Announcer its a late show live with Stephen Colbert tonight land of opportunity. Plus, stephen welcomes keanu reeves and alex winter and former congressman trey gowdy. Featuring, live, jon batiste and stay homin. And now live from the ed sullivan Theater Office building in new york city, its Stephen Colbert stephen welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a late show im your host, Stephen Colbert. We just walked in this room. We just literally finalized the script. I cant wait to find out what we just wrote. This is going to be really exciting, i havent even had time to prep my eyeballs because theyve had quite a beating tonight. We are live for the second night of the Republican National if you missed last night, congratulations. Despite promises of positive message, it was a dark, angry propaganda with terrible production values. They should have called it triumph of the will this be over soon . One big problem is trump and the g. O. P. Were in covid denial for months. The democrats actually looked ahead, made time to produce something for their convention, four pretty smooth nights. The republicans had to cram at the last minute. I dont understand why cant i just pay someone to take the convention for me . Since they had no time to prep, eos and of cool videos and lo. C. Wasn shoots, the r. N. C. Was mo mostly a single location with speakers taking turns at the podium. The evening looked like a racist can i have the words language of origin, and then have the word arrested by ice . thank you. To bring energy, a lot of speakers replaced nuanced argument with screaming. Its hard to imagine this week is going to get louder than last night. What what do you think, Kimberly Guilfoyle . The best is yet to come stephen well, it couldnt, get much worse w thought. Get much worse he thought. So lets get to night two of what were calling. Rica this american carnage. explosions roaring be best. I alone ca im mike pence. I alone can fix it im back hey hes so high, dad en hes so high, dad stephen now, you know trumps got to be upset, because last night, tv viewership was way down. The g. O. P. Drew just 15. 8 million people, while the first night of the d. N. C. Attracted 18. 7 million viewers. Unfortunately for trump, neilsen doesnt have an electoral college. Nor does it count the millions of people with their tv sets off who still heard Kimberly Guilfoyles tortured cries echo through their dreams. Night two, trump wasnt going to make the same mistake. The reality show star pulled out all the stops, including pardoning a convicted felon on national tv. Uh, no, not that one. Or that one. Or any of these. No, the man trump pardoned was john ponder. Ponder has a really wonderful and inspiring story. He robbed a bank in nevada, and later funded a founded a isoners incorporated that helps former inmates reenter society. Were a lot alike. You say bank robber. I say bankrupter. Lets call your sentence off hen we then we heard from kentucky senator and toothbrush that needs replacing, rand paul. Paul spoke glowingly of trumps character. Ter. Onald trump is a delusional narcissist and an orangefaced windbag. Stephen im sorry, that was 2016. This keeps happening. Again, i thought they were going with the same program he kept the same hair. Okay. H also heard from a farmer who talked about surviving a fire and coming back with the latest in dairy technology. We had a new stateoftheart robotic milking facility that allows our cows to milk themselves. Stephen yes, the cows milks themselves, but Jerry Falwell jr. Watches. More on that later. The next speaker introduced himself thusly. Hello, folks. You know me from tv and radio. Stephen nope, actually i know you because we had the same coke dealer in the 90s and spider wants his cash, larry kudlow unveiled the administrations new plan to top covid pretend its already over. Then came a once in 100year pandemic. It was awful. Stephen why are you using the past tense . You know we still cant shake hands in the most Popular College dorm is childhood bedroom, right . He continued to look back on the present. It was awful. Health and Economic Impacts were tragic. Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. Stephen could you be a little more blase there, lar. People died. Poor folks hearts were sad and lost millions of money. Sorry for the low energy, but don jr. Swiped my coke. Then Vice President pence showed up and drove home his core message that he is extremely boring. Every single day without fail, President Donald Trump has been fighting for you. Stephen and he will continue fighting for you, provided you are the last trump stick in the bucket. Pence i needed coffee to stay weak before i said the word mike pence. Pence told the story of a student in trouble. Jack is an eightyearold from wisconsin. Who was struggling academically and socially in school. But jacks mom, sarah, who works through jobs to support hir son, applied for wisconsins School Choice voucher program. Stephen hey, mike, not to take anything away from your school thing, but maybe fix the part where shes working three jobs. No . Okay, sorry. Next up, a potus surprise trump and his illegal Homeland Security secretary, chad wolf, presided over awe naturalization ceremony for a group of proud new american citizens. Good for them. And after theyd been sworn in, trump touted the nation theyd joined. You earned the most prized, treasured, cherished, and priceless possession anywhere in dhe world. Its called american citizenship. Stephen you can now receive a u. S. Passport, which ksanks to my leadership of covid, is not accepted in any countries but it does get you into participating hardys locations. Crispy curls and a coke, trust my on this one. Then there was an eric trump sighting. He is clearly watching the ngn. C. Because he tweeted this review of last nights by former n. F. L. Star hershel walker. He hit it out of the park tonight. Thatot wey do in n. F. L. Hershel walkerrer did a slam huff dunkal. He netted a good tennis. Yawtsy eric came out its hard to talk after you do that. Eric came out with a strong start. We could all feel it. Something was happening. A movement was forming just below the surface. Stephen eric, did your father never have the talk with you . Okay. Young man when a young man meets a porn star and has a rolled up copy of forbes you know the story. Albaghdadi sewel sewell manu dead. That sowns like a list. Democratic norms. Dead. My soul from watching these last two nights. Dead. Stephen he finished with this in closing, id like to speak directly to my father. M stephen hello, my name is eric and its a pleasure to meet you. Would you like a booth in the front or the back . laughter eric had a lot to say. Which is a big change. Yesterday this is true the new York AttorneyGenerals Office asked to have eric testify in an inquiry into whether the Trump Organization committed fraud. It wasnt feeling that chatty then. Instead, he decided to take the fifth, no surprise. Erics been taking the fifth for years in trumps ranking of his children. But pleading the fifth can seem incriminating, according to imics dad who said this in 2016 about his democratic opponent people taking the fifth amendment. You see the mob takes the fifth. If youre innocent, why are you taking the fisk amendment. Stephen oh, no, im just like hillary clinton. Lock me up lock me up lock m im sorry, dad. Hello, my name is eric. Would you like a booth in the front or the back . Our special tonight is scrod. laughter we also heard from secretary of state and americas highest ranking gungin, mike pompeo. Pompeo addressed the convention from jung kook as part of a taxpayerfunded trip to the middle east. Pompeo in the middle east inspires this appearance from my middle finger. Because our taxes flew him to do his little propaganda speech from juruse lem. You know what they say in passover, next year in prison. Fact that hes spooking at all in a convention, is none bueno, because traditionally secretaries of state should not be mixing directly in domestic politics. The secretary of state works for the american people. He shouldnt be taking sides in our election. He should be meeting with foreign leaders to get them to take sides in our election. And then, it was melania time and she dressed to impress or command the soviet tank corps. Melania marched our down memory lane. It seems like just yesterday when my husband accepted the republican nomination. Stephen counterpoint, no it doesnt. Melania talked about her own citizenship journey. I was able to achieve my own american dream. Stephen partying with Jeffrey Epstein and ghislaine maxwell. She reminisced about her years in the white house. The past three and a half years have been unforgettable. Stephen except for those weird 24 days in 2018 where no one saw me or knew where i was. Lets forget about those. During his wifes speech, it looked like donald trump was having a really great time. I hate these recitals. Which one of my children is this . Is that turfany or malaria . Then, melania laid out her plans for a second term. In my next four years as first lady, i will continue to build on be best. Stephen just saying, if you have to rebuild on it, maybe it wasnt best. And to recap, last night was loud and alarming. Tonight was slow and boring. Dont worry, tomorrow nights keynote speaker is mike. How long was i out . We have a great show for you tonight. Mike guests are bill and ted themselves, keanu reeves and alex winter. Well also get a convention reaction from former republican congressman trey gowdy. But when we return, we tack a deep dive into the hypocrisy pool. 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Breyers Natural Vanilla is made with 100 grade a milk and cream and only sustainably farmed vanilla. Better starts with breyers. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . Red, blue, 16 percent undecided. Here we are a nation divided. For bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. But 2020 had us shook. So we gave the world another look. And saw a future of differences celebrated. Every voice advocated. Just imagine the possibility. Of a world where we are we. An extra 15 credit on car and motorcycle policies . Thats great thats 15 on top of what geico could already save you. So what are you waiting for . John stamos to knit you a scarf . All finished, jean. Enjoy thank you. I give. The stitch work is impeccable. Its just a double fleck pattern with a reverse garter stitch. No big deal. Is your hair this soft . Softer. Geico. Save an extra 15 when you switch by october 7th. Welcome back to a late show. Im still Stephen Colbert. Lets say hello to our friend mr. Jon batiste. Hello, jon, how are you. Jon yes, indeed, im over here grooving. Stephen whats on your musical mind tonight . Who are you thinking about . Jon im thinking about my folks in louisiana. Stephen give my best to your family. I hope they stay safe. Give us some long hair. Jon oh, yeah. Stephen jon batiste, everybody. Thank you, jon. Jon yes, indeed. Stephen stay live. Now, folks, i alluded to this next story in the monologue tonight. But theres one guy who wont be speaking at the convention, and thats Liberty University president Jerry Falwell jr. , seen here unzipping to leave room for the holy spirit. Falwell spoke in 2016, because he was the very first evangelical leader to endorse donald trump. It turns out, theyve got a little more in common than you think. You see, falwell and his wife have had a very public feud with their former partner giancarlo granda, who they went into business with shortly after meeting him while he was working as a hotel pool boy. Now, i know what youre thinking and get your mind out of the gutter, because i need room for my mind down there. Because youre absolutely right. H eer years i pool boy, and falwell claimed he blackmailed them. But granda denied blackmailing the falwells, and gave this interesting detail of the affair. , becki and i developed an intimate relationship and jerry enjoyed watching from the corner of the room. Listen, i am not here to kink shame. I believe whatever happens between consenting adults is perfectly fine, and i believe Jerry Falwell jr. Wants to watch them from the koirn of th cornee room. What i dont dig is hypocrisy. While carrying on with this pool boy, falwell was still president of a university whose code of conduct says sexual relations outside of a biblically ordained marriage between a natural born man and a natural born woman are not permissible at Liberty University. But theyre clearly forgetting the biblical story of adam and eve, and kevin who watched from the free. Oh, no, no, leave the fig leaf on laughter polish the apple, polish bite it. Again, im not looking to judge or shame someone elses consenting sexual encounters. Thats falwells job. Granda backed up his claim with plenty of eviden feinbe d two dcussed their relationship while jerry piked from behind a door. You know the old saying, every time god closes a door he finds a naked Jerry Falwell jr. Playing the organ. Again, again. laughter whatever makes you happy, jer. Facing all of this evidence, yesterday falwell agreed to resign from Liberty University. Then reversed course. Come on, hes in, hes out, hes in, hes out all the rest of us can do is sit back and watch. laughter clears throat late last night, falwell resigned again explaining that the affair led to stress, weight loss, and the feeling that he was living on a roller coaster. Yes, specifically, the Great American thunder. You must be this hypocritical to ride. Fallwill says hes moving on from Liberty University, predicting i see a role in other areas. I dont know what it is yet, but im not done. This happened for a reason. I like to think its because god wanted to hear me tell these jokes. This would all be a minor case of religious and sexual hypocrisy if it wasnt for one troubling detail. Last year, Michael Cohen claimed he helped bury personal photographs for Jerry Falwell jr. Before the evangelical leader backed trump. Hm. Sounds like blackmail. In fact, heres donald trump shaking the hand of the pool boy and no surprise falwell is watching. Well be right back with bill and ted stick around, everybody. Tmobile and sprint have merged. Now tmobile has thousands more locations across the country. More towers and more cover te now tmobile has thousands more locations across the country. Tmobi is amicas largest 5g network. With more 5g coverage than verizon and at t combined. Experience it now with our best deal ever. Unlimited for 25 dollars a line for four lines with 5g access included. Resear at amaz. Bilien Climate Change is the fight of our generation. The biggest obstacle right now is that were running out of time. Amazon now has a goal to be net zero carbon by 2040. We dont really know exactly how we are going to get there. Its going to be pretty hard. But one way or another were going to reduce our Carbon Footprint to net zero. I want my son to know that i tried my hardest to make things better for his generation. The restaurant and watering hole that catered to closing in 4 months. I want my son to know that i tried my hardest so many including the staff. announcer mr. Peter walsh. Peter. peter walsh people came and they met and they felt comfortable. Its what we did with coogans. You felt safe and, if you were safe, you could be joyful. And, if you were joyful, then you could really go home with the dream that you had. woman 1 really, really fun times. man 1 you just end up there for hours. woman 2 its like the hear anecial placr me. peter walsh everybody has a coogans. And in the next three months, almost half those small businesses, they could close if people dont do something. We have to keep our communities together. Thats how we get through this. Stephen welcome back, everybody. You may know my guests as bill s. Preston esquire and ted theodore logan. Theyre together again in the new film, bill and ted face the music. Greetings, my excellent friends. Do we know you . Im kelly. Wait, youre rufus daughter. I am. And ive been wanting to meet you my whole life. It must be very disappointing. Not at all we have a problem, gentlemen. Potentially a very serious problem. About the music . About the music they just want to talk to you. Dude, ive got a very bad feeling about this. It will be fine, ted. They totally love us in the future, dude. Stephen please welcome keanu reeves and alex winter. Hey, fell as. Hey, there. Stephen thanks so much for being here. Of course, thank you. Thank you for having us. Stephen in the world of covid i can never really tell where anybody is. Where on this planet are we talking to you . I am in beautiful Downtown South pasadena, california. Stephen okay, sure. And i am in berlin, germany. Stephen okay. Wait a second. How can you americans arent allowed to go to europe right now. You have to hail youd have to halo jump in from low orbit. How did they let you on to the continent . Well, it was different circumstances when i got here, so ive been here for over six weeks now. Stephen oh, okay, all right. Okay, they grandfathered you in. Locked in. Stephen how did you you guys seem like really good friends. Do you actually hang out . We do, sir. We do. Yes. Yes. Stephen what is that like for people in the wild, if you are ever in the wild, to see bill and ted hanging out together . Do they freak out . Yes. Yes, they do. I mean, weve been at restaurants, cafes, and people have walked by, then walk by again. Or will stare. But, you know, i mean, bill and ted bring smiles. You know, it makes people feel good. Stephen yeah, theyre forces of good. Yeah. Stephen how did you guys first meet . At the audition for the first film we met. Yeah, we were very young, and keanu had a Motorcycle Helmet with him, and i had a Motorcycle Helmet with me. And we kind of went, oh, you ride in . And, oh, you play bass. And you have the same taste in film and lit radi literature . Thats cool . It took a long time to get the parts so we became friends along the terms of auditioning for bill ted 1. Stephen sometimes auditioning leads to enemies. Its nice you got closer. Competition. Competition. Okay, so heres a movie, you didnt know what to expect. When does it occur to you that you have a hit . Because at this point, its like its a cultural milestone. Its an artifact of modern at least englishspeaking culture. When did you know that it was Something Special . Keanu. Keanu, when did you know . I think our first blush with it was people yelling, be excellent, or excellent, or party on Wild Stallions stephen are you telling me people didnt just yell that at you already . No, not like that. And then, i think and then, and then when it became generational. Like, when peoples when people started saying, oh, i just showed my kid bill ted. Stephen its been nearly 30 years since the original bill ted sm of the or the last bill and ted was 91. When you finished bill and ted 2 did you say, you know what, lets just let the third one marinate for 30 years, and ill meet you right back here in . Yeah. Thats exactly what happened. Thats not what happened at all. We had no i mean, keanu, we had no thoughts of doing another. We just went on our merry way. Yeah, i mean, it was i mean, it was were here because the writers really, edsoloman and chris mathyson came to us now its been almost 10 years ago, saying we had an idea for bill ted. Hear us out. What do you think . If you think theres anything in it, keep going. And alex and i responded, yeah, thats a great idea. And then they just kept going. And then eventually, with fan support, you know, it just i know, alex, you had that all the time, right . It started to kind of, like, is there another bill ted . Is there another bill ted . And that rose up and convinced some of the businesspeople in show business that they would kind of get behind behind the project. And alex and i were behind it, and the writers, of course. And then we had the wonderful director come on board. We had the original producer on it. So there was this kind of ban together, and with the support, we got to tell this incredible tale. Stephen well, im sure you cant give away everything, but what can you tell us about what happens in this movie . Al, you want to do it . Ill take this one, yeah. Weve been weve been pinch hitting who does this. Well, essentially and this is the idea that was pitched to us. You know, what if you met back up with bill and ted all these years later, and they had their daughters and they had their wives, they had their lives, but they had not, in fact, managed to write the song that was going to save humanity, as has been predicted to them by George Carlins character, rufus, back in the day. So in a sense we had not fulfilled our destiny. So when you meet us, were very happy with our lives. Were bill and ted. We have a very sort of unflappable outlook on life in general. But theres theres tension. Theres trouble in paradise. And were kind of like the garage band that probably should have were like anvils, basically. We should have broken up years ago, and we havent. And everyone around us is being very nice, but they probably wish we would stop. And, of course, in movie fashion, we are visited from someone from the future who tells us that now the funds over. We dont actually come up with a song. In a very short period of time, all of space time is going to end. Ad, thu it sets us off on a journey, a somewhat kind of dikeynesian journey in iterations of our own lives to find of which iterations we were great. And we dont succeed so well with that. Stephen i think i have an example. As you say, you run into various iterations of your own selves by various space time continuums. Who are these ripped guys in the prison oranges with the tats and the steroids . Well, bill and ted are going into they have to find this one song that has to be played by a particular point in time so were going to our future selfs to try to get the song. Because we havent written it, so maybe our future selfs have written it. And we come across those guys who are in prison, because there are some shenanigans and hijinxd end up being in jail. Now were kind of, like, the lords of the yard. Yeah. And we kind of go to bill and ted, meet them, and they dont have the song. Stephen well, guys, its great to see you again. Thank you. Stephen anniversary excited to see the new bill and ted. Keanu, before i let you go, youre in berlin right now shooting matrix 4. I think thats not a spoiler. I think Everybody Knows youre shooting matrix 4 im not going to ask you what happens in matrix 4 im going to ask who would win in a fight, john wick or neo . Oh, man well, number one, they wouldnt fight. Stephen what what if neo accidentally killed john wicks dog. Oh, no yeah, im driving and the dog runs out in the street and i kill him, and stephen exactly, but its only in the matrix and you know its not a real dog, but john wick doesnt know that. And i can bring the dog back. Stephen right. And john is like whats going on. Stephen got it. Whats the answer . Whats the answer . Come on, a world is waiting. No, they wouldnt fight but maybe john wick would try and help Thomas Anderson out in the real world. Stephen okay. All right. Stephen done, that is canon in both worlds now. Fay what did you say . I said multidifengz. Stephen well bill ted face the music will be in theaters. It keanu reeves and alex winter, well be right back. Stephen hey, everybody, welcome back to a late show. Joining me now is a former congressman from the great state of south carolina, and author of the new book, doesnt hurt to ask. Please welcome trey gowdy. Mr. Gowdy, thank you for joining us. Thank you, stephen. And i want to thank you for what you did for teachers in south carolina. Achers in southth one for 31 carolina. I have lived with one for 31 years, and that was a very generous thing that you did. S a vank you. Stephen that is very, very kind of you to say. I love teachers in south carolina. My brother jay is one of them. M. W, your new book is called now, your new doesnt hurt to ask. Well talk about that in a moment. But i do want to test the premise of that title. Listen, youre my guest. I may not agree with you politically, but i just want you to know, my question isnt hostile when i say, what the hell are you doing here, trey gowdy . Are you have you not seen my show . Ive done a lot of jokes about tou over the years. I thought they were funny. Stephen how badly do you need to sell a book that youre on my show at 12 25 in the morning. I thought your jokes were funny. They palein comparison to what i get at home. This was easier to come here and with with you. Stephen let me ask you this. Are you still a member of the Republican Party . Yes, sir. Stephen what the hell is going on with the Republican Party . Do you recognize it at all . Is it the organization that you joined . Well, its not the Republican Party that i grew up with, stephen. I mean, thats a fair point. N. Was a limited government, fiscal restraint. I mean, this is the way i would summarize it conservatism tells opople what they ought to hear. Populism tells people what they want to hear. We lost six out of the last seven popular vote for president s, the republicans did. I think that you say a need to shift more towards populism. I say im a member of the e towardsn party. I am a republican. I am not in office and i will never run again. Im not at the convention. I didnt go to the convention in south carolina. Im a conservative, and, you know, sometimes it gets difficult to see what the Party Platform is. Stephen youre not in power anymore. So, i mean, theres a lot of your political career, as i said, i made satire of over the years. So, you know, im not really here to try to do, like, a smackdown or anything you did. But i am curious about some of the things you were involved in. Ill start by saying that a receipt poll shows that 57 of republicans find the president covid death toll, which is 180,000 people, acceptable. Are you one of those 57,000 one of those 57 of republicans . No, sir. I went and looked at the introductory clause of the poll question because that number surprised me. My fathers was a physician. Your father was a physician. The loss of life was lamental. I dont blame Governor Cuomo for the deaths in new york. I dont blame ron desantis for the deaths in florida. Any death is lamentable. Its not acceptable. We need to do better. I just hate that everything in our culture is politicized, including the virus. And i cant fix that, but i just hate that everything has become politicized. It is easy for me to say the loz life, the loss of a single life is lamentable. But you would agree political leaders have a responsibility to lead the people. And there is a large percentage of our population that didnt believe in masks, specifically because our president said you didnt need them and downplayed the need for them. Theres some responsibility there. Thats not politicizing. Upon that is Holding Political leaders accountable for the way they lead. And what i would say in response to that and i do wear a mask. What i would say in response to that is there was some ambiguity among the physicians. I mean, my dad says they call it the practice of medicine for a reason purpose there were physicians initially who werent sure whether the masks were helpful or not. So i just stephen but not into june, sir. Not into june. Youre talking about the beginning of march. Were talking about months where the president of the United States downplayed the need for them, and mocked even reporters who were wearing them at his press conferences. Do you see that as a failure of leadership at all . On his behalf . Stephen yes. Bedo i see that as a failure of leadership . Stephen yes, that is the question, sir. I would have liked for him to have embraced the goodness, the propriety of wearing a mask sooner, yes. Stephen you Left Congress with a little bit of a, you know, enough of this. You kind of knocked the dust of it off your feet a lil bit. Is that fair characterization of how you felt when you left . I just eye didnt think i was good at it. I didnt enjoy it. And i wasnt good at it. If you dont like something and youre not good at it, you shouldnt do it. Stephen what aspects of it werent you good at . You actually, in the short eight years you were there, gained a lot of power. I dont know that i had any power, stephen. Id rather have influence. Id rather have influence with my colleagues than have power. Agwas briefly a committee chairman, but in terms of of passing bills, it its tough legislatively. Now. We did a lot of oversight, but the investigations i enjoyed most in life were the executive branch prosyou can porl investigations. I didnt enjoy congressional investigations. Stephen lets talk about russia and the interference of 2016. You youre known to be a factbased guy. You believe in science. You believe in, you know,ch. Do you beliet interfern 2016 . No question. Stephen i believe you also got in a little bit of hot water with the Trump Administration by saying that the obamagate scandal wasnt really real, that he wasnt being spied on, and that mueller wasnt illegitimate for having his investigation. N well, initially, i took exception to the word spy. I mean, i used the word surveillance, either authorizized or unauthorized. I will say this the house, the senate, mueller, no evidence of collusion, coordination, conspiracy. And the president s frustration and i think hes right a cloud was placed over his first term in office under the belief that he cludded with russia, which, stephen, is treesoon. If thats what youre doing, that is treasones. I think the worst thing in the world is to believe you have been falsely accused. I think that is the worst feeling in the world. I have only been around the president a half dozen times, but i can tell tell you he firmly believed he was falsely accusinged and it cast a cloud over his first term. So, yeah, i think hes frustrated about it. Stephen i want to mention your new book. Bs about effectively persuading by asking the right questions. Its called doesnt hurt to ask. The obvious question i need to ask you before you go is how excited are you about the new bill ted movie . Much more now after hearing your interview. Stephen congressman, or sman, congressman, author of it doesnt hurt to ask, trey gowdy, thank you for being here, sir. And thank you for staying up late. Yes, stephen. Stephen when we come back, stephen when we com a heartfelt apology to the land of cheese and meat. Stick around. But now i got back that smile. Smile. Check everything off the list with lower prices and hundreds of deals. Get ready for school at target. Proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin in psa. Humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections. 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C. Was scheduled to take place in milwaukee but instead had gone completely virtual. Ee even createdeata virtual tofo eating virtual bratwursts in a virtual parking lot. Again, this is all virtual. But, apparently, actual milwaukee did not care for it. Local news outlets declared it insulting. One headline even read watch Stephen Colbert take a dump on our city. It was very disappointing, both to me and to anyone who was googling watch Stephen Colbert take a dump. But i feel bad. The city lost valuable revenue when the d. N. C. Canceled. They were expected to bring all of that in to milwaukee but lost it through no fault of their own. So id like to address the city of milwaukee in the official language of the midwest polite apology. Hey, milwaukee, im really sorry. Hey, this is my show, and i take full responsibility for everything we put on the ng w except this. This was the fault of one of my writers who and this is true is from wisconsin. Hes probably jellos of milwaukee. Hes from madison. Point is, this was meant with love. And theres so much to love about milwaukee the obvious things, like beer. And cheese. And the combination of beer and cheese that is srved as a soup with popcorn on top. Theres also so much to do in the city, once you are simultaneously drunk and full. You can visit the milwaukee public museum, the harleydavidson museum, or the Milwaukee Art Museum which is shaped like a sailboat. Or it might be a bird. Or a giant fish skeleton. Whatever its art. Its open to interpretation. Then, of course, theres the sports. The bucks, who have the reigning n. B. A. M. V. P. And the brewers, who saw the piece on this show and tweeted at me, how about you join us for a real tailgate when we can host fans again . Thats how nice milwaukeeans are you insult them, and they invite you to a baseball game. Well, youre on, brewers i would love to join you at miller park, once its safe. My own condition i insist i get i run in one of your sausage races. Im already in training. Im up to five sausages a day. So, again, im sorry, milwaukee. Youre a beautiful city. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Not me, and especially not this guy. I hope to see you soon well be right back, everybody. Late show. Tune in tomorrow for more live late show after the Republican National convention when my ill be talking to speaker nancy pelosi, plus a performance by lucinda williams. James corden is next, everybody. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org captioning sponsored by cbs the late late show, oh, oh the late late show, ooh the late late show, oh, oh the late late show oh, oh its the late late show