Tonight ettu franken, plus stephen welcomes ben affleck, greta gerwig and musical guest dead company featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen whooo how are you . Hey, everybody. applause . Stephen hey, everybody, how are you . Thank you. Please sit down, everybody. Welcome to the late show, im your host Stephen Colbert. Folks applause . Stephen every day it seems like we find out about another highprofile sexual harasser. And today is no exception. Brace yourself, because it is senator al franken. Hes been accused of kissing and groping a woman without her consent. Come on, franken i guess there are no good people left so lets just get it over with. Just tell us whatever you did, jimmy carter, barack obama, tom hanks, malala. laughter . Jon oh my. Stephen as a fellow comedian i long admired al franken but i got to say this does not bode well for louis c. K. s senate hopes. laughter here are the details. Strap in. While touring with the uso in 2006 franken yet a sketch where he got to kiss the female emcee leann tweed en, according to tweeden during rehearsal he came at her, put his hand on the back of her head, mashed his lips against hers and aggressively stuck his tongue in her mouth. Now for those of you not in showbiz, actors call that technique, sexual harassment. And it didnt stop therement on the way home from the tour, she fell asleep on the plane and franken decided to take this goofy pic. Oh boy. That is admissible evidence. So this is bad. Franken has responded saying i certainly dont remember the rehearsal for the skit in the same way but i send my sincerest apologies to leann. As to the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasnt. I shouldnt have done it. Okay, intended to be funny but wasnt. No. Your Movie Institute saves his family was intended to be funny but wasnt. That photo was intended to embarrass her. Thats why he did it while she was asleep. Nobody goes up to their buddy when is he awake and says hey, can i draw a penis on your forehead. Franken later released a more complete apology in which he said im asking that an ethics investigation be undertaken. And i will gladly cooperate. Well, thats nice. It would be wrong in if an ethics investigation was done without his consent. Of course, franken is just the latest politician accused of sexual harassment. All week weve been talking about Alabama Senate candidate and man without buys his wardrobe at party city, roy moore. laughter yesterday, you remember, yesterday four, four, count them, four more women accused him of Sexual Misconduct bringing the grand total to way too many. laughter and good news for moore, one of yesterdays accusers was not a minor. Whooo . I did not expect that. This woman was 28 when she hired moore to handle a custody petition and when she went to his office to sign the papers he asked questions about her young daughters. And if they were as pretty as she was. Well thats just family values. And that eval us dating your entire family. Another new accuser says that moore hit on her when she was 17. And working as a hostess at red lobster. Uh. That is disgusting. Red lobster. laughter god intended shrimp to be limited. Apparently, no one has the unlimited shrimp . All right. Apparently moore asked the teen out and she said do you know how old i am. To which he responded, yeah, i go out with girls your age all the time. To which i respond, aggh remember, monday we learned that moore had been banned from his local mall and apparently his behavior was so bad that sears had a whole roy moore protocol. One store manager told new hires to watch out for this guy. And moores behavior caused women to hide from him when he came in the sears. Okay. Okay. Welcome to training, couple thing to the remember, always wear your name badge on the floor, okay. You got to cash out before you punch out. And if you see roy moore, pretend to be a mannequin. laughter dont blink or he will know you are a real girl. Jon oh my. Stephen and of course because were talking about roy moore, these sears employees were in high school. One of the women says that moore asked her where she went to school and then for her phone number. Which she says she declined to give telling him that her father was a Southern Baptist preacher, would never approve. But that did not stop moore. A few days later its girl was sum mondayed to theprs office over the intercome in her classroom. She had a phone call. Phsshht, please report to the principals office, an unidentified weirdo is calling for a highschool student. I have no problem making this happen because im terrible at my job. That is all. And the call applause thank you, thank you. Thank you. And the call didnt go so great. She answered the phone and the male on the other line said gena, this is roy moore. I was like what. He said what are you doing . I said im in trig class. laughter thats impressive. Roy moore actually made trigonometry the more appealing option. laughter applause all these allegations have put republicans in a tough position. They want to hold on to the senate but they dont want to back a perv. Thats why Senate Majority leader and inspiration for the sad face emoji mitch mcconnell, he thinks attorney general Jeff Sessions should run against moore as a writein candidate. He fits the mold of somebody who might be able to pull off a writein. The alabaman who would, you know, fit that standard would be the attorney general, who is totally wellknown and extremely popular in alabama. Stephen yes, wellknown and extremely popular in alabama are the only criteria. In that case your other choices are forrest gump, a statue of bear bryant or a jug of sweet tea with sunglasses. But it is going to be sweet tea. I like forrest. Stephen but moore isnt afraid of the Washington Republicans tweeting dear mitch mcconnell, bring it on. A strong sentiments leading the head of the National RepublicanSenatorial Committee to tweet bring it on is a movie about high school cheerleaders. laughter . Jon no, oh. applause . Jon a little too close for comfort there. Stephen to which roy moore replied, and . Well, moore is fighting back. Yesterday one of his attorneys held a press conference intending to put all of this behind them. Ive been with him in probably over a hundred different meetings and been around probably in excess of 10,000 different ladies in judges moore presence and not once, not one time have i ever seen him act even remotely inappropriate against any woman. Stephen of course you didnt see it you werent in their trigonometry class. But the main the main applause . Stephen thrust, the main thrust of yesterdays press conference was moores attorney trying to discredit a key piece of evidence. One of the accusers High School Year book which moore signed. Release the year book so that we can determine is it genuine or is it a fraud. Stephen yeah, it could be a fraud. Lets compare roy moores known signatures, okay, up here, known signatures with that in the year book, see . Three totally different signatures by the same guy. applause now the woman, the womans Attorney Says they might let independent handwriting experts look at the year book but you know what, i took a College Course in handwriting analysis. And i think i could help, now lets see, like right now if you look up here, turn this on its side, here is the signature i found here. If you look at the wide loop of the r up here, that is a classic forensic indicator that the accused might be hiding something plus the elongated y loop down here, this stem down here tells us he has no problem encroaching on the space of others. Now theres another very small indicator, and this is extremely technical but if you look really closely, its written in a girls High School Year book. Hes a prevert. applause today roy moore held another press conference and began with a story about some advice a seasoned judge gave him in is early days in politics. What you need to did is have, eyeglasses that shows people that you study a lot and read a lot. Then he said and then you have to have one other thing, he said well you have to have hemorrhoids. I said why. He said well trk gives you a concerned look. laughter applause . Stephen like this . laughter are you holding a press conference about your butt hole . And moore blasted the media for focusing on him. Today we got a call from one big magazine, that yall recognize if i say the name. I dont want to say it. Stephen i will say it, its barely legal and theyre looking for a new editor in chief. But moore was defiant. Theres been comments about me taking a stand. Yes, i have taken a stand in the past. I will take a stand in the future. And i will quit standing when they lay me in that box and put me in the ground. Stephen you can take my teenage sales clerk when you pry her from my cold dead hands. applause we gt a great show for you tonight. Ben affleck is here. Right over there. Stick around, everybody. I asom sorry im late. I overswept. [ laughter ] yes, even the awkward among us deserve some laughter. And while its okay to nibble in public, a lady only dines in private. Try the name your price tool from progressive. It gives you options based on your budget. Uhoh. Discussing finances is a big nono. What, im helping her save money shh men are talking. Thats it, im out. 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Jacks breakfast pockets, each for just two bucks. Only from jack in the box. Stephen hey, everybody. Welcome back. Jon batiste, stay human, right over there. I dont have to tell yall. I hope i dont have to tell you, i know i dont have to tell these people how much i wish this was friday right now. Jon feeling good, real good. Stephen you know what, weve got great stuff to hold us over to friday because later on in this show were going to have dead company, the grateful dead and john mayer playing here. Theyre here tonight and theyre here tomorrow night, you will not going to want to miss a minute of any one of these shows. Jon its going to kill. Stephen you dont want to miss the next two acts here, my first is an oscar winner you foa from argo, gone girl and now as batman in Justice League. What are we under right now . Gotham harbor. Stephen please welcome ben affleck. applause hey. Nice to have you on the show. Thank you very much, this is very exciting. Stephen i understand you have never been in the ed sullivan theater before. I never did letterman and i am pretty sure i would remember if i had done your show before. Stephen nope, weve met before, last coup of times last time you were at the afterparty at the emmys. It was nice. This is a banal thing to say to a guest but you are yeah taller than i thought you would be. Do you get that a lot or am i just dumb about ben affleck . Yes, i get that a lot. I get that all the time. My exwife jennifer also used to babysit for you. Stephen exactly. So we have a family connection. Stephen used to babysit pie daughter. Good to see you again. Good to see you too. Stephen congratulations for the Justice League movie. The thing is, the movie is not out yet. applause im really looking forward to it. Movie is not out yet but youve already got years ago, you already got the best possible review. Any actor could ever get. This is from september of 2013. This must have made you so excited. Yes. Stephen donald trump, everyone should calm down ben affleck is going to do a great job as batman. applause thank you. Stephen come on. Have i to say, it really made me reconsider everything i have ever thought about the man. You know, he could be on to something here, he could be a genius. He could be. That guy should be the commander in chief. He should certainly do casting, after, you know, get in the casting business. Stephen have you ever talked to him, ever met him. No. Stephen come on. I passed by. Stephen are you a big famous guy out in the world and for years could you still talk to donald offer and not go. I passed him at a couple of parties and i heard that in order to get permission to film at his properties, he insisted on being put in the movie as an extra. Stephen wow. So you had to go through this ritual of pretending, okay, now is the scene, donald, action. Stephen really. Yeah, and then and then they would say cut and he would go home, you know. And never ended up in any of the movies. I think actually there is one movie. Stephen home alone 2. Is that what it is. Stephen home alone 2, yeah, the kid asked where the bathroom is. He goes down the hall to the left. There you go. Stephen it is not believable but he says down the hall and to the left. Okay. So were you a superhero . Because you are playing a superhero now. That is a cultural touchstone now, like all movies have superheroes at this point. All of them. It seems that way, doesnt it. Stephen you were also. You want to have a movie release you should vay cape on. Stephen exactly. You cut that part out of argo. At a certain point you did have laser visionment so but you were a superhero fan as a child. I was am i did a high school movie, like i was really into the av club, i was that i goo, pushing the vcrs around the school, you know. And we did, we made a little superman movie where i played superman. So i dont to brag but i was. Stephen did you have any. I showed it to him. I just thought it might be interesting for him, a few pointers. And you know, didnt go over well. Stephen now you and jen have a son sam. Yes. Stephen five. Yes, five. Stephen good age, good age for superhero movies. Spectacular age. My daughters are to the al ally over me and couldnt think im any possible less cool but my son still is, you know, thinks im a superhero. Stephen how old are your daughter are they twins. No, 11 and 8. Stephen they will think are you kal again in about 15 years. Something to look forward to. Stephen to look forward to. What about sam, baltman must be his favorite now that are you batman you must be his favorite superhero. He was, you know, thrilled that i was playing batman and starting the publicity thing again. And it was coinsiding with halloween. He came to me and said dad, i have a costume that i want more than anything. And i said i have some connections. And he said i want to be flash so there you go. Turned out it wasnt worth it. Stephen yeah. The whole thing. Areas of pie life, wasted. Stephen maybe flash can pay for your college. Yeah. applause . Stephen im sure you two will be very happy together. Ill charge you. Stephen do you get to keep, as batman hes got, got to get those toys as the joker says. Do you get to keep any of the cool toys, keep the bat mobile. I didnt get to keep the bat they kept track of the bat mobile. Stephen oh, they did. There were some other tough that fell off the truck like the i get getting these phone calls from the prop Department Like you sure you havent found any of that stuff. No, son of a gun, i just cant i dont. Stephen did you actually steal something. I did, yeah. You cant exact leigh have been, you know, stealing it if you got billed for it which is what happened to me. Stephen what did they watch you with. Warner brothers, sturns out bata ranges arent cheap. Stephen the bata rang. Does it do the thing or it just prop. It will hit guys. 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Were back with our friend ben affleck. Ben, now listen, before you scurry away, this is the 20th anniversary of good will hunting this year. Yeah. Stephen extraordinary movie. applause i was completely blown away and i was a younger performer. Sure, sure. Stephen you guys were like in it and written it and you produced it also. Defacto. Stephen defacto, like im not working hard enough. These guys did all of this themselves. How long did you work on this fill snm. Years. I mean we wrote it, it took us about four year