Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes jim gaffigan. Anna chlumsky. And Louie Anderson 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 wooo hey thank you very much thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I gotta say, first of all, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. First of all, itsed from. Happy friday, everybody. Its a friday crowd. Friday crowd, cant fake it. Now, of course, this is not just any old friday. Its the dramatic conclusion of Donald Trumps infrastructure week. Its all weve been talking about this week, right, infrastructure . You know, fixing our old bridges and then jumping off them. laughter you remember that during the campaign, trump promised to spend 1 trillion thats trillion with an n on the end for infrastructure. But now, hes changed that to 200 billion, which is 20 of his campaign promise. So hes issuing a slightly revised hat that just says make laughter by the same percentage. cheers and applause by the same piercage. Make trump kicked off infrastructure week on understood we all remember with a speech about privatizing air traffic control, followed by a big signing ceremony at the white house. It all looks very official white guys in suits, childsized desk done. Done air traffic control, privatized, right . Well, no, because it turns out what trump signed wasnt. Whats the word . Anything. Its just whats called a decision memo, which is a Welcome Change from his confusion tweets. Thats a cool trick, thats a cool trick, making it official looking. You can make any decision seem president ial way that. Thank you for being here, gentlemen. Thank you so much. Ive got my pens. Ive got my things. I will have the sweet potato fries and a refill on my mountain dew. Doo. Signed, donald trump. cheers and applause but there has to be some part of trumps infrastructure plan thats real. What about his Signature Campaign promise, the wall . Well, in a meeting of congressional republicans, trump said he wants to defray costs for the wall by covering it in solar panels. Yeah its going to provide its own power. It will be the worlds first selfstanding wall. Most walls youve got to plug in or it falls right or over. Thats why they put the socket right on the wall, so it can plug itself into itself. Heres the thing i dont get he doesnt believe in climate change, so why solar . Is it just a way to get liberals to like it . Im making the wall solar powered and organic. Also, is there any way we can make the wall gay . Just tell me. Gay wall, keep the mexicans out. applause after floating this idea, trump told lawmakers they could talk about the solarpaneled wall as long as they said it was his idea. Dont worry, circ by the time the hearings are over, im sure there will be a lot of people saying, it was all his idea. It was that guy. Just him just just. It was him. It was him. applause trump also said that he thinks the wall could be up to 50 feet high. 50 feet i mean, thats pretty imposing, and theres no way to get over that. Unless and theres no way this could ever happen someone comes up with the 51foot ladder. laughter applause mexico, theyll never get that technology. Theyll never get that technology. Of course, the big story today is still james comeys Senate Testimony yesterday. It was on all the networks, commercialfree. I mean, not entirely. We all saw what comey was wiring at the hearing. laughter now, comey was pretty rough on the president , but right after his testimony, trump sent his longtime personal lawyer and devil who has a thing he wants you to sign, marc kasowitz. To respond. And kasowitz started with a simple introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, im marc kasowitz, President Trumps personal lawyer. Stephen and i am the busiest man in the world. laughter i havent taken a bathroom break in 27 years. I will now blink out my real message rescue me. Kasowitz explained why everything comey said proves the the president is right. Contrary to numerous, false press accounts leading up to todays hearing, mr. Comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeatedly told President Trump privately. Stephen please sir, id like to leave the room now. laughter but even though everything comey said proved trump wasnt guilty, he was also a liar. The president likewise never pressured mr. Comey. The president also never told mr. Comey, i need loyalty. I expect loyalty. He never said it in form, and he never said it in substance. Stephen he also never entered the dressing room. Wait, which trump lawsuit am i in right now . laughter applause ive said too much. Kasowitz focused on shifting the blame away from trump and onto comey. Today, mr. Comey admitted that he leaked to friends of his purported memos of those privileged communications. Stephen, of course we should have known comey was a leaker. The source of all this info was a shadowy figure in a d. C. Parking garage who went by the name tall throat. laughter then, kasowitz ran off without taking questions. And one reporter witnessed an awkward scene as kasowitz tried to escape with no press questions he and aides stood in the elevator staring at us. Forgot to push down button. See ya. See ya, suckers. Wouldnt want to be you, bite me cheers and applause but kasowitz made up for that little goof with a bigger one, because when he emailed his statement out to reporters, it read, i am marc kasowitz, predisent trumps personal lawyer. The ultimate legal loophole trump was never president he was predisent the entire time that way, he can never be impooched. laughter applause yeah, uhhuh, yeah. Thank you very much. Yeah. Heres the deal. Heres the deal even though hes leading trumps defense, kasowitz doesnt have a lot of experience with congressional testimony or the justice department. Or the government, really. And, apparently, trump cant find other lawyers to join the team, because some of americas top law firms dont want donald trump as a client. Thats crazy. Law firms are not known for both particularly picky about their clients. In fact, heres a partial list of people who had no trouble. Finding a lawyer cheers and applause no problem so, why wont these lawyers take trumps case . Well, one source said theyre afraid, the guy wont pay, and he wont listen. laughter that is thats pretty compelling. I dont blame these lawyers. I wouldnt want to represent a guy who you know is going to tweet the fake lawyers arein, but i am guilty. Neverpaying. I did it. Totally did it. But if trump ever has difficulty finding legal representation in the future, of course, theres always one firm you can find on your tv that he can turn to. Here at galino have a reputation for representing any client. Up to now, anyone. We had to drawt line somewhere. So if youre the president of a country and suspected of collusion and or obstruction, dont call us. We are too biz tow take your case. Here are the things we will and possibly be too busy doing so as you can see, we are all booked up. Sorry the. No. Take out the number take it down stephen weve got a great show for you tonight. Jim gaffigan is here. Anna chlumsky is here. Louie anderson is here stick around theyre all here theyre all here new, peach, from limearita. Make it a margarita moment. We, the device loving people want more than just unlimited data. 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I wasnt sure whether to go in for the hug or not. Are you a hugger . Im not affectionate. Stephen you have five children, sir. Im trying to raise creative children so im withdrawing whenever i can, withdraw affection. I think that will make some musicians. What do you think, band, will it work . Stephen a fathers job is to be distant, authoritative and never quite pleased. Thats way the children can understand god. Thats right. That answer. Stephen last time you were here you were talking about your netflix special cinco. Yes. Stephen cinco. Not because of Cinco De Mayo but because it was your first. Fifth hour special. Stephen now its going to be an album, also called cinco, right there. applause . Yup. Stephen what what if if ive seen your netflix special and i loved it. Yes. Stephen what am i getting from the album i didnt get from the special . Well, the alwums all in spanish which i thought was no, the album, we made a point my wife and i write everything together, and we made a point of including commentary tracks on each individual track where we talk stephen is it because its a double albem bum. So there are two album s. Stephen is it every other track . Its two different albums. Its just for the comedy nerd thats like, all right, he has jokes on bread. What were he and his wife thinking about . There are no jokes on bread. Thats on a different album there are commentary traction, some background on what we came up with, what inspired the joke. Stephen its like the directors commentary on a dvd. Very much. And theres also bonus theres a bonus track of my im known as this kind of dad comedian, but my first standup, you know, six minutes that i did on carolines comedy hour was all material about my dad where i made fun of my dad. Stephen thats niece. So i included that on the album. Stephen thats nice. We talked before. Youre a catholic. Im a catholic. Im a catholic. Im not a good catholic. Stephen are there are there good catholics . Well, there are stephen a good catholic would not consider himself a good catholic. Right. Well thats probably why theres not a test, right . Like, if there was a test for catholics, no one would pass. Stephen there is, jim. There is . applause . Stephen theres a final exam. There is . Stephen theres a final exam at the end of it. Pencils down, gentlemen, pencils down thats what being an old person is all about. Thats why church is filled with old people. Theyre cramming in it at the end, right. Stephen choos exactly im here im here trying to make up for some time, make up for my 20s. Stephen weve talked pope. Yes. Stephen weve talked francis. We both like francis. I like francis. Stephen did you see when our president was recently on his brief world tour there, he stopped by the vatican and he was there with the pope. What did you think of the reaction . I think of the pope as somebody who who is you know, hes focuse focused on me. And ive never seen the pope look more miserable. laughter its i mean, you know like when youre a kid and you had to kiss your aunt and she hlike, facial hair . Thats what the pope kind of he looked sad. But hes like i guess him being nice to trump, hes like, maybe this will count as one of my miracles. Right . laughter applause you know . Stephen well, yeah. You know . Stephen well, thats thats funny because yeah, because miracles like if somebody becomes a saint like is john paul ii a saint yet . I think you know, its not up to me. Stephen i think they did. I think they gave i think they fast tracked john paul ii through venerable, blessed, and straight to saint. And youve got to have, like two or three you need two miracles. Stephen two miracles associated with you. I dont know why its two. Its not like half of us would be, you know, if it was one, id go for it, because i can do that thing with my elbow. You know . laughter speaking of saints, where i live, downtown manhattan, is where the First American saint is buried. His st. Now i cant think stephen hes on the doors of st. Patricks. St. Stephen Elizabeth Ann seton is the First American saint. No, he was a slave. Stephen what . He was a slave. Stephen he might have been earlier than her but she was the first saint. I promise you. He was a saint, and he was a hairdresser. He was a hairdresser, and he is at st. Patricks canada ca neederal. Stephen it was st. Paul mitchell. St. Vidal sassoon. You know what . Twitter is going to let you know. But he was a hairdress gler well take a break. You can stick around for another thing. When hoe got done cutting peoples hair, they were like, this is a miracle. Stephen well be right back with more jim gaffigan. Dont go anywhere. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. 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Its softer than ever. New charmin ultra soft new charmin ultra soft is twice as absorbent so you can use less. And its softer than ever. So its harder to resist. Okay, this is getting a little weird we all go, why not enjoy the go with charmin . Were back. Were back with jim gaffigan. Help me out here, do you always have the beard or is this a new thing . If i want my children to not be frightened, yeah. I have the type of face that needs to be covered. Louvre laugh. Stephen not at all. Not in the least. Last year i just had the mustache. But i have the beard. I love my beard. I love it. Because im a pale guy and its just kind of round like a block. Stephen your whole family, you have a lovely family these are your five children right there. Look at how all of them all of them blond, all of them what are your what are your sunscreen costs in your family. Theres a lot. Thats how woe store them, too. Thats how we store our children. Stephen now, i understand did you just tour in japan . We were in japan. I not just for standup. I was there modeling. I was mod length. laughter see, i wish that wasnt funny, you know . I would much prefer people say, really . Modeling in . But people saying, you modeling . Never. I was in japan. And ill tell you something, the japanese theyre just better at being human. Lets just be serious. Stephen oh, really . I mean, design you know, theyre polite. I mean, the entire time i was there i felt overweight probably because i am overweight. But like theyre generally the japanese are thin. There are overweight people in japan, but not like in america. Were better, right. Because if you get really fat in japan, they make you sumo wrestle. laughter they make their fat people fight each other. laughter to entertain the thin people laughter applause and the fat people in japan go along with it stephen its an honor. Its a real honor. They wear that little dieper and the hair theyre like, why are we doing this . Its prestigious. Now you try to push that other pudgy guy out of that circle while we try not to giggle. Stephen does your does your comedy translate to the japanese . Im very you know, im very americana, but there is stephen how do you say hot pocket in japanese is the question . Dump ling . I dont know. laughter it was amazing in japan. And i im such a huge fan. And not just i look japanese. And theyre so polite. And my children you saw them thats them behaving well, in a pile at the airport. Stephen oh, okay. My kids are horribly behaved, and every now and then we would catch a japanese person looking at our kids. And then they would look at me. And i would always say the same thing, were canadian. You know . Stephen thank you, thank you. Of course, were not canadian. Stephen sure, yeah. But thats what americans do when they travel internationally, they tell people theyre canadian which i think is cowardly. Thats request i tell people im north korean, you know. laughter i get the respect i deserve. Stephen youve got a lovely wife. You have the lovely kids. Fathers day is coming up. Do you have big expectations for fathers day . Not really. I mean, you know, because kids they dont have any money, right . laughter they have november money because and theyll make stuff for you, and then youre just like, great laughter i mean, obviously, im joking. But its its all garbage. laughter you know . applause you look at it and youre like, how long do we have to. I meantime amount of lying, right. Like they give you a card, and youre like, this is great. Can i have this . You dont want it. You know. But you hold on to it. And then you just stuff it in the garbage. Thats horrible i dont do it in front of them i wait till theyre in their room and i bring in a garbage can and i throw it in there. No, i dont do that. Stephen youre your wife is also your writing partner. Yes. Stephen you guys create your shows together. I understand she is recovering now from a serious she had a