♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH DOCUMENTARY SUPER STAR, MICHAEL MOORE.
YOU'RE THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY "PLANET OF THE
HUMANS."
WHICH WAS A SURPRISE RELEASE TODAY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT?
>> IT'S A FILM I'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH MY GOOD FRIEND AND
COPRODUCER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, ACTUALLY.
HIS NAME IS JEFF GIBBS.
AND WE HAVE BEEN-- WE FINISHED IT SOME TIME BACK LAST SUMMER,
OR THE FALL.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN IN POSTPRODUCTION WHEN THIS
HAPPENED.
SO WE'VE BEEN FINISHING IT DURING THE TIME OF THE PANDEMIC
HERE.
AND I SAID, "WHY DON'T WE JUST-- WHY DON'T WE RELEASE THIS?
LET'S NOT WAIT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE THEATERS ARE GOING TO REOPEN.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
>> TOMORROW IS THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF, AFTER 50 YEARS, SINCE THAT FIRST
EARTH DAY, IS THE WORLD-- IS THE EARTH, THE PLANET, IN GREAT
SHAPE?
NO.
IT'S IN WORSE SHAPE.
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT.
PARTS PER MILLON OF CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE, WE'VE GONE PAST
350.
IT'S AT 410 NOW.
AND WE WERE TOLD, AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE SCIENTISTS, YOU
CAN'T COME BACK FROM THAT.
YOU CAN'T-- IT'S TOO LATE IN THAT SENSE.
WELL, I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT IT'S TOO LATE.
SO JEFF AND I AND OUR FRIEND OZZIE, WE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS
FILM TO SAY THAT MAYBE THE ROAD WE'VE BEEN ON IN TRYING TO FIX
OUR ENVIRONMENT, WHILE WELL INTENTIONED, HAS NOT BEEN THE
RIGHT ROAD BECAUSE WE'RE SO FAR GONE AT THIS POINT-- NOT JUST
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS-- THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLAR PANEL AND WINDMILL OUR WAY
OUT OF THIS.
WE NEED A SERIOUS NEW DIRECTION.
SO THE FILM DEALS WITH THIS AND SHOWS WAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND, OF COURSE, I THINK A LOT OF US ARE
HOPING THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION, GRETA AND THE
OTHERS, WILL-- ARE VERY ACTIVE AND VERY ASSERTIVE RIGHT NOW,
DEMANDING THAT OUR GENERATION WHICH HAS HANDED THEM THIS
EARTH-- WHICH IS NOT BETTER.
IT'S WORSE.
IT'S MUCH WORSE.
WE NEED TO FIX THAT AND CHANGE THAT AND GET ON A DIFFERENT
ROAD.
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE FILM SHOWS YOU.
SO IT'S NOT REALLY-- IT'S NOT DEPRESSING.
IT ACTUALLY SAYS, "TREAT THIS TIME RIGHT NOW WITH THIS-- THIS
EPIDEMIC, THIS PANDEMIC THAT WE HAVE.
THIS IS LIKE A COMING ATTRACTION, A TRAILER GIVEN TO
US FROM MOTHER NATURE THAT IF WE WERE SHOCKED BY THIS, AND OUR
BODIES DON'T EVEN KNOW STILL-- WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS
YET.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ERADICATE IT.
WE HAVE IDEAS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.
WHAT NATURE IS GOING TO DO TO US-- IF YOU THINK-- WE THINK,
OH, IT'S MORE FIRES IN CALIFORNIA, MORE FLOODS DOWN
SOUTH.
NO.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT NATURE-- LOOK, NATURE'S GIVEN US THIS
WARNING.
IT'S PUTTING US RIGHT NOW IN OUR TIME-OUT ROOM.
AND WE SHOULD BE USING THIS TIME TO THINK, WHEN WE COME OUT OF
THIS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THIS PLANET, HOW WE'RE GOING TO
TREAT NATURE.
AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT, WHATEVER THIS IS THAT WE'RE
GOING THROUGH NOW, ALMOST 500 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW YORK
YESTERDAY.
500.
>> Stephen: I SEE THE PARALLELS, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE
DENIALISM EXISTS IN BOTH OF THEM.
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DENY THAT THE CORONAVIRUS IS ACTUALLY A
CRISIS, FOR SO LONG LEADING UP TO THE MOMENT WHEN IT WAS
UNDENIABLE, ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE DENYING THAT CLIMATE
CRISIS EXISTS.
>> THIS WILL LOOK MINOR LEAGUE COMPARED TO WHAT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS AND THE OTHER THINGS ARE GOING TO DO TO US IN THE FUTURE.
AND NOT THE FAR-OFF FUTURE, THE NEAR FUTURE.
I USED TO THINK THAT, LIKE, YOU AND I AND OTHERS OF THIS AGE
ARE, YOU KNOW, OKAY, MAYBE WE'LL ESCAPE IT.
BUT, SADLY, OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO DEAL WITH THE CALAMITY, WITH THE COLLAPSE.
I'M NOT SO SURE ANYMORE, NOW, STEPHEN, THAT YOU AND I AREN'T
ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
THIS FILM IS A WAKE-UP CALL.
IT'S A SIREN CALL, TO OFFER ALL OF US TO GET INVOLVED.
AND DON'T LET THIS GO BY.
AND YOU CAN-- I FUT ON YOUTUBE TODAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY MONEY TO.
IT'S ALL FREE.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT TO PUT IT IN THEATERS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH IT NOW.
YOU JUST GO TO MY CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE, MICHAEL MOORE--
WHATEVER IT IS-- AND "PLANET OF THE HUMANS" IS THE FILM.
>> Stephen: MICHAEL, WE'VE GOT TO GO HERE, BUT BEFORE WE DO, I
WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I KNOW THAT YOUR BIRTHDAY IS ON THURSDAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO CELEBRATE?
>> OH, YEAH-- NO, NO I HAVE NO PLANS.
I WILL-- I WILL CONCOCT SOME SORT OF CELEBRATION HERE FOR
MYSELF.
ACTUALLY, I WAS JUST LISTENING TO SOME iTUNES HERE, JUST
BEFORE WE WENT ON, AND THIS SONG CAME ON.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE-- WHAT I STARTED TO DO LAST YEAR
WAS ON MYING ABOUT THE, I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY I DON'T WANT
GIFTS.
ON MY BIRTHDAY, FROM NOW ON, I WANT TO GIVE GIFTS TO MY FRIENDS
AND FAMILY.
AND SO I WAS JUST LISTENING TO THIS SONG, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY,
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE ON YOUR SHOW.
I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL.
BUT IT'S-- IT'S-- IT'S BY THIS FOLK SINGER, MARY-CHAPIN
CARPENTER.
>> Stephen: SURE, I KNOW IT.
>> IT'S A SONG AND IT'S A PRAYER.
AND BECAUSE I'VE SORT OF PAINTED SOME BLEAK VIEWS OF WHERE WE'RE
AT AND THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT AND DEAL WITH,
I-- I'D LIKE TO LEAVE-- I'D LIKE TO TRY THIS A CAPPELLA.
I DON'T HAVE A BAND.
>> Stephen: THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE.
TAKE US OUT, MICHAEL.
>> I KNOW.
AND IF IT'S AWFUL, PLEASE CUT IT OUT.
>> Stephen: I GUARANTEE YOU, WE WILL, IF IT IS.
BUT I BET IT WON'T BE.
GO FOR IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A SONG CALLED "WHY SHOULDN'T WE?"
AND IT TALKS ABOUT WE BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT WE CAN'T SEE.
WE BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT USED TO BE.
WE BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT WE'RE TOLD CAN'T BE.
BUT WHY SHOULDN'T WE?
AND THE CHORUS THAT CLOSES THE SONG GOES LIKE THIS:
♪ COME ON, DARLIN' LET YOUR SPIRITS RISE
♪ COME ON, CHILDREN OPEN UP YOUR EYES
♪ GOD IS ALL AROUND BUDDHA'S AT THE GATE
♪ ALLAH HEARS OUR PRAYERS IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
WHY SHOULDN'T WE ♪ THANKS, STEPHEN.
THAT'S FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYBODY WATCHING TONIGHT.
DON'T SINK IN YOUR DESPAIR.
WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, MICHAEL.
"PLANET OF THE HUMANS" IS AVAILABLE NOW ON YOUTUBE.
MICHAEL MOORE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY COUNTRY MUSIC
STAR BRETT ELDREDGE.
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