IS THAT, SOME SORT OF SEXY ROLE-PLAYING WHERE SHE GETS

TURNED ON BY THE IDEA THAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW YOU?

TRUMP CONTINUED WITH HIS HEARTWARMING STORY OF MARITAL

BLISS.

>> SOMETIMES SHE'LL CALL ME "MISTER PRESIDENT," BUT SHE IS

ONLY KIDDING, BELIEVE ME.

SHE IS ONLY KIDDING.

>> Stephen: (AS TRUMP) "AND SOMETIMES SHE SAYS 'I LOVE

YOU,' AND WE BOTH HAVE A HUGE LAUGH."

THEN TRUMP BROUGHT BACK HIS RACIST REBRAND OF THE

CORONAVIRUS.

>> AND TO FIGHT THE CHINA VIRUS-- IT'S THE CHINA VIRUS.

IT'S NOT THE CORONAVIRUS.

CORONA SOUNDS LIKE A PLACE IN ITALY, A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

IT'S CORONA.

NO, IT'S THE CHINA VIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS-- DOESN'T IT SOUND LIKE ITALY, A BEAUTIFUL VILLA?

YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CORONA!

>> Stephen: YEAH, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS LATIN.

IT MAKES EVERY DISEASE SOUND LIKE IT'S ITALIAN.

"HEY, ANTONIO, TABLE THREE WANTS AN ORDER OF RUBELLA CON E-COLI

WITH SOME SHAVED INFLUENZA.

THAT'S A-SPICY A-GONORRHEA!" TRUMP ALSO TOOK A DETOUR TO

SPORTS METAPHOR CORNER.

>> IF I WEREN'T PRESIDENT-- YOU KNOW THE PRESSURE.

YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT WOULD BE OBLITERATED.

IT WOULD MAYBE BE GONE, BUT AT A MINIMUM, OBLITERATED.

THEY HAVEN'T TOUCHED YOUR SECOND AMENDMENT, NOT EVEN TOUCHED IT,

BECAUSE I'M HERE TO BLOCK.

I AM A BLOCKING FORCE.

I AM LIKE A LINEMAN FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS.

>> Stephen: YEAH, TRUMP'S EXACTLY LIKE A LINEMAN.

HE EATS 15,000 CALORIES A DAY, AND PRETTY SURE HE HAS BRAIN

DAMAGE.

TRUMP THEN TURNED TO THE GREATEST ANTIFA WEAPON YET:

GROCERIES.

>> THEY GO OUT AND BUY TUNA FISH AND SOUP, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?

GOYA, I HOPE!

THEY THROW IT.

IT IS THE PERFECT WEIGHT.

TUNA FISH THEY CAN REALLY RIP IT RIGHT.

BUMBLEBEE BRAND TUNA.

>> Stephen: THAT IS A BLATANT LIE.

EVERYONE KNOWS THE OFFICIAL TUNA OF ANTIFA IS ANAR-KIST.

"SORRY, CHARLIE.

WE BELIEVE IN NOTHING."

NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS IN THE MEDIA ABOUT ANY POLICE

BEING HIT WITH CANNED TUNA, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP TRUMP FROM

CONTINUING HIS FISHY FANTASY: >> THEY GET CAUGHT.

THEY'RE WALKING OUT THERE WITH, LIKE, 30 CANS OF SOUP.

THEY HAVE, LIKE, 25 CANS OF TUNA.

THEY GET CAUGHT.

"I AM BRINGING THIS HOME TO MY FAMILY.

HOW DARE YOU STOP ME."

NO, NO, NO.

THEY USE IT AS AMMUNITION.

IT REALLY-- IT'S TERRIBLE.

>> Stephen: (AS TRUMP) "OH, IT'S SUCH A CLEVER PLAN.

THEY'RE OUT THERE WITH THE TUNA AND THE CANNED SOUP, AND WHEN I

HIT THEM WITH THE HEAT RAY-- BOOM!-- CASSEROLE.

IT'S DEVIOUS."

AND DELICIOUS."

WELL, AS WE JUST LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON, IT LOOKS LIKE

PROTESTS IN THE STREETS ARE NOT GOING TO BE DYING DOWN ANY TIME

SOON, ESPECIALLY IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, WHERE TODAY A GRAND

JURY DID NOT CHARGE POLICE OFFICERS FOR KILLING

BREONNA TAYLOR.

NOW, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THE GRAND JURY CONSIDERED IN THIS

PARTICULAR CASE, THIS WAS AN INNOCENT WOMAN SLEEPING IN HER

OWN BED SHOT DEAD BY POLICE.

IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR SOMEONE TO BE HELD

RESPONSIBLE.

AND I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA

CONTINUE TO BE TROUBLED, AND WHILE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A

LONG TIME, OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS SPENT MOST OF HIS PRESIDENCY

PUBLICLY INFLAMING THEM.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY NO ACCIDENT, BECAUSE TODAY, "THE WASHINGTON

POST" DROPPED A NEW STORY ABOUT HOW RACIST DONALD TRUMP IS IN

PRIVATE.

THE ARTICLE QUOTES CURRENT AND FORMER TRUMP OFFICIALS WHO SAY

THAT PRIVATELY, "PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS MAINTAINED THAT BLACK

AMERICANS HAVE MAINLY THEMSELVES TO BLAME IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR

EQUALITY, HINDERED MORE BY LACK OF INITIATIVE THAN SOCIETAL

IMPEDIMENTS."

THAT'S A PRETTY ROUNDABOUT AND FLOWERY WAY OF JUST SAYING THAT

HE'S AMERICA'S RACIST UNCLE.

( AS TRUMP ) "BLACK PEOPLE HOLD THEMSELVES

BACK.

WHY DIDN'T THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE RUN A FULL-PAGE AD IN 'THE NEW

YORK TIMES' SAYING THAT I SHOULD BE EXECUTED?

IT'S SAD, REALLY."

AND HIS RACISM GOES BEYOND AFRICAN AMERICANS.

IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO AFRICAN AFRICANS.

REPORTEDLY, WHEN FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP PLANNED A TRIP TO

AFRICA, HE RAILED THAT HE "COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WOULD

WANT TO GO THERE."

OH, I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE!

IT'S VERY FAR AWAY FROM YOU?

AS HE IS FOND OF POINTING OUT, TRUMP DID ENACT CRIMINAL JUSTICE

REFORM, BUT SOURCES IN THE STORY SAY HE DID IT TO GET SUPPORT

FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN THAT FAILED TO MATERIALIZE, TRUMP "WENT (BLEEP)

HOUSE CRAZY," ONE FORMER OFFICIAL SAID, YELLING AT AIDES,

"WHY THE HELL DID I DO THAT?" YES, HE WENT "(BLEEP) HOUSE

CRAZY"!

AND NOT IN THE WAY HE NORMALLY DOES, BY TWEETING FROM THE

TOILET.

AND DON'T WORRY, OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS, YOU'RE NOT LEFT OUT.

TRUMP BROUGHT ENOUGH HATE FOR THE WHOLE CLASS.

REPORTEDLY, AFTER PHONE CALLS WITH JEWISH LAWMAKERS, TRUMP HAS

MUTTERED THAT JEWS "ARE ONLY IN IT FOR THEMSELVES" AND "STICK

TOGETHER."

DONALD TRUMP SAYING YOU'RE ONLY IN IT FOR YOURSELF IS LIKE

JEFFREY DAHMER TELLING YOU TO BE A VEGAN.

SOME FORMER SENIOR WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS RUSHED TO TRUMP'S

DEFENSE, SAYING, "THIS IS A GUY WHO ABUSES PEOPLE IN HIS

CABINET, ABUSES FOUR-STAR GENERALS, ABUSES PEOPLE WHO GAVE

THEIR LIFE FOR THIS COUNTRY, ABUSES CIVIL SERVANTS-- IT'S NOT

LIKE HE DOESN'T ABUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE WHITE AS WELL."

AH, YES, THE CLASSIC DEFENSE: "NO LIVES MATTER!"

AND INSIDERS ARGUE THAT ALL PRESIDENTS HAVE HAD PROBLEMATIC

VIEWS ON RACE.

ONE FORMER OFFICIAL SAID, "WOODROW WILSON WAS OUTWARDLY A

WHITE SUPREMACIST.

I DON'T THINK TRUMP IS AS BAD AS WILSON, BUT HE MIGHT BE."

"NOT AS BAD AS WILSON, BUT HE MIGHT BE."

WHICH, COINCIDENTALLY, IS THE SAME THING THE DOCTORS SAID

ABOUT TRUMP'S BRAIN, BUT THEY MEANT THE VOLLEYBALL.

SO, THE JURY OF HIS PEERS IS IN: TRUMP'S A RACIST.

EVERY DAY, WE GET MORE HORRIBLE NEWS.

AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU TRY TO ESCAPE AT NIGHT BY CURLING UP

WITH A GOOD BOOK, WHICH YOU REST ON YOUR STOMACH WHILE YOU SPEND

TWO HOURS SCROLLING THROUGH TWITTER FOR MORE HORRIBLE NEWS.

AND NOW THERE'S A WORD FOR THIS SELF-INFLICTED MISERY.

IT'S "DOOMSCROLLING."

IT'S THE PERFECT NAME.

THE INTERNET IS 99% DOOM.

THE ONLY NON-DOOM CONTENT I TAKE IN IS THIS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT OF

A DOG AND A DUCK WHO ARE BEST FRIENDS.

AND I JUST HEARD THE DUCK IS AN ANTIVAXXER.

EVIDENTLY, DOOMSCROLLING IS REALLY BAD FOR US.

"EXPERTS SAY SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE

DAMAGING TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSUMING TOO

MUCH NEGATIVE NEWS."

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BUT I WILL POINT OUT THAT MY

DOOMSCROLLING IS THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT HOW BAD MY

DOOMSCROLLING IS.

DOOMSCROLLING IS SO PREVALENT NOW THAT IT WAS NAMED "ONE OF

MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS WE'RE WATCHING," AND "dictionary.com

NAMED IT ONE OF THE NEW WORDS WE CREATED BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS."

AND THOSE WORDS WILL REPLACE THE ONES WE ARE DELETING BECAUSE OF

CORONAVIRUS SUCH AS "DIET," "PANTS," AND "SHOWER."

SO, HOW DO WE BREAK FREE OF THIS ADDICTION TO BAD NEWS?

ACCORDING TO CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOME TRICKS TO

STOP DOOMSCROLLING INCLUDE DON'T USE YOUR PHONE AS AN ALARM, OPT

OUT OF NEWS ALERTS, AND REPLACE YOUR PHONE WITH SOMETHING THAT

BRINGS YOU JOY.

OKAY.

LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THIS IS ON SILENT.

BEEP-BOOP-BEEP-BOOP.

MMM.

THIS IS ICED TEA!

WHO PUT ICED TEA IN MY LIQUOR FLASK?

READ MY CONTRACT.

>> I'M AWARE.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHT.

JEFF DANIELS IS HERE.

BUT WHEN WE RETURN SOMEONE'S GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR PUTTING

ICED TEA IN MY LIQUOR FLASK.

THERE'S A NEW COVID TEST!

I'M NOT KIDDING, WHO PUT TEA IN HERE?

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW."

LET'S SAY HI TO OUR FRIEND, MR. JON BATISTE.

HELLO, JON.

>> Jon: HI, STEPHEN, WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> Stephen: WELL, IT'S A STRANGE AND TROUBLING TIME.

I'M SURE YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE GRAND JURY IN KENTUCKY HAS NOT

RETURNED ANY INDICTMENT OR CHARGES AGAINST THE POLICE WHO

SHOT BREONNA TAYLOR.

>> Jon: ( SIGHS )

IT'S A TOUGH DAY.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE PROTESTERS IN THE STREET.

AS WE'RE TAPING THIS RIGHT NOW, THE CURFEW HAS NOT BEEN

INSTITUTED YET.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR, SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

SO, I CERTAINLY HOPE THINGS STAY PEACEFUL.

I HOPE THERE ISN'T, GOD FORBID, ANY FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE.

BUT YOU CANNOT DENY THE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO GO OUT THERE AND

PROTEST AGAINST AN OBVIOUS INJUSTICE.

>> Jon: ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO RAGE.

WE HAVE TO RAGE IN LOVE, BUT WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR THE VALUES

OF OUR HUMANITY AND OUR LIFE MATTERS, MORE THAN MATTERS, IS

DIVINE.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EVER LET

BECOME NORMAL.

IT CANNOT BE NORMALIZED.

I-- I FIND IT HARD TO SPEAK TO THIS BECAUSE IT FEELS SURREAL TO

ME.

IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH

EVER.

AND YET, WE'VE DEALT WITH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

>> Stephen: AND, PRESENTLY, ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

I MEAN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS IS A CRITICAL MOMENT IN--

IN TAKING ACTION AND PROTESTING, AS YOU SAY, RAGING WITH LOVE

AGAINST THIS SORT OF THING, IT'S NOT JUST KENTUCKY.

IT'S ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.

>> Jon: YES.

>> Stephen: THESE SORT OF THINGS HAPPEN IN EVERY

COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S HOW IT BECOMES NORMALIZED UNLESS PEOPLE

TAKE TO THE STREETS, UNLESS PEOPLE DO GO VOTE AND VOTE OUT

THE PEOPLE WHO STAND FOR THIS AND SAY THIS IS LAW AND ORDER.

THIS ISN'T LAW AND ORDER.

>> Jon: NO, NO.

>> Stephen: THIS IS DISORDER BY A MISAPPLICATION OR A

SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF LAW.

>> Jon: ABSOLUTELY.

WE-- WE NEED TO REFORM AND RETHINK, NOT JUST THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT BUT THE WAYS THAT WE APPROACH THE POLICIES THAT GORN

US, AND THAT STARTS WITH VOTING AND PUT IN THE RIGHT PEOPLE WITH

THE RIGHT HEARTS AND THE RIGHT INTENTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN OFFICE.

PLEASE, EVERYBODY, GO OUT AND VOTE, GO OUT AND PROTEST, AND

YOU'LL SEE ME OUT THERE WITH YOU.

>> Stephen: JON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT IS IN YOUR HEART

RIGHT NOW TO PLAY?

>> Jon: OH, OH, YOU KNOW...

♪ SOON I WILL BE DONE WITH THE TROUBLE OF THE WORLD

♪ THE TROUBLE OF THE WORLD THE TROUBLE OF THE WORLD ♪

>> Stephen: THANK YOU, JON.

JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, FOLKS, WITH THE TRAGEDY THAT IS THE COVID

INFECTION AND ALL THE DEATHS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND

HOW IT'S RANGING, IT'S IMPORTANT AT TIMES TO LOOK FOR THE HAPPY

STORIES THAT MIGHT EXIST, EVEN HAVING TO DO WITH THE

CORONAVIRUS.

AND I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS ONE.

IT TURNS OUT, RESEARCHERS IN FINLAND ARE NOW TRAINING

CORONAVIRUS-SNIFFING DOGS.

WAIT, DOGS CAN DETECT THE VIRUS?

BOY, I SURE AM GLAD EVERYDAY I HAVE A NURSE SHOVE A FOOT-LONG

SWAB UP MY NOSE UNTIL IT PUNCTURS MY TEMPORAL LOBE AND

JUST SWISHES IT AROUND.

SURE, IT SCRAPED AWAY A FEW MEMORIES, BUT MRS. HARRISON

WASN'T THAT GREAT OF A THIRD-GRADE TEACHER ANYWAY.

AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER.

BEFORE THEY RELEASE THE HOUNDS WORLDWIDE, THE FINNS WANTS TO

MAKE SURE THE DOGS ARE GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS, SO RIGHT NOW, THE

PUPS ARE LIMITED TO A "PILOT PROGRAM AT HELSINKI AIRPORT."

MY GOD, THEY'RE LETTING THE DOGS BE PILOTS?

OH, I UNDERSTAND.

THAT'S IT, OKAY.

BUT, APPARENTLY, IT WORKS GREAT.

THEY SAY THE "DOGS CAN DETECT COVID-19 WITH CLOSE TO 100%

CERTAINTY."

AND IT GOES TO THE FULL 100% IF THE INFECTED PERSON ALSO HAS A

HOT DOG IN THEIR POCKET.

HERE'S ONE REASON THE DOGS ARE SO PROMISING: THE CURRENT

STANDARD IN CORONAVIRUS TESTING IS SOMETHING CALLED A POLYMERASE

CHAIN REACTION, OR P.C.R., TEST, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE DOGS MAY

ACTUALLY BE BETTER AT SPOTTING CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS THAN

P.C.R. AND ANTIBODY TESTS, AND THEY "CAN ALSO FIND PEOPLE THAT

ARE NOT YET P.C.R. POSITIVE BUT WILL BECOME P.C.R. POSITIVE

WITHIN A WEEK."

DOGS CAN TELL THE FUTURE?

QUICK!

SOMEBODY ASK THE DOGS HOW THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES GO!

DOES TRUMP LOOM OVER BIDEN LIKE A GARGOYLE?

DOES BIDEN ASK HIS SUPPORTERS TO TELEPHONE A WEBSITE?

I NEED TO PREPARE EMOTIONALLY.

NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING: YOU'RE SAYING,

"STEVE, LET'S SEE THE DOGS!" OKAY, BUT BEFORE WE DO, KEEP IN

SO I'M SURE THAT THESE VIRUS SNIFFERS ARE ALL NO-NONSENSE,

STOIC-- OH, MY GOD! GOOD BOY!

WHO'S GOING TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF LIVES?

YOU ARE!

YES, YOU ARE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S MORE UPSETTING, THAT THAT DOG IS

DOING MORE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS THAN OUR

PRESIDENT, OR THAT THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME AT ALL.

HERE'S HOW THE PROCESS AT THE AIRPORT WILL WORK: "PASSENGERS

SWAB THEIR SKIN WITH A WIPE, WHICH THEY THEN WILL DROP INTO A

CUP TO BE GIVEN TO ONE OF THE DOGS TO CHECK."

THEN THE DOG GOES "OOOH, A CUP!

I HOPE IT HAS CHICKEN IN IT.

I LOVE CHICKEN.

IT TASTES YUMMY, AND IT MEANS MY OWNER LOVES ME, AND-- AW, MAN,

IT'S JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF COTTON.

NEGATIVE.

THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING.

I GUESS I'M NEVER GOING TO GET CHICK-- OOOH, A CUP!

I HOPE IT HAS CHICKEN IN IT!" WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH VERY

GOOD BOY, JEFF DANIELS.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,

EVERYBODY.

HE IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW FROM "THE

NEWSROOM," "GODLESS," AND "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" ON

BROADWAY.

HE NOW STARS AS FORMER F.B.I.

DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY IN SHOWTIME'S MINISERIES "THE COMEY

RULE."

PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," JEFF DANIELS!

HELLO, JEFF DANIELS.

>> STEPHEN, HOW ARE YOU?

>> Stephen: I'M DOING OKAY, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M OKAY.

I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A MULLET GOING.

>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.

>> BRINGING IT BACK.

>> Stephen: A SKI LIFT.

THIS IS VERY LATE 70s.

>> THAT HAPPENS.

THAT HAPPENS A LOT.

>> Stephen: I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE JAMES COMBY-- "THE

COMEY RULE."

YOU PLAY JAMES COMBY.

YOU'RE 6'3", BUT COMBY IS 6'8".

HOW DO YOU ACT THOSE EXTRA FIVE INCHES?

>> IT'S TOUGH.

YOU KNOW, I I HARKEN BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN ROBERT DeNIRO DID

"RANGING BULL" AND PUT ON 60 POUNDS.

YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK, I NEED TO BE 6'8" AND HOW DO I DO THAT.

YOU SEE "RAGING BULL" TOO MANY TIMESES WHEN YOU SAY, "I NEED

LIFTS."

I COULD HAVE DONE THE ALAN LADD JR., THING?

REMEMBER HIM?

HE WAS 5'6", AND THEY WOULD CAST THE OTHER ACTORS, AND THEY WOULD

BUILD A TRENCH SO THAT THE TALLER ACTOR WOULD BE LOWER AND

THEY WOULD WALK DOWN TOWARDS THE SALOON.

AND I COULD HAVE DONE THAT, BUT THEY SAID NO.

I PUT TWO-INCH LIFTS IN.

THAT GOT ME UP TO 6'5".

>> Stephen: WOW.

>> AND THEN I JUST SAID, HELL, I'LL JUST ACT THE REST OF IT.

OTHERWISE, IT WAS A CALL TO ELTON JOHN, WHICH I WASN'T GOING

TO DO.

>> Stephen: COULD YOU FEEL LIKE YOU COULD DUNK UP THERE?

>> HE'S NOT 6'8".

HE'S SEVEN-12.

HE IS AS TALL -- >> Stephen: HAVE YOU MET HIM?

HAVE YOU MET THE GUY?

>> YEAH, I'M IN MY LIFTS AND I'M GOING, "DIRECTOR COMBY."

>> Stephen: HE'S THE LIKE THE ALIENS THAT COME OUT OF THE SHIP

AT THE END OF "CLOSE ENCOUNTERS."

IT'S JUST ALL THESE LONG LIMBS AND HE PICKS PEOPLE UP BY THE

SKULL AND PUTS THEM SOMEPLACE ELSE.

NOW, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT COMBY, PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF,

WELL, MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT HIM.

I'VE HAD MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT HIM OVER THE YEARS.

SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE HE'S A HERO DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE HE'S A GUY WHO SHANKED IT FOR,

PERHAPS, SELF-PRESERVATION OR EGOIVITYICAL REASONS.

IT'S HARD TO KNOW AT TIMES.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT COMBY PLAYING HIM, AND HOW DO YOU FEEL

THE OTHER SIDE OF HAVING DONE THAT?

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST IMPACT, WAY BACK IN 2016, WAS OWCT WHEN

THEY REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION INTO HER E-MAILS, AND IF

ANYTHING, I WAS GOING, "WHAT IS THIS GUY THINKING?"

BUT YOU END UP LEARNING WHAT HE'S THINKING.

YOU READ THE BOOK.

YOU-- THE MOVIE, AND YOU START TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT WASN'T AS

SIMPLE AS WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE ON YOUR TWITTER FEED.

THAT IT'S COMPLICATED.

THE GUY WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE TIME AFTER

TIME AFTER TIME.

HE-- HE-- HE ALSO-- HE HAS THIS THING ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW AND

THE SACREDNESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND WHAT IS RIGHT,

AND FACTS ARE FACTS AND TRUTH IS REALLY TRUTH.

THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH, YOU KNOW.

THOSE ARE SACRED TO HIM.

THEY'RE BIGGER THAN HE IS.

AND HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TSUNAMI OF NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

WE'RE STILL IN IT.

AND JIM, WHAT I LEARNED, WAS THAT HE IS AN APOLITICAL PUBLIC

SERVANT.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.

IN OCTOBER OF 2016.

WE WERE TOO WORRIED ABOUT BILLY BUSH AND, YOU KNOW, OH, MY GOD.

IT'S HILLARY'S E-MAILS!

COMBY, WHAT IS HE--" IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALL-- WE'RE ALL DOING

THIS.

AND HE REALLY-- HE JUST-- HE LED THE WAY A FOR PEOPLE LIKE FIONA

HILL, WILLIAM TAYLOR, COLONEL VINDMAN, AND OTHERS.

JIM WAS LIKE THE FIRST APOLITICAL PUBLIC SERVANT.

TALK ABOUT AN ALIEN.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

WE'RE SO POLITICALLY LEFT AND RIGHT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT

APOLITICAL-- WHICH IS WHAT JIM HAD TO DO AIMING AT THE RULE OF

LAW.

ANY TIME SOMEBODY CAME IN AND SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THIS

BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL--" TALK TO THE HAND.

HE HAD TO STAY TRUE TO THAT APOLITICAL KIND OF POINTING

TOWARDS THE RULE OF LAW.

AND THE SACREDNESS OF THAT.

>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK IT AFFECTED THE ELECTION?

BECAUSE I THINK THE EFFECT ON THE DEPARTMENT IS SELF-EVIDENT.

>> I-- I THINK HE HAD AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION, CERTAINLY.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

>> THAT WAS ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

>> Stephen: I'M NOT SAYING IT'S ALL AT HIS FEET.

I'M NOT LAYING IT ALL AT HIS FEET.

>> AND I WON'T EITHER, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAD AN IMPACT ON IT,

AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THOSE DECISIONS SO DIFFICULT.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE MOVIE SHOWS YOU.

IT SHOWS YOU ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.

THESE ARE THE THINGS IF HE DOES THIS.

THESE ARE THE THINGS IF HE DOES THAT.

STOP THE MOVIE.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

AND THAT'S JUST STORY-- THAT'S US TRYING TO GO, "PUT YOURSELF

IN HIS SHOES AND PUT YOUR TWITTER FEED DOWN, AND YOU

DECIDE."

BECAUSE HE HAD TO.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT IN DOING IT, THAT I LOOK BACK ON NOW, YOU

KNOW, HE CAME OUT WITH THAT BECAUSE GIULIANI WAS GOING TO

COME OUT TWO DAYS LATER AND LEAK IT.

WIKILEAKS WAS GOING TO COME OUT WITH THE 33,000 E-MAILS.

THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, IN OCTOBER.

THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA JUMPED ON THAT.

THAT'S RED MEAT.

THAT'S A BIG STORY.

THAT'S EYEBALLS.

THAT'S RATINGS.

AND THEY STAYED ON THAT UNTIL WHAT-- THE BEST STORY OUT OF

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HILLARY'S GUILTY.

THEY FOUND SOMETHING CRIMINAL THREE DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.

OH, MY GOD.

OH, MY GOD.

RED MEAT, EVEN BIGGER STORY.

BUT THEY DIDN'T.

THEY FOUND NOTHING.

SO THEY RELEASED THAT INFORMATION, NOT AS BIG A STORY.

AND THEN YOU GOT THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE-- THIS IS BACK IN

OCTOBER 2016.

WE'RE NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION.

WE'RE INFORMED, BUT NOT REALLY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE GOING, "YOU KNOW WHAT,

TRUMP, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS MAN RUNNING THE COUNTRY.

MAYBE IT'S FIREMAN THAT.

AND I'LL GET MY TAXES CUT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

HE'S GOING TO HAVE 10 PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO ARE GOING TO STOP

HIM FROM DOING SOMETHING STUPID AND DANGEROUS.

I'M GOING TO NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY OR VOTE FOR TRUMP.

THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE LIKE THAT.

I LIVE AROUND THEM.

AND IT ENDED UP BEING WE WEREN'T PAYING-- WE WEREN'T AS INFORMED

AS WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

NOW THOSE 10 PEOPLE ARE GONE.

HE FIRED THEM.

HE GOT RID OF THEM.

AND NOW MAYBE THE COMBY RULE WILL HELP INFORM PEOPLE.

THE ONE SIDE IS TRUMP SAYS COMBY'S A LIAR.

THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE.

YOU WILL LEARN STUFF ABOUT WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID AND MAYBE

THERE'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY GOING INTO THIS ELECTION IN

2020.

>> Stephen: AS YOU IMPLY WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT THERE,

LEADINGUM TO THE ELECTION IS ONLY PART OF THE STORY.

THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND COMBY'S

RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP LEADING TO COMBY BEING FIRED-- SPOILER

ALERT.

THAT GETS ME TO A QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THIS

MOVIE.

ELECTION, AND THEN FOR REASONS I DON'T UNDERSTAND-- AND I'M

WONDERING WHETHER YOU DO-- IT WAS MOVED TO BEING RELEASED

AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND THEN YOU, THE DIRECTOR, OTHER PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS

FROM THE ARTICLES THAT I'VE READ, SAY THAT YOU WOULD NEVER

HAVE DONE THIS TO COME OUT AFTER THE ELECTION, AND IT GOT MOVED

UP BEFORE THE ELECTION.

CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

DO YOU KNOW WHY IT WAS MOVED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION?

WHERE DID THAT DECISION COME FROM?

>> UP HIGH.

AT A CORPORATE LEVEL THAT I'M NOT PRIVY TO.

>> Stephen: WELL, I'M NOT PRIVY TO IT, EITHER.

AND I WORK HERE.

>> YEAH, WELL, OKAY, I MEAN, WE-- WE WERE-- I WAS DOING

"MOCKINGBIRD" AT THE TIME, HAD TO GO RIGHT INTO "COMBY" BECAUSE

WE HAD TO HAVE IT DELIVERED BY MAY THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE IT IN THE SUMMER OR THE FALL BEFORE

THE ELECTION.

THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY SIGNED ON.

PEOPLE AT SHOTIME, EVERYBODY, THAT WAS-- AND THEN ALL OF A

SUDDEN IT STOPPED.

NOBODY TALKED TO ME FOR TWO MONTHS WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON.

AND THEN AT THE END OF THE MAY I GET THIS ZOOM CALL WITH BILLY

AND JIM COMBY AND THE PRODUCERS SAY IT'S GOING TO BE AFTER THE

ELECTION AND WE HAD TO FIGHT TO GET IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.

AND I SAID, OKAY, WHEN WAS SOMEBODY GOING TO TALK TO ME

ABOUT THIS?

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WANT ME TO PROMOTE THIS, RIGHT?

AND THEY SAID, "YES, YOU'LL GET THE PROMOTIONAL SCHEDULE NEXT

WEEK."

OKAY, WELL THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT ME TO BE IN FRONT OF A MIKE

ARE PHONE.

SO I'M OUT.

I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE WITH YOU.

THIS IS NOT THE DEAL.

THIS IS NOT WHY WE ALL SIGNED UP.

IT'S NOT THAT WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BURY TRUMP.

BUT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE INFORMED.

WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION.

WE WANT TO BE RELEVANT.

AND TO SOME, IT-- IT-- IT WAS AN AN ATTACK ON TRUMP, I'M HEARING.

AGAIN, NOBODY'S TALKED TO ME.

STILL, NOBODY'S TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT.

IT'S CORPORATE.

IT'S ALL THAT.

I'M GOING, OKAY, THE ONLY CARD I'VE GOT TO PLAY IS I'M NOT IN

IT.

DELETE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I DID.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO LEARN FROM IT BEFORE

THEY GO VOTE?

>> GET INFORMED.

JUST GET INFORMED.

NOT ONLY ABOUT JIM COMBY AND WHAT HIS SIDE OF THE STORY MIGHT

HAVE BEEN.

YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING.

I SURE DID.

AND THEN█, THEN, IF THAT FUELS YOUR OUTRAGE, THEN THIS IS AN

OPPORTUNITY.

NOVEMBER 3 IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL OF THOSE

PEOPLE WHO ARE SO ANGRY AND SO OUTRAGED ABOUT SO MANY THINGS TO

OPEN THE DOOR TO A NEW AMERICA.

IT REALLY IS.

IT'S A CROSSROADS.

IT'S A D-DAY.

IT'S A MODERN-DAY D-DAY, AND WE HAVE THE 200,000 PEOPLE DEAD TO

PROVE IT.

THIS IS A BIG ELECTION.

IT'S A CROSSROADS FOR THIS COUNTRY.

AND IF YOU WANT A NEW AMERICA, YOU BETTER VOTE.

AND YOU BETTER GET OUT THE VOTE.

YOU BETTER HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR MAIL-IN BALLOTS TO THE CLERK.

YOU GET ENERGIZED.

BECAUSE THAT-- IT'S A BIG DEAL.

THIS IS IT.

THIS IS IT.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROYAL FAMILY, AND WE'RE GOING TO

HAVE MORE OF THIS INSANITY FOR ANOTHER FOUR TO EIGHT TO 12

YEARS.

BUCKLE UP FOR THAT.

>> Stephen: JEFF, WE HAVE TO ATTACK A QUICK BREAK.

BUT STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE

MR. JEFF DANIELS.

♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,

WE'RE BACK WITH THE STORY OF "THE COMEY RULE" ON SHOWTIME

STARTING THIS SUNDAY.

JEFF DANIELS.

DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PLAY TRUMP?

IS THAT AN APPEAL ROLE?

>> THERE WAS A 15-MINUTE PERIOD-- YES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M-- I PLAYED FRANK GRIFFEN IN "GODLESS."

I'LL DO ANYTHING.

AND THAT'S THE JOY OF IT.

THAT'S THE FUN OF ACTING IS THAT YOU CAN-- YEAH, I'LL PLAY HIM!

WE DID, IN THE TO CAST THE COMBY ROLE.

WHO WOULD PLAY TRUMP "I WOULDN'T.

I WOULDN'T EITHER."

I WOULD.

I WANT TO GET IN THAT HEAD.

I WANT TO GET IN THERE, LOOK AROUND, SEE IF I SEE ANYTHING.

>> Stephen: IT'S DARK-- IT'S DARK AND DIRTY, MAN.

YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO WEAR A MASK, COVID OR NONE.

>> IT IS A LITTLE DARK IN THERE.

WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE CASTING TRUMP.

BRANDON PASSED THE FIRST TIME, AND THANKFULLY HE CAME BACK.

I WAS GOING TO DO THAT PATTY DUKE THING.

REMEMBER THAT WAY BACK WHEN?

"I'LL DO BOTH ROLES."

AND MY WIFE SAID, "THINK ABOUT THE LINES YOU WILL HAVE TO

LEARN."

I SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT, FORGET IT.

>> Stephen: YOU OFTEN PLAY PEOPLE WHO ARE PERCEIVED

HEROICALLY, OR ARE HEROES OR PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AS HEROES.

COMBY, ATIKUS FINCH.

DO YOU SEEK THOSE ROLES OUT OR DO YOU GO, "THAT'S A JEFF

DANIELS ROLE?

>> I GET A LOT OF THAT.

AND "NEWSROOM."

YOU CAN DO THIS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHY YOU DID "NEWSROOM."

"NEWSROOM" BOUGHT ME 10 YEARS EASILY.

AND THE SUBSEQUENT ROLES ENFORCED IT AND IN THE THIRD ACT

OF MY CAREER I'M WORKING MORE THAN EVER.

I'M GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE.

BUT I THINK IT ALL STEMS FROM THAT NORTHWESTERN SPEECH IN

"NEWSROOM."

>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR FRIEND JIM CARREY

PLAYING JOE BIDEN ON "S.N.L.?" THAT'S WHO THEY'RE BRINGING IN.

>> I TEXTED HIM AND SAID, "GO EASY MAN, WE NEED HIM."

>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS LIKE JIM CARREY.

"GO EASY.

>> I WANT TO SEE WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

YOU GOT TO FIGURE HE'S GOING TO GO WITH THE AVIATOR GLASSES AND

THE TEETH.

>> Stephen: AND THE HLF-SMILE.

>> THE HALF-SMILE.

YEAH, HE'S EXCITED TO DO IT.

YEAH.

>> Stephen: I KNOW YOU NARRATED HIS BOOK.

YOU DID THE AUDIO BOOK OF HIS BOOK.

TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE GETTING INTO JIM CARREY'S HEAD VERSUS

JIM COMBY'S HEAD.

IS THERE ANY CROSS-OVER?

NO, NO.

JIM-- JIM-- ONCE YOU FIGURE-- IT'S PRETTY RIGHT THERE.

JIM CARREY IS-- IS-- IS AN ACID TRIP INTO THE CREATIVE GENIUS OF

JIM'S MIND.

AND IT'S A WILD RIDE.

THE BOOK IS-- I'M READING THE AUDIO BOOK.

IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS.

IT WAS-- IT WAS LIKE HUNTERES THOMPSON MEETS ALLISON IN

WONDERLAND, ONLY IT'S JIM.

AND IT WAS EXHAUSTED.

I WAS JUST-- I FELT LIKE I WAS BACK ON "DUMB AND DUMBER."

IT WAS SO GREAT.

BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GO.

YOU WANT TO RIDE THAT COMIC TORNADO.

HERE I GO AGO, "DUMBER NUMBER THREE," OFF WE GO.

I LOVED IT.

I LOVED DOING IT.

IT'S A GREAT BOOK.

IT REALLY IS.

>> Stephen: PLEASE STAY HEALTHY OUT THERE.

WE NEED OUR JEFF DANIELS.

WE'VE LOST SOME VERY GOOD PEOPLE PEOPLE.

I KNOW ARE YOU WERE A GREAT FAN OF JOHN PRIEN, AS WE WERE.

I LOVED THAT MAN.

ANY THOUGHTS ON JOHN PRY, IN E, AND WHAT A LOSS HE WAS TO OUR

MUSIC, TO OUR CULTURE, JUST TO HUMANITY?

>> ANYONE WHO WRITES ANYTHING-- SONGS, PLAYS, MOVIES, BOOKS--

WHATEVER-- YOU WANT TO WRITE ORIGINAL, LIKE, AN ORIGINAL

LINE, AN ORIGINAL PHRASE.

AND JOHN PRYNE WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT.

WHEN HE WROTE-- ONLY JOHN PRYNE WOULD WRITE IT THAT WAY.

IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYBODY HAS HEARD AND SEEN AND READ AND

WRITTEN EVERYTHING, WHEN YOU CAN STILL DO THAT LIKE HE COULD,

THAT'S GOLD.

THAT'S WHAT A TRUE ARTIST IS.

THAT'S HOW I THINK OF HIM.

>> Stephen: "THE COMEY RULE" PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY ON

SHOWTIME.

JEFF DANIELS, EVERYBODY!

JEFF, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.

GREAT TO SEE YOU >> Stephen: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK

WITH A PERFORMANCE BY YUSUF CAT STEVENS.

YES, THAT ONE.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.

HE RELEASED THE RE-IMAGINED "TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN 2" LAST WEEK

TO CELEBRATE THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLASSIC

ALBUM.

NOW PERFORMING "WILD WORLD," LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YUSUF CAT

STEVENS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NOW THAT I'VE LOST

EVERYTHING TO YOU ♪ YOU SAY YOU WANNA

START SOMETHING NEW ♪ AND IT'S BREAKING MY HEART

YOU'RE LEAVING ♪ BABY, I'M GRIEVING

BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE ♪ TAKE GOOD CARE

HOPE YOU HAVE A LOT OF ♪ NICE THINGS TO WEAR

NICE FRIENDS OUT THERE ♪ JUST REMEMBER THERE'S A LOT OF

BAD AND BEWARE OOH, BABY, BABY

♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD IT'S HARD TO GET BY

♪ JUST UPON A SMILE OOH, BABY, BABY

♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

♪ LIKE A CHILD, GIRL ♪ ♪ ♪

YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN A LOT ♪ OF WHAT THE WORLD CAN DO

AND IT'S BREAKING ♪ MY HEART IN TWO

BECAUSE I NEVER WANT ♪ BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE

TAKE GOOD CARE ♪ BABY I LOVE YOU

OOH, BABY, BABY ♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD

IT'S HARD TO GET BY ♪ JUST UPON A SMILE

OOH, OOH OOH, BABY, BABY

♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER

♪ YOU LIKE A CHILD ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ OOH, BABY, BABY ♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD

AND IT'S HARD TO GET BY ♪ JUST UPON A SMILE

OOH, OOH OOH, BABY, BABY

♪ IT'S A WILD WORLD AND I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU

♪ LIKE A CHILD ♪ >> Stephen: THANK YOU, YUSUF CAT

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

>> Stephen: THAT'S IT FOR "A LATE SHOW."

TUNE IN TOMORROW WHEN MY GUESTS WILL BE REPRESENTATIVE KATIE

PORTER AND CBS SPORTS STAR TONY ROMO.

JAMES CORDEN IS NEXT.

BUT FIRST, LET'S SAY GOOD NIGHT WITH SOME MUSIC FROM JON BATIST

AND THOSE WHO STAY HUMAN.

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