>> Stephen: HE, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW"" LIVE.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR, COMEDIAN, AND AUTHOR WHO'S BEEN
MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
PLEASE WELCOME PAUL REISER!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> WOW!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> WHAT EXCITEMENT.
>> Stephen: NOW, WE HAD SOME EXCITEMENT BACKSTAGE.
BOTH YOU AND HUGH LAURIE, I UNDERSTAND, WERE WATCHING THE
DEBATE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IN MY WRITERS' ROOM.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHILE PEOPLE WERE CAIRCHGING ON THE SHOW.W,
>> THEY WERE MUCH FUNNIER THAN WE WERE.
Q. NO, YOU'RE VERY FUNNY PEOPLE.
TO THE DEBATE YOURSELF?
DID YOU HAVE ANY REACTION?
>> IT'S INTERESTING.
EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT HOW QISIVE AND EVERYBODY IS DIVIDE.
I SEE IT DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY IS
UNITED AND EVERYBODY IS THINKING THE SAME THING WHICH IS, "CAN
THIS BE OVER!
PLEASE!
WE'D LIKE IT TO BE OVER."
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE, THAT'S TRUE.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> BECAUSE IT'S NEVER ENDING AND IT'S EXHAUSTING-- IT'S NOT
UNLIKE PARENTING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS ABOUT PARENTING.
>> IT'S EXHAUST, IT'S NEVER ENDING.
BUT I FEEL LIKE IN THIS CASE WE'RE RAISING TWO AND VERY
DIFFERENT TROUBLED CHILDREN, EACH WITH THEIR OWN PROBLEMS.
AND YOU GOTTA-- YOU'D LIKE THEM TO GET ALONG BUT THAT'S NOT THE
CASE SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE
THEM IN THE A ROOM TOGETHER, SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT.
HERE'S THE THING-- IF YOU ASK THEM WHAT HAPPENED, THEY'RE LIKE
LITTLE ADOLESCENTS.
SHE STARTED IT.
I'M NOT YOUR PUPPET.
EVERYBODY IS BLAMING.
AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, YOU'RE THINKING WHAT HAVE WE
DONE WRONG?
YOU BLAME YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: IS IT OUR FAULT THAT THESE ARE THE TWO
CANDIDATES?
>> REALLY, THE GOOD SIDE IS WE MUST LOVE OUR COUNTRY SO MUCH TO
GO THROUGH THIS.
THAT'S HOW MUCH WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY, I'VE DECIDED.
>> Stephen: INSTEAD OF JUST TOSSING IN THE TOWEL AND GOING
BACK TO ENGLAND.
>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
I'M LIKE, NO, I'M GOING TO STICK IT OUT.
>> Stephen: AS SOMEBODY WHO, YOU HAVE KID YOUR OWN.
YOU HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT PARENTING.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT--
>> I TRY NOT TO.
, A VOID THEM.
THAT'S WHEN THEY COME AT ME.
AND I GO, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT HERE?" >> Stephen: I HAVE A FRIEND
WITH A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD AND WHEN THE KID WALKS INTO THE ROOM HE
HITS THE MUTE IF IT'S ABOUT TRUMP AND HIS BUS-RIDE TALK, BUT
THE CLOSED CAPTIONING CAME UP AND THE KID CAME IN ANDRY READ--
HE THOUGHT HE HAD SAVED AND HE SAID DADDY, WHAT'S A.
>> HE'S READING AND THAT'S PROMISING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.
>> YOU GET SOMETHING POSITIVE OUT OF IT.
>> Stephen: AS EXHAUSTING AS THIS CAMPAIGN IS EYE HAVE KIDS,
YOU HAVE KIDS-- THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXHAUSTING THAN BEING A
PARENT, RIGHT?
>> IT IS THE MOST REWARDING AND THE MOST EXHAUSTING.
IT IS-- BUT CHILD FATIGUE IS DIFFERENT THAN ELECTION FATIGUE.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN-- IT'S A DEEPER FATIGUE.
IT'S TO THE BONE.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I-- HERE'S THE ANALOGY I
HAVE.
YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOUR PHONE RUNS OUT OF BATTERY AND IS IT
WILL SAY 0%, BUT SOMETIMES THE BATTERY IS SO DEAD TCAN'T EVEN
TELL YOU THAT.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL ALL THE TIME.
( LAUGHTER ) I FEEL I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A
LITTLE NAP JUST TO GET THE STRENGTH TO DISWIEB HOW TIRED
THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING ME.
>> Stephen: I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS THREE-- HAS THREE KIDS,
AND WHEN HER THIRD CHILD WAS BORNG I SAID TO HER,"ARE YOU GET
ANYTHING SLEEP?" AND HE SAID, "SLEEP?
OH!
I DWREEM OF SLEEP."
>> YEAH, THAT'S GONE.
YEAH.
YOU HAVE THREE KID, AND YOU HAVE AN ACTUAL JOB.
SEE, I DON'T HAVE THAT.
YOU'RE HERE EVERY DAY.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A JOB.
>> NOT THAT YOU'D NOTICE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE "RED OAKS:
>> YES, THAT'S THE SEAM AS YOU, REALLY.
>> Stephen: AND YOU'RE BACK TO STAND-UP.
>> I AM DOING STAND-UP AGAIN, AND I FEEL LIKE GEORGE CARLIN
WHO USED TO SAY, "I WORK FOR Y FREE, BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY ME TO
GO THROUGH THE AIRPORT."
THAT'S THE HARD PART, THEE TRAVEL-- YEAH, I'M HAVING A
GREAT TIME DOING STAND-UP?
>> Stephen: AS-- DOING THE-- IN THIS TELEVISION SHOW CALLED
"RED OAKS" IT TAKES PLACE AT A COUNTRY CLUB.
AND YOU'RE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY CLUB.
>> I'M THE BIG CHEESE.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A JERK IN THIS.
>> OH, THE CHARACTER.
WHEW!
>> Stephen: THE CHARACTER IS KIND OF A JERK--
>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY LOVES YOU FROM "MAD ABOUT YOU."
YOU'RE GENERALLY LIKE A NICE GUY.
IS IT NICE?
DO YOU ENJOY PLAYING THE JERK.
THE ONLY JERK I HAVE SEEN YOU PLAY IS IN "ALIENS.
>> YOU SAY JERK.
AND I SAY MISANDERSON.
>> Stephen: AND DEVOURED BY THE ALIEN IN THE THEATER AND WE
ALL CHEERED.
>> IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, WORKPLACE ACCIDENTS.
I HAD TO OTHER STAT CALENDAR OVER.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TO ME?
WHAT IS THIS?
>> I DIDN'T SEE WHAT IT IS.
>> Stephen: IT SAYS-- IT'S ALL IN CHINESE, AND IT SAYS, "MAD
ABOUT YOU," UP THERE.
>> THEY THOUGHT I WOULDN'T KNOW.
BUT I COULD TELL IT SAID "MAD ABOUT YOU."
"MAD ABOUT YOU" HAS BEEN BOUGHT AND RECREATED IN CHINA.
SKI UNDERSTAND THEY'RE MARRIED-- ACTUALLY, THE ACTORS ARE
ACTUALLY MARRIED.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THEM.
AND IF I HEARD THEM I WOULDN'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP ACTUALLY.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW FUNNY WE ARE IN CHINA.
>> Stephen: USE INTRODUCED YOUR EPISODE WITH "HELEN HUNT."
THEY SAY "MAD ABOUT YOU," BUT IT MEANS "WEDDING APARTMENT."
HERE'S THE LATEST EPISODE.
>> LET'S SEE IF IT'S FUNNY.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
THAT PLAYS ANYWHERE?
THAT'S GOING TO PLAY ANYWHERE.
THROW THE FLOUR ON THE HEAD.
>> Stephen: FLOUR GROUND FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
>> A BUDDY OF MINE WHO WORKED ON "MAD ABOUT YOU" WENT OVER THERE
AND SUPERVISED TO THE EXTENT THEY WOULD LET HIM SUPERVISE.
THEY TOOK OUR SCRIPTS, TRANSLATED THEM INTO CHINESE TO
SEE IF THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT, THEY WOULD TRANSLATE
IT BACK INTO ENGLISH.
YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD COME BACK THE SAME.
BUT SOMEHOW-- IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU CHANGE MONEY, YOU GET SCREWED ON
BOTH ENDS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
HOW DID I GET LESMONEY?
APPARENTLY, COMEDY GETS SUCKED OUT BOTH WAYS.
BUT I WISH THEM LUCK.OU IT'S APPARENTLY A VERY BIG HIT.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ONE OF THE CREATORS OF "MAD ABOUT YOU."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU GETTING YOUR BEAK WET ON THIS?
>> I HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING SO FAR.
60 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH IT A WEEK WHICH IS A ONE SHARE OVER
THERE.
IT'S A VERY BIG COUNTRY.
IT'S DOING VERY WELL BUT I-- I'M WAITING.
I'M WAITING FOR SOME SORT -- >> MAYBE YOU COULD DO A WALK-ON.
>> THAT WOULD BE FUN WITH THE POWDER.
>> Stephen: WITH THE POWDER.
JUST LEARN SOME MANDARIN.
>> HOW HARD COULD THAT BE.
>> Stephen: THE I THINK HARDEST THING ON THE PLANET.
>> IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD.en THE SECOND SEASON OF "RED OAKS"
COMES OUT ON AMAZON NOVEMBER 11.
PAUL REISER, EVERYBODY!LD THANKS CRCH, PAUL THANKS FOR