cheers and applause its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, i pity the juul. And the stephen goes adventuring in new zealand. Plus, stephen welcomes daniel craig and lena waithe featuring jon batiste and stay human. Inor city, its steph col cheers and applause stephen come on hi oh, what a week come on come on please have a seat, everybody, thank you so much. Please sit down sit down, everybody thank you very much. Welcome to the late show. It is friday. You can feel it. You can feel it. And today congress got a muchneeded break from the impeachment hearings. Theyve gone home to celebrate thanksgiving, where im sure no one will argue about impeachment. Trump also got a break. Surprisingly, it was a smoke break, because today trump met with members of the vaping industry. Now, you might remember a while back, trump surprised everyone by announcing that he would be banning flavored ecigarettes. We have a problem in our country. Its a new problem. Its a problem nobody really thought about too much a few years ago, and its called vaping especially vaping as it pertains to innocent children. And theyre coming home, and theyre saying, mom, i want to vape. laughter . Stephen yeah, thats what they say. Thats exactly thats exactly what they say. Its a classic rebel kid move asking for permission. Mom, i want to vape. Also, i want to have unprotected sex, and when youre out of town, i was thinking about throwing a huge rager where somebody breaks grandesurn over there. If you could get back to me on that asap, thatd be great. Now this is very personal, this issue applause im not sure what were applauding, but thank you this issue is very personal for trump. Its an issue that affects his family. We cannot allow people to get sick, and we cannot have our youth be so affected. And im hearing it, and that is how the first lady got involved. Shes got a son together that is a beautiful young man, and she feels very strongly about it. Stephen as trump now, i havent spent as much time with her son, together, as id like. When he was born, i was in a very stormy situation, very stormy time. cheers and applause it was a storm i just had to ride out. Jon oh stephen this this was an important issue for the first lady. This was a personal project of hers. And trumps vape ban was a so, naturally, he broke it, because this week, he reversed course on the ban due to concerns that hed anger his supporters and eliminate vapingrelated jobs. That is an interesting approach to public health. as trump well, i was going to stop the children from inhaling poison, but then i thought, what about the poor poison salesmen who make their living poisoning children . How are they gonna feed their poisoned kids . It wasnt just the threat of job losses out there, though. Apparently, trump was shaken by protesters at his rally. And these protesters were really something. Heres an actual photo of a group of them, demonstrating for. Im not entirely sure. Well, trump might soon want to disappear in a fog of mangoflavored poison mist himself, because were learning more about what went on behind the scenes in his scheme to get ukraine to investigate the bidens specifically, the role of Rudy Giulianis associates, lev parnas and igor fruman, the ursulas eels of the ukraine investigation. laughter applause . Jon oh, wow wow cheers and applause stephen worth it. 100 . Now, trump has denied knowing who these two guys are, which is odd, because we just learned that parnas and fruman were guests last year at the white houses annual hanukkah party, or as trump calls it as trump little hat candle christmas. laughter oh, candle christmas visitors, why are your hats so tiny . laughter utev and ig got v dure pa parnas and fruman slipped out to have a private meeting with the president and giuliani though, i know, it sounds bad. Though, it is a hanukkah party. Maybe they went off to play a highstakes game of dreidel. as trump this is the first casino ive been to where they dont judge me for eating the coins. laughter but some people applause jon recollections, recollections. Stephen come on but it might not have been so innocent after all, because after he met with trump, lev parnas told two of his buddies he was on a secret mission to pressure the Ukrainian Government to investigate joe biden, like some sort of james bond mission. Yes, a james bond mission. The one thing you dont want in a spy is someone excited to tell everyone theyre a spy. laughter my names james bond, and im a spy heres my license to kill. Well, its a learners permit right now. Dont look at the picture. I have a tuxedo on under my wet suit, and its really binding in the crotch cheers and applause of course, a ton of people are out there running to replace donald trump. And ill tell you the latest in tonights doin it donkey style. Okay, boomer stephen first up, former south bend mayor pet mayor pete has been surging into the lead in iowa, thanks in large part to support among older voters, all because of his new slogan vote for pete hell set up your internet. laughter applause but but jon thats a good one stephen but theres one key demo mayor pete has bee struggling with, and thats African American voters. So hes been trying to reach out to them. On his campaign website, he introduced a Racial Equality Initiative called the douglass plan, along with this nice photo of an africanamerican mother and son. Just one problem the photo was actually taken in kenya. Yes. Thats a move known as the reverse obama. The campaign has taken the photo down and apologized. But theyre still excited about their outreach to other communities like voters from new england; latinamericans; and, of course, the l. G. B. T. Community. laughter applause mmmm mmmm i could go for an l. G. B. T. Right now on toast. Next up on doin it d, theres a new candidate in the race former Massachusetts Governor and im going to say captain on that new star trek show depaick. Patrick recently threw his hat into the ring thats already more hat than ring. This week, he held an event at a historically black morehouse college, and a reporter tweeted this photo, saying, an organizer with the college who planned the event told cnn that patrick cancelled the event when he arrived and learned that he would not have an audience. It seems sad. I know, it seems sad. But look closer, and youll see there was one eager attendee a welldressed headless torso just out of curiosity, is that headless torso running for president . Because after that last debate, it seems like having no mouth would be a huge advantage. laughter now, the event cheers and applause the event the event for patrick wasnt a total wash. The tweet goes on to say note two people came, not pictured. Oh, oh, no. As a former struggling actor, i can tell you two people in the audience is way worse than zero people in the audience. If no one comes, you can say, hey, must have had the wrong time on the poster but if two people show, you have to spend hours giving them the worst date of their lives. laughter now, there are things going on in the country besides the election. For instance, the entire state of south dakota just made this stunning admission in their new drugawareness campaign meth were on it. laughter thats bold jon thats a catch phrase. Stephen thats a bold campaign. I did not realize meth was that big of a problem in south dakota. Jim, can we take a look at Mount Rushmore . Oh, there you go. Yeah, yeah, seek help. Jon oh, man stephen riding to the defense of the Meth Campaign is south dakota governor and woman trying to have all the hairstyles at once, krist noem, who insists the campaign was successful pss is ress, which inspired south dakotas new slogan all meth is good meth. laughter mr. Daniel craig is here but, first, i embrace the spirit of adventure on the Southern Island of new zealand its great. And my lack of impulse control, is about to become your problem. Ahh no, come on. I saw you eating poop earlier. Hey my focus is on the road, and thats saving me cash with drivewise. Whos the dummy now . Whoof whoof so get allstate where good drivers save 40 for avoiding mayhem, like me. Sorry hes a baby needs somebody Everybody Needs somebody to love someone to love someone to love i got a little message for you. When you have that somebody, hold on to them, give them all your love. 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Prime minister picked me up at the airport, i hung out with xena warrior princess, i played rugby, i made a movie with peter jackson, and i got drunk and fistfought a hobbit. The only thing i didnt film on my trip to new zealand was my actual trip to new zealand on Air New Zealand. In fact, heres me in the airport with my sleep mask, my neck pillow, and my carryon full of Invasive Plant species. laughter Air New Zealand was amazing, and starting in 2020, theyll be offering nonstop flights from new york to auckland. Which reminds me. as pilot ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Please remain in your seats as we just hit a small patch of mild product placement. bell rings . Stephen we have some new zealand fine wine here. Would you like the new zealand red or the new Zealand White . Stephen yes. Thank you. cheers and applause mmm. Mmm. Try the rose. laughter and while its now easier than ever to get there, the hard part is deciding between all the incredible experiences you can have in new zealand. Tonight, i present my last and perhaps greatest day trying to have every experience at once. Jim . Stephen new zealand. The small island nation is packed with a stunning variety of landscapes. Nowhere else on the planet, can you see the Southern Alps, active volcanoes, breathtaking waterfalls, expansive green valleys, remote sandy beaches, and dazzling mountaintop glaciers, all within the square milage of colorado. I wanted to experience this Natural Beauty firsthand and hopefully untap some of my inner rugged manliness but im not a big fan of walking. So i met up with helicopter pilot choppy, who took me out to explore the majesty of the south island. Why did you want to be a helicopter pilot . I started flyin airplanes. And then i joined Air New Zealand and flew passenger planes for a while. Like, 55cs and fokker fokkers, i think theyre called. Stephen we cant say fokker on cbs. Its got two ks in it. Stephen oh, got two ks . Were good. I might take this little gap on the left. Stephen all right. I told choppy i was up for adventure, so she brought me over to the kawarau bridge, the birthplace of bungee jumping. Okay. Thats the bungee bridge . Choppy landed on a dime, and i met henry van ash who, along with a. J. Hackett, pioneered bungee jumping on this very bridge. There are no natural predators in new zealand, so kiwis brag that they had to invent their own ways to almost die. That it . Here you go. Theres your future right there, stephen. Stephen and just cards on the table im not a huge fan of heights or drops really. Whats it like . Your heads going to be exploding with excitement, and your heart will be leaping out of your chest with first of all, fear cause youre obviously really scared now, which is natural stephen yeah, i am i am i am scared. Im scared. Will smith was on the show, and he bungee jumped recently, and he said, i had to do it. I had to overcome my fear. I upon going to ask will about bungee jumping because im going to n have to. Stephen. I man poison. Poison. Poison. Stephen so i headed to the bridge to face my fears, and fear won. Choppy andy i headed back out to the wakatipu basin. The thing about new zealand it feels like it just rose out of the sea. Theres such vitality in the land. I feel like i have to stay here and here ill be a man. How manual do i appear to you, choppy . I think youre on the manleyer side of nonmanly. Stephen im identifiably male. Correct. Thank you. We met up at a shepstation, where i met john foster to learn how to sheer sheep. Look at that. Perfect. Stephen is it always shearing . Or do you ever do, like, brazilian waxing . No. Stephen no, never wax . Its very hard to actually get hold of the wax afterwards. Stephen okay, how do we do it . So what ill do is ill start the hard left. Well open the fleece up. And then you can shear the last half of the sheep. Give him give him a handshake. Stephen ah. There you go. You look fabulou with an important kiwi skill successfully under my belt, we headed to the rugged and remote west coast of the south island, where i met warrick, a wilderness guide, lobster hunter, and im pretty sure tallest guy in new zealand. So, warrick, i really love your country, and im trying to figure out whether i could be a kiwi, you know . What do you do . Im a wilderness guide. Stephen a wilderness guide. Well, theres a lot of it here. What are you gonna do today . What are what are we doing . Diving for red rock lobster. Stephen youre going to dive for a lobster. Yeah. Stephen quick question are there sharks out there . Look, there are sharks anywhere in the ocean. Im not too worried. Stephen what do sharks eat, warrick . Seals . Stephen okay. The you know what you look like in the flippers and the outfit. Yo seal. So youre going to go out there looking like a seal in sharkinfested waters to grab a spiny bug the size of a football. And that thats a job that that people have down here. Yeah. Stephen im in. Why dont you why dont you show me how to do it . Yup. Stephen excellent. Please. All right. Yup, yup, come on. Stephen no, you go on. You show me how, and then ill ill be next. Yeah, go on, man. Whoo. This is what im gonna do. laughter compared to hand fishing seemed reasonable. So i sucked it up and gave it one more shot. Are you ready . Stephen yeah. I think i think this is as close as im going to get. I just need you to put your feet here, so we can tie you up. Stephen okay. I just thought to myself, what would my good friend will smith say . Your job for the human race is to conquer the fear that poisons your dreams, stephen. See you on the other side, stephen. Stephen lets go. Okay. Thats the one. Stephen, were ready when you are. Stephen am i there . Little bit further, please, stephen. Nearly there. Thats awesome. Hands off of this one. Eyes up on the bridge. Five, four, three, two, one. cheers and applause stephen wow. That really looks like i jumped off a bridge. That was actually my showrunner, chris. He really wanted me to jump, but i really was not interested, so i made him spray paint his hair, dress up like me, and jump instead. Yeah, to hell with that. laughter instead, choppy and i flew out to the Southern Alps and up and over the richardson mountains. I said up and over okay, this is way closer than i want to be. Is there somewhere in this helicopter i could change my underwear . laughter so these are all glaciers. Stephen there are very few places in the world where you can still see this many glaciers, let alone land on one. So choppy set us down for a onceinalifetime experience. Choppy, thank you for taking me up here. I mean, it really is a privilege to see your country and to to be at the top of the world here. And i have to say that it its more than beautiful. This experience is absolutely spiritual. Whoo applause stephen choppy choppy, how long have you been flying up into these mountains with these glaciers . Jeepers, over 40 years now. Stephen what was it like 40 years ago . I mean, were there were there more glaciers back then . A lot more glaciers, and they ran right down into the valleys. But now theyve receded back, pieces have fallen off, and the suns hitting the black rocks and accelerating their demise. Stephen is it bad for me to be up here on it, because im so smoking hot . laughter you know about bungee jumping, right . I do. Stephen my starch wants me to bungee jump. I guess they dont understand that if i die, no one has jobs. Because what if something happens to me when i bungee jump, choppy . I suppose it would have an effect on the bungee jumping companys business for a couple of weeks. Stephen couple of weeks . Couple of weeks . Really . That long . Tell me what its like to do, because ive already ive already said no several times. Well, its sort of, like, you dive down, and youre like, no. And then you feel the rubber band take your weight, and youre like foo foo foo, that was good. Then you come up again, and it goes, whoa oh oh. Stephen theres no part of that that sounds appealing to me. When i get into so you feel like, oh, im going to die . Correct. Stephen okay. Its the beginning im afraid of. Its that first step. Its terrifying. Stephen okay, okay. Choppy, would you mind if i had a moment alone with the glacier . I wanted to say a proper goodbye while i still had the chance. Well, bring a camera. Its a tv show, come on. Ahhhh heres to you, old friend. Well see you later, on the beaches of ohio. laughter bleep it, lets go bungee. Five, four, three, two, one. Stephen yeah cheers and applause stephen oh, my god. Oh, my god. Well, thats a wrap for new zealand. Its the most beautiful country in the world with the nicest people. 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Youre an extremely busy man. I am. Stephen you have a lot on the fire. The new bond, no time to die. Yes. Stephen and now the new movie knives out. Yup. Stephen obviously my first question is how is your wife, rachel . Yes, shes well. She sends her love. Stephen she sends her love . She does. Stephen she does . I have a bone to pick with you, though. Stephen whats the bone picking . How many times have i been here, twice, three times ste fourth maybe. And ive always been in this rather small dressing room. And i got taken upstairs and in a dressing room with soaf as and cashmere throws, and, yeah, its the one your wife usually has. And i was like, she gets that and i just get the little dressing room back here, normally. Stephen i i like rachel vice more than i like you. Fair enough. applause . Stephen i think ive made that clear. I think ive made that clear every time youve been here actually. Maybe, but now its been confirmed. Stephen good, good. Now, no time to die. Here we go. Post ser out. There you go. Comes out applause comes out in april. Now, as if another daniel craig bond movie isnt cool enough, i understand that you personally got the great feeb waller bridge involved in this project. Yup. Stephen how did that come about . Shes amazing. I know, because shes amazing. Simple as that. It was killing eve. Stephen yeah. So i and i knew she was agreement from fleebag. But i watched killing eve and i saw what she did with that and i thought it was spectacular. Stephen did you know her . A little bit, like hi. Stephen ive done that. You just called her and said, hi, its daniel craig. Will you write the bond movie . Kind of yeah yeah, yeah. Stephen thats cool. I mean, she could only say no. And she didnt say no. She said yes, so thats great. Stephen that sounds like the titleave bond movie she can only say no. applause the movie has our friend rami malic in it. How lucky we are to have him. Stephen hes a wonderful guy. And hot off the oscar. Now, when he was here last time, he was talking about it. We have a clip right here. Jim. Hes my favond, fican say that, wit stephen sure, sure, why not . Yeah, why not . applause we had this scene that was a very complicated scene, and we were rehearsing it with our director, and we were sitting at a table hours batting back ideas back and forth, and we finally cracked this really challenging seen. And, you know, he grabbed me, picked me up. And i cant tell who initiated the next moment, if it was him or i, but. laughter a kiss transpired between the two of us. laughter and im gonna say that daniel initiated it. laughter and i was very taken aback. Stephen was it welcome . Yes, very much so. Stephen i just wanted to make sure. Just wanted to make sure, yeah. And i took a moment, caught my breath. And looked out and said, so, does this make me a bond girl . laughter stephen its a valid question. Daniel craig. applause first of all, it sounds like a lovely moment. It was a lovely valid question. I kiss all my leading men. I think it just breaks the ice. Stephen good, good. Now, when youre done with bond ste youreone. Steph wow. Woue gained all the weight . Yeah. laughter . Stephen when you finally do let yourself go, like really, if you were if you were to let yourself go, like brando style, on tahiti playing bongos what would be your poison . What would you do to pack on the pounds . I think guinness. laughter stephen just guinness . Just guinness. Guinness i think would probably be stephen just to keep the guinness in long enough. Thats an expression, why let solids get away from your drink. Stephen we have to take a break. Please dont leave because when we come back, well have more with daniel craig everybody stick around. My joints. They hurt. The pain and swelling. The psoriasis. Cosentyx treats more than just the joint pain of active psoriatic arthritis. It even helps stop further joint damage. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. Get real relief, with cosentyx. Repeat after me. Hi am grateful. Audience i am grateful. Ce. Audience i am joyful. And i am getting all the gifts i need this holiday. audience screams you get a sweater you get a coat you get all the gifts shop fifty percent off all jeans, sweaters and outerwear or fifty percent off your purchase when you use your Old Navy Credit card neil only, at old navy. Stephen hey, everybody, were back here with the star of knives out, daniel craig. The new movie is knives out. People are very excited about this movie. In fact my family my kid have all said to me this is the holiday movie were going to see. That will be great. Stephen we have a clip here. Anything you need to tell us about this . Its you and jamie. Stephen jamie lee curtis. Working with jamie lee curtis. I mean, how what a fabulous woman she is. Stephen shes lovely, shes lovely. Wonderful actress. I mean, but the entire cast is a dream. Stephen its an amazing cast. And i dont know. Do you want me to silent movie . Stephen no im just wondering if theres anything we need to know about the scene . I dont know what stephen what the scene is . Lets find out together. Its an adventure. Jim. Mr. Blanc,in who you are. I read your profile in the new yorker. I found it delightful. I just buried my 85yearold father who committed suicide. Why are you here . Im here at the behest of a client. Who . I cannot say. But let me assure you this my presence will be ornamental. You will find me a respectful, quiet, passive observer of the truth. cheers and applause . Stephen murder mystery. Murder mystery. I have to say im fairly impressed for a british guy, youve got a pretty good southern accept. Thank you. Stephen which youve done before. Diin logan lucky. Stephen im actually a southern person. Could you teach me a british accent . Whats my hook . Welch. Stephen welch . That is just a cluster of cons nantz, isnt it . Ill try welch. Lets think of something. I looked out of my window. I looked out of my window. Very good. And there was my bike. Stephen and there is what . There was my bike. Stephen there was my bike. Gone, gone. Stephen gone. Perfect. Stephen wow. Now, wait a second now do it all together. Stephen is that a common sentence that welsh people say. Now do it what . Now do it all together. Stephen i looked out of my window and there was my bike, gone. Gone. Stephen gone. Perfect, you sound like richard burton. Wonderful. Stephen and tom jones. Maybe. Stephen i was just nanew zealand have you been to new zealand . I have, year, a couple of times. You were flying with choap, and i flew with choap as well. Stephen choppy is amazing. And that bridge that you jumped off which is like stephen did you bungee . No stephen wait, youre james bond and you didnt bungee. Thats a stupid thing to do why would do you that . Why would anybody do that . Stephen i should be james bond. Running out of gift ideas, seeking something more. Well if inspirations what youre searching for. Follow me to a place i know with Endless Possibilities so you can check your list off rowbyrow. Im making this song up as i go come on look around so much in store, youll spend much less but gift much more at the stores that youve been searching for spend less, gift better. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls, and homegoods. Ah, that worked well at t. J. Maxx, marshalls, and homegoods. I am totally blind. And non24 can make me show up too early. Or too late. Or make me feel like im not really there. 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Please welcome back to the late show lena waithe. applause stephen nice to see you again. Good to see you. Stephen congratulations are in order, i understand, that you recently got married. Yeah, i got some jewelry, yeah. Stephen thats wonderful. Taken. Stephen thats really nice. Well, you wrote the new film queen and slim. Yeah. Stephen its getting an congressman reception. Yeah. People are excited. Stephen and it feels timely. Where did the idea come from . Well, james frey, came up to me at a party. He he walked up to me. He said who he was. I said, im familiar. He said, i have an idea for a movie i cant write. A black man, black woman on a first date, not going great, not going horribly. They get pulled over, things escalate. They kilt Police Officer in selfdefense decide to get in the car and go. And i was like, youre right. You cant write that. But i can. I was like, look, man, give me that idea. I want to go write that movie. And i did and it became queen and slim. Stephen you describe the film as protest art. Yeah. Stephen im a fan of protest art. I grew up in the 1970s and there was a lot of protest art, an echo of the movement in the 1960s, and i nas. What to you constitutes protest art . Any art that reflects the time. It can be funny. I think atlanta is protest art, just like queen and slim is. Its us showing us in a very t if er beingeldp with a know, gun to your head, tell them personal things. Tell them you have a child, where you work. Because it makes it more difficult for them to kill. For me as an artist, i want to humanize black people so much, maybe theyll stop killing us. cheers and applause stephen well, thats a worthy use of art. We have we have a clip here. Can you tell us whats happening in the clip . Yeah, this is actually right after they kill the cop in selfdefense, and they have got in the car, and this is when they pull over and realize what theyve done. Stephen jim. Where are you go . Im going to find somebody with a phone so i can call my family. If you do that, then theyll know where we are. Great what if they kill us . Dont say that theres no guarantee they wont youre a black man that killed a cop and then took his gun. Im not a criminal. You are now. I just want to go home, and i want to see my family. applause stephen beautiful film. Thank you, thank you very much. Im real proud of it. Stephen you know, not only are you somebody who writes movies but youre someone who is steeped in movies. T best. Way possible. You worked at a blockbuster video, i understand. I did, yeah. Which feels like something of, like the dinosaur times. Like, i dont even know what a blockbuster is. Stephen do you miss it . I do miss bloc busters, you know. Its sort of like i used to like going to them so much, and then working there i kind of became a bit of a rain man of movies. You cooperate just google what you wanted. They came in, sharon stone, 1992, she was in a white dress. I was like, did she cross her legs . Uhhuh. Basic instincts. Stephen i want to test your rain man capabilities ow, okay. Lets do it. Stephen ill give you the barest. Ive just come in, just come in. Youre that guy. Stephen my kids are tearing apart the childrens section. My favorite. I get to pick up after them. Stephen Denise Richards and space bugs and. Star ship troopers. Stephen oh, William Holden is in it, and like, errr network. Stephen yes, okay, all right. Nice, because this could have been embarrassing. Stephen its antarctica, and its cold and curt russells got a big beard. The thing. Stephen its a series of very long movies with very short people trying to get rid of some jewelry. What laughter . Stephen and and and theres, like theres like a volcano at the end of it, and they, they live underground. And and some of them got pointed ears and your movie i just saw back there in new zealand . cheers and applause Stephen Daniel kaluuya is in it . Or the black panther. 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