♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
LOOK AT THAT!
IT'S JON BATEFORT AND STAY HUMAN, EVERYBODY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: JON.
WHAT IS THAT?
JON LAMPLEY ON THE TRUMPET, JON LAMPLEY ON THE TRUMPET.
WHAT IS THAT NOTE?
>> THAT IS A "C" RIGHT ON THE DOT.
>> Stephen: THAT IS A "C" UP THERE.
I LIKE THAT ♪ OOOO♪
KING OF THE HIGH "C"s OVER HERE.
JON, I'M SUPER EXCITED.
I HAVE THE QUESTIONS IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW.
I'M TALKING TO A SUPERSTAR SINGER, MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER
SHAWN MENDES IS GOING TO BE OUT HERE TONIGHT.
>> Jon: YES, INDEED.
>> Stephen: 29 ALBUMS.
( APPLAUSE )
WARMING.
HE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE PICTURES OF HIM WITHOUT A SHIRT AT THE MET
GALA.
THAT HAD TO MELT A FEW GLACIERS.
SPEAKING OF OUTFITS.
I'M NOT USED TO SEEING YOU IN THE BRIGHT RED.
WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> Jon: I'M WEARING RED IN SUPPORT OF THE #CODE-REDCLIMATE
MOVEMENT, WHICH WORKS TO PROTECT OUR PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
BY ATTEMPTING TO DRASTICALLY CUT POLLUTION.
IT'S APTLY NAMED "CODE-RED" BECAUSE U.N. SCIENTISTS HAVE
DECLARED THAT THE STATE OUR PLANET IS CURRENTLY IN CODE RED.
AND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE BEFORE CITIES LIKE MY OWN NEW ORLEANS
ARE DESTROYED BY THESE STORMS THAT ARE ONLY GETTING WORSE.
>> Stephen: WELL SAID.
HOW IS IT RECOVERING FROM IDA?
HOW IS-- HOW IS THE IDA RECOVERING GOING?
>> IT'S SLOW, TO BE HONEST.
YOU KNOW.
IT'S NOT FULLY RECOVERED.
PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK TO
REGULAR LIFE.
EVEN IN A PANDEMIC.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO DONATE.
I'M LEADING A FEW FUND RAISERS MYSELF.
THAT'S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT #COLD RED CLIMATE MOVEMENT.
THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK TOWARDS.
WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSPERSON AT coderedcongress.com.
THEY VOTE NEXT WEEK TO DETERMINE OUR FUTURE.
IT'S A HEAVY VOTE.
GET ON IT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU, JON.
( APPLAUSE )
JOINING TONIGHT'S BROADCAST, ALREADY IN PROGRESS, THIS
EVENING WE ARE PRESENTING A SPECIAL CLIMATE NIGHT EPISODE OF
AS EVER, I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER-- OR, IF
WE NEVER DO ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, THE ED SULLIVAN
WATER PARK AND DOLPHINARIUM.
( LAUGHTER )
I HOPE YOU DO-- THEN FOR YEARS, YOU'VE HEARD THAT THE KEY TO
FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE IS TO REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
REMINDS ME OF THAT FAMOUS PARABLE, "WHEN YOU SAW ONLY ONE
SET OF FOOTPRINTS ON THE BEACH, IT WAS THEN THAT I PICKED YOU UP
IN MY TESLA."
( LAUGHTER )
MIGHT NOT BE THE BIG ONE, BECAUSE SINCE 1965, 20 COMPANIES
HAVE CONTRIBUTED 35% OF ALL ENERGY-RELATED CARBON DIOXIDE
AND METHANE WORLDWIDE.
AND CHEVRON, EXXON, B.P., AND SHELL ARE BEHIND MORE THAN 10%
OF THE WORLD'S CARBON EMISSIONS.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OIL COMPANIES WOULD BE BAD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT, AFTER ALL THEY'VE DONE TO BARBECUE THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
WELL, I SAY, IT'S TIME TO STOP!
THOSE COMPANIES OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES-- UNLESS
THEY ARE A SPONSOR, IN WHICH CASE, KNOCK IT OFF MAYBE?
OR MAYBE NOT.
THANKS FOR THE COMMERCIALS!
IT'S HOW I PAID FOR MY TESLA.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HOLD ON.
HOLD-- HOLD ON!
ONE OTHER THING AND I MEAN THIS SINCERELY-- I'M A HUGE
HYPOCRITE.
I'LL NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT'S INCONVENIENT TO ME!
THAT'S WHY THERE HAS TO BE SYSTEMIC CHANGE, BACKED UP BY
GOVERNMENT ACTION, TO MAKE EVERYONE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES,
NOT THE EASY ONES.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, WE'D STILL BE
EATING LEAD PAINT CHIPS, DIPPED IN A FRESH ASBESTOS HUMMUS, AND
WASHING IT DOWN WITH COCAINE COLAS!
ALL OF THIS HAS LED SCIENTISTS TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE HAS TO BE
REGULATION, AND THAT NO AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUAL ACTION WILL
ADDRESS THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.
BUT I STILL BELIEVE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD TRY DO THEIR PART.
HERE TO GIVE US TIPS ON HOW EACH OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IMPROVING THE CLIMATE IS MOTHER EARTH.
HELLO, MOTHER EARTH.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: EARTH, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU'RE HAWAIIAN.
>> I'M NOT.
I JUST FINISHED "WHITE LOTUS."
GREAT SHOW!
>> Stephen: JENNIFER COOLIDGE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE.
ANYWAY, MAMA EARTH, IS IT TRUE THAT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN
PERSONALLY DO TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> NO, THAT'S A BUNCH OF BALONEY!
THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN DO-- LITTLE THINGS, LIKE RECYCLING,
UNPLUGGING UNUSED APPLIANCES, BECOMING THE C.E.O. OF A
MULTINATIONAL ENERGY CONGLOMERATE.
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!
>> Stephen: WAIT, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT, AGAIN?
>> OH, I JUST MEAN, LIKE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT USING IT, YOU SHOULD
UNPLUG YOUR TOASTER OVEN.
>> Stephen: NO, NO, I GET THAT.
DO I REALLY HAVE TO BECOME THE C.E.O. OF AN ENERGY COMPANY TO
HELP?
COULDN'T I JUST, I DON'T KNOW, CARRY A REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE?
>> OF COURSE.
YOU SHOULD ABSOLUTELY USE A REUSABLE WATER BOTTLE WHILE
YOU'RE IN BUSINESS SCHOOL, GETTING AN M.B.A., SO YOU CAN
SLOWLY CLAW YOUR WAY UP THE CORPORATE LADDER TO DISMANTLE
THE SUICIDAL WORLD-DESTROYING SYSTEM OF GREED FROM THE INSIDE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
GET THIS STRAIGHT, ARE YOU SAYING-- ARE YOU SAYING THAT
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS ARE USELESS BECAUSE THESE CORPORATIONS ARE
THE REAL PROBLEM?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: OH, GOOD, BECAUSE-- >> IT'S ALSO RELIGION!
>> Stephen: SORRY?
>> THE CONCEPT OF AN AFTERLIFE GIVES YOU PEOPLE THE FALSE HOPE
OF AN ESCAPE HATCH.
THERE'S ONLY ONE ME, BABY!
AND THEN DARKNESS!
WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, MOSES?
HARD TO PART THE RED SEA WHEN IT'S BOILING!
THAT BURNING BUSH HAS GOT A HUGE CARBON FOOTPRINT.
>> Stephen: THIS IS ALL SO GRIM, MAMA EARTH!
HOW DO YOU STAY SO CHEERFUL AMIDST YOUR IMPENDING DOOM?
>> IT'S NOT MY DOOM.
IT'S YOUR DOOM.
I'M GOING TO BE FINE.
YOU'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE DOING THE DOG PADDLE IN
DENVER.
MOMMA'S JUST GONNA KEEP ON SPINNIN'.
>> Stephen: WILL YOU MISS US WHEN WE'RE GONE?
>> SURE, YOU GUYS ARE CUTE.
BUT I'LL JUST GIVE DOLPHINS OPPOSABLE THUMBS.
( HRGGNNGH )
FLIPPER'S COMING FOR YOU, STEVE!
>> Stephen: MAMA EARTH, EVERYONE!
WHEN WE COME BACK, I TALK WITH MY GUEST, SHAWN MENDES, ABOUT
WHAT HE'S DOING TO SUPPORT CLIMATE ACTION.
STICK AROUND.