>> PLEASE WELCOME JAMES FRANCO.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Jon: >> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU
AGAIN.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU, BROTHER.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE NOT SAT DOWN TO TALK.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: SINCE YOU WERE ONE OF MY SINGING GUESTS ON THE LAST
EPISODE OF THE COLBERT REPORT TWO YEARS AGO NOW.
WHAT IS TODAY'S DAY, TWO YEARS AGO NEXT WEEK.
>> WAS THAT?
>> Stephen: YEAH.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THIS NEW MOVIE, WHY HIM?
I HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU BEING IN THE MOVIE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THAT?
>> I GUESS WE OWE YOU.
YOU HAD EVERYBODY ON THAT LAST EPISODE FROM GEORGE LUCAS TO
KISSINGER TO BIG BIRD AND MICHAEL STIPE WAS THERE.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> AND BRIE AN CRANSTON SO WE WERE ALL WAITING BACKSTAGE.
I IN LINE WITH WILLIE NELSON AND CHARLIE ROSE AND EVERYBODY.
AND BRYAN CRANSTON CAME UP AND SAID HEY, I HEARD YOU GOT THE
SCRIPT FOR THIS MOVIE WHY HIM.
AND I WAS-- I HAD BEEN THINK BEING IT I THINK HE THOUGHT I
WAS ALREADY INVOLVED BUT I HAD BEEN SORT OF THINK BEING IT AND
THEN WHEN HE SAID HE WAS INTERESTED, I WAS LIKE OH, I'M
DOING IT.
LIKE IF YOU ARE DOING IT, I'M DOING IT.
>> Stephen: SO WHERE IS MY CUT, MAN, WHERE IS MY CUT, DADDY
WANTS TO GET HIS BEEK WET.
SHOW BUSINESS, NOT SHOW FRIENDSHIP, YOU KNOW THAT,
RIGHT.
>> IF THIS PROMOTES THE MOVIE WELL ENOUGH, THEN I WILL-- .
>> Stephen: WELL GOOD, LET ME KNOW, LET ME KNOW, A LITTLE
SOMETHING IN MY STOCKING THIS YEAR.
>> GOT IT.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE ONE OF THE BUSIEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET.
I WAS GOING TO SAY SHOW BUSINESS BUT THAT I HAVE EVER MET.
OUR PRODUCERS DID A LITTLE WORK, DID A LITTLE WORK.
YOU HAVE DONE, WE'VE GOT LIKE 60 PROJECTS THIS YEAR, AMONG OTHER
THINGS WROTE, PRODUCED ACTED IN THE TV MOVIE MOTHER MAY I SLEEP
WITH DARYNG.
PRODUCED AND ACTED IN KING KOAB RA, A TRUE CRIME GAY PORN DRAMA
WHICH PREMIERED IN 2016 TRI BECCA FILM FESTIVAL, ANNOUNCED
YOU WILL BE TEACHING A HIGH SCHOOL FILM WORKSHOP IN THE PALO
ALTO AREA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE YOU GREW UP.
YOUR BAND DADDY RELEASED AN ALBUM AND FILM INSPIRED BY THE
SMITHS PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN PAINTING HUMMINGBIRDS.
OKAY.
SO WHY DO YOU NOT WANT A FREE MOMENT?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THE DEMONS COME?
WHAT IS IT, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A MOMENT TO BREATHE, JAMES FRANCO?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM.
>> Stephen: DO YOU REALLY?
>> I THINK SO, YEAH.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU KIDDING ON THE SQUARE HERE?
>> WHAT?
WHAT IS THAT.
>> Stephen: KIDDING ON THE SWEAR, IT MIGHT BE-- KIDDING ON
THE SQUARE MEANS I'M JOKING BUT I REALLY MEAN IT.
I'M KIDDING ON THE SQUARE.
>> NO, I'M TRYING TO SLOW DOWN.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO DO YOU TO SLOW DOWN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: WARM MIMK.
>> IT'S SCARY.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU DO.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
WHEN YOU TELL ME 60 PROJECTS.
>> Stephen: 60 PROJECT THIS YEAR.
>> THAT'S INSANE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS NOT TALLLY A TV SHOW, THIS IS AN
INTERVENTION, JAMES FRANCO.
WE ALL LOVE YOU, PLEASE LOCK THE DOOR, ARE YOU NOT LEAVING UNTIL
YOU DROP ONE OF THESE PROJECTS COMING UP.
YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR THE HOLIDAYS, RIGHT, YOU ARE GOING
TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
>> YEAH, I GO BACK TO MY HOME, SEE MY MOM AND MY TWO BROTHERS,
THERE ARE THREE OF US.
>> Stephen: THE BROTHERS DAVE AND TOMMY, RIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE THE ELDEST BROTHER.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO THEY LOOK UP TO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY AUTHORITY
OF BEING THE ELDEST BROTHER.
>> I THINK I DO, ACTUALLY.
YOU KNOW, MY TOM SAID SOMETHING TO ME ONE TIME.
HE SAID YOU KNOW WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SO
CLOSE.
AND YOU KNOW, WE GOT ALONG SO WELL.
AND THEN YOU WENT OFF TO SCHOOL AND WE WEREN'T AS CLOSE ANY
MORE.
AND I SAID WHAT, WHEN I WENT OFF TO UCLA.
HE SAID NO, WHEN YOU WENT OFF TO KINKEDDER GAFORT
EN-- KINDERGARTEN.
>> Stephen: THAT'S SADNESS ISN'T IT?
>> IT IS VERY SWEET.
BUT MY BROTHERS ARE BOTH IN VERY SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS.
DAVEY, THE YOUNGEST IS ENGAGED.
AND HE IS GOING TO GET MARRIED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
AND TOM IS IN A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP.
BUT I'M NOT.
SO I WILL BE GOING BACK AND THEY'LL BE AT LEAST WITH THEIR,
YOU KNOW, GIRLFRIENDS.
>> Stephen: IS THERE PRESSURE THERE FOR YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THEY LOOK AT YOU HEY, I KNOW HE'S THE OLDEST BUT
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GROW UP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
>> WELL, TOM'S GIRLFRIEND IRIS IS FROM MEXICO AND SHE SAID THAT
THERE IS A SAYING THERE THAT IF YOU YOUNGER BROTHERS OR THE
YOUNGER SIBLINGS GET MARRIED BEFORE THE OLDEST, THAT THE
OLDEST NEVER GETS MARRIED, SO-- .
>> Stephen: WOW, WOW.
>> I KNOW, I GOT LIKE TWO MONTHS.
>> Stephen: WOW, YEAH, MERRY CHRISTMAS, MAN.
THAT IS SORT OF BUB I WILL KAL.
THAT IS SORT OF BUB I WILL KAL, YOU KNOW, IF THE YOUNGER GETS
MARRIED, IT'S LIKE A CURSE FROM GOD.
>> I KNOW.
>> Stephen: MAKE THAT YOUR 61ST PROJECT.
JUST GET.
>> I'M WORKING ON IT.
>> Stephen: OR DROP THE HUMMINGBIRD.
>> I'M PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
>> Stephen: PUTTING IT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AGAIN IF YOU GET MARRIED I GET A CUT NOW BECAUSE
I HAVE HELPED PROMOTE THAT ON MY SHOW.
>> I'M GOING TO PAY YOU FOR THERAPY TOO DON'T WORRY.
>> Stephen: THE MOVIE IS CALLED WHY HIM?
IT IS ABOUT LIKE THIS TECH BILLIONAIRE WHO TRIES-- HE
MARRIES INTO THIS FAMILY AND THE MOM AND DAD HAVE TO DEAL WITH
THIS DAUGHTER HAVING A LOOSE CANON FOR A SON IN LAW.
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE FOR YOU AS A DAD,
LIKE HAVING TO LET YOUR CHILD GO OR IS IT THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T
HAVE A RELATIONSHIP PUSHES IT SO FAR DOWN THE LINE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN,.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE SYMPATHY FOR PARENTS WHEN JAMES
FRANCO TURNS UP.
>> I WILL TURN ON YOU IN A SECRETARY.
HAVE I HAD BOTH SITUATIONS.
I HAVE HAD RELATIONSHIPS WHERE I DID NOT GET ALONG WITH THE
MOTHER AND THE MOTHER WAS VERY CLOSE WITH MY GIRLFRIEND.
SO LIKE IT WAS KIND OF RUINED THE RELATIONSHIP.
BECAUSE SHE WOULD ALWAYS WANT TO BE WITH THE MOTHER AND I JUST
WOULDN'T.
BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE HAD THE OPPOSITE WHERE I FELL IN LOVE
WITH THE PARENTS AND I WOULD JUST TEASE HER AND SAY LIKE THE
BEST THING ABOUT YOU IS YOUR PARENTS.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SITUATION WHERE THE MOTHER
FALLS IN LOVE WITH YOU?
WE'LL EDIT IT OUT, JAMES FRANCO.
>> THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOME ON SET MOTHERS, YEAH.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SHOWED UP WITH YOUR DUGHTER?
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SHOWED UP WITH.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF I SHOWED UP WITH YOUR SON.
>> Stephen: I WOULD WISH EITHER ONE OF THEM THE BEST OF
LUCK TO TIE YOU DOWN.
I WOULD-- I WOULD-- I WOULD JUST SAY LOOK, HE'S AN ACTOR AND
THEY'RE UNSTABLE PEOPLE.
YOU ARE A HE AT CHRISTMAS AND THE DAUGHTER WALKS IN.
>> Stephen: WITH JAMES FRONGO-- FRANCO.
>> NO, DONALD TRUMP, JR. >> Stephen: I WILL SAY--
(APPLAUSE) I WOULD SAY YOU KNOW HE'S
MARRIED, RIGHT?
MEGAN MULLALY WAS ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT AND SHE SAID SHE SAW
A FAIR AM OF YOUR BUTT CRACK IN THIS MOVIE S THAT TRUE?
>> I GUESS.
I MEAN IT WASN'T PLANNED.
>> Stephen: JUST HAPPENED.
>> NO, WELL-- .
>> Stephen: JUST HAPPENED.
>> IT DID, THE CHARACTER, THE WARDROBE GUY HAD ONE JOB, RIGHT,
MY CHARACTER DOESN'T WEAR UNDERWEAR THRARKS IS PART OF THE
THING.
>> Stephen: SHE SAID SHE SAW A FAIR AMOUNT OF YOUR PUBIC HAIR
AS WELL.
AND I SAID IT COULDN'T BE REAL, THAT YOU SEEM LIKE A GUY THAT
WAXES.
>> IF SHE SAW PUBIC HAIR, SHE WAS REALLY LOOKING.
>> Stephen: REALLY LUCKY.
>> LOOKINGMENT I THINK THAT SAYS SOMETHING MORE ABOUT-- .
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU SAID REALLY LUCKY.
>> AND LUCKY.
>> Stephen: LUCKY YOU.
>> AND LUCKY.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH, IN CORN ROWS.
>> MY CHARACTER DOESN'T WEAR-- .
>> Stephen: MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> UNDERWEAR AND SO MY PANTS JUST KEPT SAGGING.
>> Stephen: WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.
>> MY WARDROBE GUY HAD ONE JOB, KEEP THEM UP.
>> Stephen: DOUBLE STICK TAPE, MY MAN, DOUBLE STICK TAPE.
HEY, ARE YOU STILL-- ARE YOU COMFORTABLE IN THE BUFF, BY THE
WAY, SPEAKING OF NO UNDERWEAR?
>> I DON'T-- I HAVE DONE IT.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I GOT OVER MY HINE I BIGS.
>> I-- INHIBITIONS, I WAS DOING A BUNCH OF ART PROJECTS.
I DID DID ONE WITH MY FAVORITE ARTIST THIS SORT OF VIDEO,
SCULPTOR, PERFORMANCE ARTIST NAMED PAUL McCARTHY.
AND HE OFTEN, HE IS OLDER, HE IS LIKE 60, 70.
AND HE DOES THESE VERY DIRTY KIND OF SEXUAL TAKES ON DISNEY
CHARACTERS LIKE SNOW WHITE BUT THEN SNOW WHITE LIKE-- .
>> Stephen: SO HE HAS A VERY GOOD LAWYER.
>> I GUESS.
YEAH.
I THINK HE'S LIKE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE SUSPECT LIST WHEN HE
FLIES, LIKE-- CUZ HE DID SOME SCRUPT TURES ABOUT GEORGE BUSH
OR SOMETHING.
AND SO WE WERE DOING A TAKE ON THE JAMES DEAN FILM REBEL
WITHOUT A CAUSE.
AND HE WAS PLAYING THE FATHER AND I WAS PLAYING JAMES DEAN AND
THERE IS A SCENE IN THE ORIGINAL WHERE THE FATHER HAS SPILLED
SOME TEA ON THE GROUND, IS HE PICKING IT UP AND JAMES DEAN
SAYS LIKE, GET UP, CUZ HE THINKS HIS FATHER HAS BEEN HE MASS YOU
CAN LATED BY THE MOTHER.
WELL, IN THIS VERSION, YOU KNOW, PAUL HAD KIND OF CHANGED IT AND
SO I GO-- HE BUILT THE WHOLE SET.
I GO UP THE STAIRS.
>> Stephen: THIS IS LIKET3 PHOTOGRAPHY, WHAT IS IT YOU ARE
DOING.
>> IT'S VIDEO.
SO HIS SON, HIS ADULT SON IS VIDEOING AND HE'S RIGHT THERE.
I GET TO THE TOP OF THE STAIRS AND THERE HE IS BENT OVER
PICKING STUFF UP AND IT'S NOT TEA ANY MORE, IT'S KENTUCKY
FRIED CHICKEN.
AND HIS PANTS ARE DOWN AT HIS ANKLES.
HIS ASS.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN SAY THAT.
>> IS OUT.
AND THEN I'M SUPPOSED TO NOW IN THE NEW VERSION I'M SUPPOSED TO
GET ON HIS BACK AND LIKE RIDE HIM AND SAY LIKE RIDE THE PIG,
RIDE THE PIG.
AND THE FATHER IS THE FIGURE, RIDE THE PIG.
AND HIT HIS ASS WITH A CHICKEN WING, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: RIGHT?
DON'T SAY RIGHT LIKE THAT'S NATURAL.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT A-- THAT'S NOT A REMAINING OF
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.
THAT IS A WHOLE NEW FILM.
>> IS IT.
>> Stephen: AND SOME GREAT VIRAL MARKETING FOR THE COLONEL.
>> AND EVENTUALLY JAMES DEAN TRIED TO STRANGE EL HIS FATHER
AND WE GOT INTO ALL OF THAT AND I WAS WRESTLING WITH THIS 65
YEAR OLD MAN WITH HIS PANTS DOWN AND ALL THAT.
AND AFTER THAT, I JUST DIDN'T REALLY CARE.
>> Stephen: WELL, I WILL SEE YOU AT CHRISTMAS DINNER.
WE'RE SERVING CHICKEN.
>> GREAT.
>> Stephen: JAMES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PROJECTS, KEEP UP THE ART.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR STAYING INTEREST.
WHY HIM?
IN THEATERS SEPTEMBER 23rd.
JAMES FRANCO, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MICHAEL STIPE.