>> Reggie: THE LATE LATE SHOW
STARTS IN TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, THREE,
TWO, ONE, ZERO!
>> James: GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
WELCOME TO THIS, THE "LATE LATE SHOW."
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
WE HOPE YOU HAD A FANTASTIC DAY.
ON TONIGHT'S SHOW, HE IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, EMMY AWARD
WINNER, TONY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW AND LOVE FROM "THE
POLITICIAN," "DEAR EVAN HANSEN," THE "PITCH PERFECT" MOVIES, AND
SO MUCH MORE.
THE MIGHTY, THE OH-SO TALENTED, MR. BEN PLATT IS ON THE SHOW
TONIGHT!
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HOW ARE YOU, BEN?
>> I'M GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU, BEAUTIFUL?
>> James: I AM VERY, VERY WELL.
I LIKE YOU IN A DOUBLE-BREASTED.
>> OH, THANK YOU!
VERY MUCH.
>> James: I DO!
I DO!
OH, OKAY.
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SEE HOW MANY POSES YOU CAN PULL IN THE NEXT EIGHT SECONDS, GO.
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LOVE BEN PLATT.
NOT ONLY THAT-- GUYS, AND WE'VE GOT A NEW FACE IN KARMEL'S
CORNER.
IAN ISN'T HERE TODAY-- WHAT WAS IT, SISTER'S WEDDING?
SISTER'S WEDDING.
SISTER'S NOT-- WEDDING-- THE WEDDING ISN'T TODAY, THOUGH, IS
IT?
>> Rob: THE WEDDING IS TOMORROW, REHEARSAL IS TODAY, AND HE IS
OFFICIATING.
>> Reggie: OH!
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NOT SURE THAT'S A VALID REASON.
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>> Rob: NO, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE HIM STAY.
>> James: SO THE WEDDING'S TOMORROW.
JUST SAYING.
>> Rob: WELL, HE'S GOT TO PRACTICE.
HE'S A BIG PART OF THE REHEARSAL.
>> James: HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY, THOUGH.
DON'T WANT TO-- DON'T WANT TO BLOW IT ON THE REHEARSAL.
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THAT'S MY-- MY JOB.
>> James: I MEAN, WHO'S THE PERSON BEING, LIKE-- WHO EVER
HAS BEEN AT A WEDDING, LIKE, "I, DAVE, TAKE... OH, DIDN'T
REHEARSE THIS!" (
"OH, GOD, GOD, GOD, OH!
WHICH-- IT'S NOT THAT FINGER, DAVE!
IT'S NEVER--" (
>> Reggie: (
REHEARSE?
THAT, THAT.
THREE OF FIVE END IN DIVORCE, BEST OF LUCK, THAT'S IT.
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ISN'T THAT IT?
BUT LISTEN-- LISTEN.
I CONSIDER THIS TO BE GOOD NEWS.
BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE'S A
STRONG CHANCE YOU DON'T SEE IN KARMEL EVER AGAIN.
BECAUSE STEPPING IN TO IAN KARMEL'S SHOES IS OUR OTHER
HEAD WRITER HERE ON "THE LATE LATE SHOW."
SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE DAY ONE ON THE SHOW.
THE ONE, THE ONLY LAUREN GREENBERG IS STANDING IN!
♪ ♪ ♪ (
>> PLEASE, STOP.
SIT DOWN.
>> James: COME ON, COME ON, LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T THINK IAN HAS EVER RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION
HERE.
IT DOES SHOW YOU, POPULARITY- WISE, HAVING TWO HEAD WRITERS
WHERE THE-- WHERE IT FALLS.
>> I'LL TAKE IT.
>> James: HOW ARE YOU FEELING, LAUREN?
YOU FEEL GOOD?
>> I FEEL GREAT.
>> James: DO YOU?
>> YEAH, THIS IS REALLY FUN.
>> James: OH, GOOD!
THAT'S-- WELL, THAT'S THE MOST UPLIFTING THING I THINK I'VE
HEARD YOU SAY IN SEVEN YEARS.
>> YEAH.
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>> James: YOU HAD A DRINK?
OKAY, GOOD.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA?
THEY'RE ALL WATCHING.
>> I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO SHOUT-OUT OUR FEMALE WRITERS.
I'M REPRESENTING THEM TODAY.
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>> WE HAVE CAYLEE, CC AND MOLLY.
THEY'RE THE FUNNIEST WOMEN I KNOW.
THEY'RE ALL SO BRILLIANT AND I AM HAPPY TO BE ON THEIR TEAM.
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YOU NEED.
YOU'RE ALL SET FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW.
>> YEAH, I'M GREAT.
OKAY, COURSE YOU ARE!
>> YEAH.
>> James: COURSE YOU ARE.
I MEAN, IAN, HE MAKES A BIG SONG AND DANCE ABOUT IT.
>> TRULY, ANYONE CAN DO THIS.
>> James: "OH, I'M ON CAMERA NOW, I'VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW"--
>> LAUREN'S JUST LIKE, OH, YEAH, WHATEVER.
>> James: YEAH, SURE.
>> Reggie: YEAH, IT'S COOL.
>> James: SO NOW I'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE ON EITHER SIDE WHO ARE
LIKE, SURE, WHATEVER.
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WINNIE'S GOT AN UPGRADE.
WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE?
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>> Reggie: UH OH.
>> James: WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE, WINNIE?
HOW'D YOU GET THIS UPGRADE?
SO THERE'S A HIGH CHAIR.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE IT.
IT'S TOO SMALL.
IT'S TOO HIGH.
I DON'T-- NO.
>> James: YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE UP THERE?
>> NO.
>> James: IS IT A SPINNER, THOUGH?
CAN YOU SPIN AROUND?
THERE YOU GO.
>> COMING BACK NOW.
>> James: THERE YOU GO.
ANYTIME-- ANYTIME THERE'S A JOKE THAT YOU DISAPPROVE OF OR
YOU THINK ISN'T FUNNY-- JUST TURN YOUR BACK.
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>> James: OKAY-- WELL, NOT YET!
I HAVEN'T SAID A JOKE YET.
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ANY TIME THERE'S A JOKE THAT YOU THINK "THAT WASN'T FUNNY," SPIN
AROUND.
>> IT'S LIKE A REVERSE "VOICE."
>> James: A REVERSE "VOICE."
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT'S THE REVERSE "VOICE."
YEAH, I DO THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE "VOICE."
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I THINK IT WOULD BE SUCH A BETTER SHOW, IF THEY SAT FACING
THEM, THEY COME OUT, START SINGING-- JUST GO, NOPE.
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IT WHAT BE SO MUCH BETTER.
DON'T YOU THINK.
>> Reggie: I WOULD LOVE THAT.
>> James: AN INFINITELY BETTER SHOW, BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A
LETDOWN WHEN SOMEONE SINGS ALL THE TIME AND NO ONE TURNS
AROUND.
LIKE OH, THAT IS POINTLESS, YOU ARE ALREADY DOING THAT TO PROVE
THAT NOT EVERYONE TURNS AROUND ALL THE TIME, BUT IF SOMEONE
JUST LITERALLY WALKS OUT AND WENT-- DOES HE LOVE ME, NOPE..
>> WHAT IS THE OTHER SHOW THAT IS LIKE THAT.
OH, THE MASKED SINGER.
>> James: THE MASKED SINGER, THE SINGING AVATAR.
, THERE IS I CAN HEAR YOUR VOICE, THERE IS AMERICAN IDOL
AND THERE'S AMERICA'S GOT TALENT.
>> James: BASICALLY THE ITERATION OF SINGING SHOWS HAS
GONE FROM I'M A SINGER, I WILL TELL YOU WHETHER YOU CAN SING OR
NOT, I AM A SINGERK I WILL LISTEN TO WHETHER YOU CAN SING
OR NOT, I AM A SINGER AND I AM GOING TO GUESS WHO YOU ARE
DRESSED AS A SAUSAGE OR SOMETHING.
TO NOW JUST LIKE I'M-- COVID HAPPENED AND I'M GOING TO WATCH
AN AVATAR SING, THAT IS THE NEW ONE.
PEOPLE STAND IN A ROOM COVERED IN BALLS WITH A CAMERA, SING A
SONG AND AVATAR PERFORMS.
FOR NICK LESHEA FROM 898 DEGREES, TRUE STORY AND THEY GO
YOU ARE A WAZE-- AMAZING.
AND THE AVATAR GOES OH MY GOD, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS
TO ME TO BE SEEN.
WHAT THE [BLEEP] IS HAPPENING.
WHAT-- WHERE DOES THIS IND, ROB?
WHERE DOES IT END?
>> YOU CAN'T GO MUCH FURTHER THAN ALTER EGO IT IS INSANE.
>> James: IS THAT WHAT IT IS CALLED.
>> ALTER EGO, YEAH.
>> James: THAT WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> Reggie: WHAT IF EVERY CONTESTANT HAD TO THROW POTTERY
AND PUT IT ON A PEDESTAL AND PEOPLE HAD TO GUESS WHICH PERSON
THREW THE POT.
>> James: YEAH, SO THEY MAKE POTTERY WHILE THEY ARE SINGING.
>> YES.
>> James: BUT YOU ONLY SEE THEIR HANDS.
THAT'S IT.
SO THEY'RE IN A CUBE, THEY'RE IN A CUBE, SINGING A SONG, MAKING
POTTERY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GUESS WHO IT IS, FROM THE POTTERY.
NOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, LIKE DON'T BE THINKING, YOU KNOW WHAT
I MEAN, LIKE SOMEONE DOES LIKE A BUNCH OF GRAPES AND HE IS LIKE
GUESS EL BUNCHEN, WHAT IS IT CALLED?
>> James: WHEEL OF LIFE.
>> HANDS IN THE COOK YE JAR.
>> James: NOPE.
(LAUGHTER) >> WHAT ABOUT.
>> THE CERAMIC SINGER.
>> James: THE CERAMIC-- (APPLAUSE)
THERE IT IS.
>> WOW.
>> James: WHAT ABOUT THIS.
>> WE SHOULD JUST FOCUS ON THIS SHOW, I THINK, THAT IS PROBABLY
THE BEST.
>> James: ACTUALLY, A VERY GOOD POINT.
ALL RIGHT, GUILLERMO, TELL US WHAT TIME IS IT.
>> TIME FOR THE NEWS JAMES.
>> James: IT IS TIME FOR THE NEWS.
EARLIER TODAY, THE C.D.C.
GRANTED EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION TO PFIZER FOR COVID BOOSTER
SHOTS-- BUT ONLY FOR HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE AGED 65
OR OVER.
AFTER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, I THINK WE ALL FEEL 65 OR OLDER.
IT'S AN EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION.
THE C.D.C. REALIZED TOM HANKS -- WINY, WINY-- OH GOSH.
OKAY.
YOU CAN TURN BACK BECAUSE YOU MIGHT LIKE THIS.
A BOOSTER SHOT FOR OLDER PEOPLE.
NOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD LYING ABOUT THEIR
AGE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
"I'M 29, BUT I CAN PLAY 72!" IN OTHER IF YOUS A MAN IN
FLORIDA WAS A RESTED FOR TRYING TO RETURN A CAR TO THE
DEALERSHIP, IT WAS THE SAME CAR HE HAD STOLEEN FROM THAT EXACT
SAME DEALERSHIP JUST DAYS EARLIER.
I MEAN BRAND LOYALTY, THAT IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO SEE, I MEAN YOU
KNOW THE GUY WAS LIKE, IT IS SO CRAZY, IT JUST MIGHT-- OH, NO,
I'M GETTING ARRESTED.
FIRST THE PAN RYE TRIES TO RUN AWAY BUT THE GIANT INFLATABLE
TUBE MANMADE HIM PIVOT THE OTHER WAY AND THAT'S THE NEWS.