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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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