>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: I HAVE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
>> WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK YOU'RE A BUSY MAN IS THE PROBLEM.
WELCOME BACK TO THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER.
I KNOW YOU CAME HERE MANY TIMES WITH DAVE.
ALSO, THIS THEATER MEANT SOMETHING TO YOU AS A CHILD
BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU WATCHED THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: I REMEMBER IT FROM WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
ARE THERE ANY PERFORMANCES THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO YOU?
>> THE BEATLES.
>> Stephen: THE BEATLES.
YEAH, WHEN THE BEATLES CAME, THAT WAS THE BIGGEST.
>> Stephen: WOW.
I ACTUALLY DIDN'T LIKE THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW BECAUSE I KNEW I
WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BED AFTERWARDS.
YOU KNOW THAT FEELING, ED SULLIVAN, BONANZA.
>> Stephen: THE HOME WORK DONE, YOU HAVE TO GO TO BED.
YOU KNOW THE GIRLS THAT SCREAM?
THEY SAT BACK THERE.
>> FOR THE BEATLES?
>> Stephen: AND FOR YOU, SAME THING.
I THINK OF YOU AS A ONE-MAN BEATLE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: MORE IMPORTANTLY.
THAT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH JUST BEING THE ONE-MAN BEATLE.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU NOT ONLY MET NELSON MANDELA BUT
YOU HOSTED HIM IN YOUR HOME.
>> HE CAME TO THE HOUSE.
>> Stephen: WHEN AND WHY WAS THAT?
>> IT WAS SO AMAZING.
HE -- HE WAS QUITE A CHARMER.
WE WENT TO SOUTH AFRICA, MY WIFE AND I.
I HAD BREAKFAST WITH ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU AND LUNCH WITH
NELSON MANDELA.
SO HE MEETS ME AND MY WIFE AND HE IMMEDIATELY SAYS TO HER, OH!
I SEE WHY HE'S THE SUCCESS THAT HE IS BECAUSE OF YOU!
EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT HER.
AND SHE'S JUST LIKE -- AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, I DID A FEW THINGS,
NELSON, BUT -- YOU KNOW -- ( LAUGHTER )
NO.
YOU CAN IMAGINE.
>> Stephen: HE WAS WORKING THAT NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.
>> EXACTLY!
SO I FORGOT HOW IT HAPPENED, BUT HE WAS COMING TO AMERICA AND HE
WAS COMING TO CALIFORNIA, AND HE CAME TO OUR HOUSE.
>> Stephen: SO DID YOU MAKE DINNER FOR HIM?
>> I DIDN'T, NO.
I WOULD HAVE.
>> Stephen: SURE.
BUT HE WAS LIKE A GRANDFATHER THAT CAME BY, AND WE HAD SOME OF
THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT CAME BY THE HOUSE,
AND IT WAS A GREAT SHOT OF EVERYBODY JUST LEANING IN,
LISTENING TO HIM, TELLING STORIES.
>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?
>> I THINK IT'S 2001-ISH.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE ALSO HOSTED OPRAH AT YOUR HOUSE.
>> SHE WAS THERE THAT DAY.
>> Stephen: OH, WOW.
IT'S RARE OPRAH'S NOT THE BIGGEST PERSON IN THE ROOM.
>> YEAH, IT WAS LIKE THAT.
YOU HAD PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: SIT DOWN, OPRAH, HE'S TALKING.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WOW.
WHAT'S IT TAKE FOR STEPHEN COLBERT TO GET AN INVITATION FOR
DINNER AT DENZEL WASHINGTON'S?
>> FIRST, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THE ONE IN CHARGE, MY WIFE.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR WIFE'S NAME?
>> PAULETTEA.
>> Stephen: PAULETTEA, I HAVE EXCELLENT MANNERS.
I KNOW WHICH FORK TO USE, I PROMISE I WILL CLEAN UP AFTER
MYSELF.
>> SHE MADE FRIED CHICKEN FOR MICHAEL JACKSON.
HE CAME OVER.
HE COULD EAT.
>> Stephen: HE DANCED IT OFF.
( LAUGHTER ) >> HE DANCED IT OFF.
HE DID WELL.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU ARE A TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'RE TALKING -- WE'RE IN MERYL
STREEP TERRITORY HERE.
>> SHE'S GOT, LIKE, 75 NOMINATIONS AND --
>> Stephen: NO, I THINK IT'S ONLY TWO.
YOU HAVE BEEN CALLED THE BLACK S
STREEP.
>> HAVE I?
IS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
YEAH.
OR SHE'S THE WHITE DENZEL.
>> THE WHITE WASHINGTON.
>> Stephen: THE WHITE WASHINGTON.
>> I DON'T MIND BEING THE BLACK STREEP.
>> Stephen: THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, THERE HAVE BEEN A BIG
YEAR FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN HOSPITAL -- ACTING, DIRECTING,
STARRING, GET OUT, "BLACK PANTHER."
I UNDERSTAND FROM CHAD BOSEMAN HIMSELF THAT YOU ARE IN SOME WAY
RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM BEING BLACK PANTHER.
>> BECAUSE I PAID FOR HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: HOW DID YOU -- OH,
YEAH, BECAUSE I PAID FOR CHAD BOSEMAN TO GO TO SCHOOL?
( LAUGHTER ) I THINK YOU WOULD CALL THAT
BEARING THE LEAD.
( LAUGHTER ) HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?
HOW DID YOU PAY FOR HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL, HOW DID YOU KNOW HIM?
>> I DIDN'T KNOW HIM.
THREE FELICIA RASHARD WAS HELPING KIDS, AND SHE CALLED
DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SHE CALLED ME, AND I SAID, YEAH, I'LL
SPONSOR WHOEVER.
AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU'RE SPONSORING -- OR HE CALLED TO
THANK ME.
THAT'S HOW I FOUND IT WAS HIM.
YOU'RE SPONSORING THIS KID, THE CHAD BOSEMAN GUY.
OKAY, CHAD, I WANT MY MONEY BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) SO I WENT TO THE PREMIERE FOR
"BLACK PANTHER" HERE IN NEW YORK, AND I SAW RYAN COOGLER
AND CHAD AND HE SAID, OH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
PAYING -- I SAID, I LIKE THE MOVIE, "BLACK PANTHER," WAKANDA
FOREVER, BUT WHERE'S MY MONEY?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU HAVEN'T DONE A
SUPERHERO MOVIE YET, RIGHT?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
NOBODY ASKED ME.
>> Stephen: DO WE WANT HIM TO DO IT?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE WANT TO SEE --
>> I'LL BE THE FATHER TO HAVE THE SUPERHERO.
>> Stephen: WE WANT TO SEE YOU IN TIGHTS, MAN.
>> NO!
>> Stephen: NO, COME ON.
NO!
>> Stephen: I SAW THE MIGHTY QUINN.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE TIGHTS ON IN THAT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE LITTLE WHITE SHORTS ON.
DON'T YOU REMEMBER?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: I'LL TELL YOU WHO REMEMBERS.
ONE OF MY PRODUCERS EVERY DAY DOES HUNK OF THE DAY.
>> HUH-OH, HUH-OH -- >> Stephen: AND I SWEAR TO
GOD, THIS WAS A RECENT ONE OF HERS, AND THIS IS A GREAT HONOR.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT OSCARS AND A TONY, BUT YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY
BEEN THE HUNK OF THE DAY IN OUR OFFICE.
THERE YOU ARE.
PUSHING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
PUSH IN A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU CAN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LOOK AT THAT.
BOOM.
LOOK AT THE STASH.
LOOK AT THE PECS.
>> IT'S THE SAME PICTURE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE OTHER HUNKS THAT --
( LAUGHTER ) -- WEREN'T AS GOOD AS ME.
IT'S WHO YOU KNOW.
HUNK ON.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN HONOR JUST TO BE HUNKY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I GUESS DOES THAT MAKE ME
A -- HUNKY?
( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF )
NO!
>> Stephen: NO, IT DOES NOT.
YOU'VE GOT SUCH RANGE, I'M SURE.
>> YOU KNOW, MY SON IS STARRING IN A NEW MOVIE CALLED "BLACK
KLANSMEN," SO MAYBE I'LL STAR IN "BLACK HUNKY."
>> Stephen: I'D WATCH THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) THE NEW MOVIE "THE EQUALIZER 2"
IS TWICE AS EQUAL.
WHAT'S LEFT AFTER THE EQUALIZATION?
>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LEFT AFTER THIS, I GET RID OF
EVERYONE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS THE FIRST SEQUEL YOU'VE EVER DONE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT MOST BETTER BLUES?
MALCOLM 11.
>> MALCOLM 11, OH, NO.
GLORY SOME MO!
MO GLORY!
>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR CHARACTER AND WHAT IS HE DOING?
>> I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T ENJOY IT.
>> Stephen: GREAT!