>> James: GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE
"LATE, LATE SHOW."
THANKS FOR STAYING UP FOR US.
WE DO APPRECIATE IT, TRULY.
LET'S MEET OUR GUESTS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.
HE'S A MULTIPLE EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR, BEST
SELLING AUTHOR, WE ADORE HIM HERE ON THIS SHOW, THE
LEGENDARY, THE BEAUTIFUL, JOHN LITHGOW IS HERE TONIGHT.
THERE HE IS.
HOW ARE YOU, JOHN?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M WRITING A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU, FOR WHEN I
COME ON.
>> James: OH, FOR ME?
>> YES, JUST FOR YOU.
>> James: STOP, NOTHING COULD MAKE ME FOR EXCITED.
>> WELL, ME TOO.
>> James: BLESS YOU, YOU BETTER GET ON.
JOHN LITHGOW, EVERYBODY.
AND HE IS THE STAR OF JUNGLE CRUISE, A BRILLIANT ACTOR,
COMEDIAN, WRITER, MY DEAR FRIEND, YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS,
HE'S BRAVE, THAT IS THE TRUTH OF IT, BRAVE.
HE'S BRAVE.
A BRAVE PERSON, YOU SEE THE WAY-- JUST MET HAD T HEAD ON,
THAT IS A BIG DOG.
>> James: I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, WHERE YOU ARE FROM, VAXXED,
UNVAXXED, MASK-WEARING, NOT MASK-WEARING, REPUBLICAN,
DEMOCRAT, THERE IS NOT A SOUL ON EARTH WOULD LOOK AT THAT DOG AND
GO THAT IS A REGULAR SIZED DOG.
(LAUGHTER) >> DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON
HOW IT'S RED,.
>> James: IN MANY RESPECTS THE REDNESS, I FEEL, IS LOST IN THE
PIECE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF IT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> AND THIS IS LIKE A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER HE JUST GOT OFF A
JUNGLE CRUISE TOO, SO IT IS NOT LIKE IT'S BEEN SMOOTH SAILING.
>> James: IT'S BEEN THE OPPOSITE OF SMOOTH SAILING.
I MEAN HE MOWINGALLY-- EMOTIONALLY AS A
PERFORMER, HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE RINGER.
HE HAS.
AND I DON'T-- LOOK AT THAT AND SEE ANYTHING OTHER THAN BRAVERY.
YOU KNOW THE MOST BRAVE THING HE'S DONE?
COME HERE TODAY.
IT BECAUSE JACK WHITEHALL IS HERE TONIGHT.
THERE HE IS.
HOW ARE YOU, JACK?
>> I'M GOOD, I'M NERVOUS.
>> James: YOU'RE NERVOUS?
WHY?
>> BECAUSE YOU KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT ME AND WHENEVER I COME ON
THIS SHOW I ALWAYS TELL APPALLING STORIES AND NOW I'M A
FAMILY ENTERTAINER AND I NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
>> James: LOOK, WE WILL.
DON'T YOU WORRY.
LIKE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DOG.
> YES.
AND YOU THINK THE RED IS SUPERFLUOUS IN THE TITLE.
>> James: THE RED IS JUST A BYPRODUCT OF, YEAH, IT IS A RED
DOG BUT IT IS THE SIZE OF IT.
>> I DON'T SEE SIZE, I SEE COLOR.
>> James: WOW.
>> SEE, YOU'VE DONE IT ALREADY AND I HAVEN'T EVEN COME OUT.
DON'T EDIT THAT OUT OF CONTEXT.
>> James: JACK WHITEHALL, EVERYBODY.
LOVE HIM.
AND LATER IN THE SHOW WE'VE GOT A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE FROM KING
CALLAWAY.
A LOT OF FRIENDS ON THE SHOW TODAY.
JACK WHITEHALL AND I, VERY CLOSE FRIENDS, REGGIE YOU AND JOHN
LITHGOW USED TO RENT A STUDIO APARTMENT BACK IN THE DAY,
RIGHT?
>> IN CHELSEA, IT IT IT WAS INTERESTING, HARDLY EVERY DAY.
>> James: IS HE RARELY THERE.
YOU WERE PARTING SHIPS.
>> YEAH, ONCE IN A WHILE, THEY'RE LIKE GOOD-BYE, REGGIE.
>> James: YEAH.
ALWAYS-- ALWAYS A BIT OF TENSION WHEN JOHN LITHGOW IS ON THE
SHOW.
AND YOU ALSO WRITE A LOT OF POLITICAL POETRY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF DO WORK IN DIFFERENT MEDIUMS, HIS ALL
RHYME, I'M MORE OF A FREE VERSE SORT OF TRUMP POETRY GUY.
>> James: I WAS GOING FOR THE SLAM POETRY.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH AND IT'S LIKE TRUMP IN THE OVAL OF-FIC,
OF-IS DISGUSTING ME.
45, 45, I'M BREAKING OUT IN HIVES.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ALIVE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S THE PREDSI-PUT A DENT IN OUR
REPUTATION.
(APPLAUSE).
>> James: I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A BUTTON-- .
>> FINGERS.
>> James: YEAH, FINGERS.
>> JAZZ MAN.
>> James: WHY DON'T WE DO THIS, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS
THE GUEST, THEY DO THAT BIT WE JUST DID THEY'RE NOT WATCHING
THIS, RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
WHEN I INTRODUCE JOHN-- KSH WHEN I INTRODUCE JOHN LITHGOW AND
JACK WHITEHALL WHEN THEY COME OUT LATER IN THE SHOW TO SIT ON
THE COUCH, LET'S ALL JUST DO THIS.
OKAY?
AND WE WILL NEVER MENTION IT.
OKAY?
AND IF JACKK AND I IMAGINE IT WLL BE JACK SAYS SOMETHING, WE
WILL ALL JUST LOOK AT HIM AND EVERYBODY JUST BURST INTO WHAT?
THAT DOG HAS GOT IN YOUR BRAIN, MAN.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO.
SO HE'S GOT A NEW BECOME OUT AND ES AT STORE OF AUDIBLE PODCAST,
PLEASE WELCOME JOHN LITHGOW.
THAT'S IT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'LL DO, BUT THIS NEEDS TO COME
DOWN, THIS NEEDS TO COME DOWN SO WE CAN GET THE FULL, IN FACT
MAYBE SOME NEW MUSIC.
>> LOW LOWER, QUIETER LIKE A.
>> WE NEED-- ON THAT.
>> IT CAN'T GO TOO FAR BECAUSE IT THEN IT SOUNDS LEAK A SETUP.
>> James: YOU'RE REALLY SEEING HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE HERE I,
GUYS.
>> Reggie: MAYBE NO MUSIC.
I LIKE THAT.
>> NO MUSIC AT ALL.
>> BECAUSE THEN ALL IT IS IS SNAPPING.
>> James: LET'S SEE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.
HE'S IN A MOVE QULEE WITH A [BLEEP] BIG DOG-- HE'S IN A
MOVIE ON PARAMOUNT PLUS WITH A [BLEEP] BIG DAWK, IT'S RIRT BUT
PERTINENT TO THE SIZE, RED, PLEASE WHEL COME JACK WHITE
HALL.
>> THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE MOVIE, OKAYMENT AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO MENTION IT
I DON'T WANT ANYONE UPSTAIRS TO MENTION IT, I DON'T WANT-- SHALL
KSH GOING IN THERE OH, THE SNAPPING THING.
HE GOES IN WITH A CLIP BOARD LIKE
>> James: LET'S MEET OUR GUESTS TONIGHT, HE IS THE STAR
OF THE AUDIBLE AUDIO DRAMA THE GUILTY, PLEASE WELCOME JOHN
LITHGOW.
(SNAPPING).
>> JAMES.
>> James: AND HE STARS IN CLIFFORD, THE BIG RED DOG, HE'S
JACK WHITEHALL.
(SNAPPING) WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
(LAUGHTER) >> THAT WAS KIND OF HAUNTING.
>> I KNOW.
>> James: PEOPLE WILL TUNE IN AND BE LIKE IS THIS A NEW COVID
THING?
>> IT IS A BIZARRO TALK SHOW.
>> James: I DONE KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, WHAT DO YOU
MEAN?
WELL, THAT WAS FUN, GANG, WELL DONE.
GUYS, GIVE YOURSELF A SNAP.