♪♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: HEY, WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE IN
FOR A REAL TREAT.
REAL TREAT THIS EVENING.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A PEABODY AWARD WINNING ACTOR YOU KNOW
FROM "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," "HORRIBLE BOSSES," AND "TED
LASSO."
>> SOSORRY.
NO, NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE.
DANNY, WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND EARL, THAT WASN'T YOUR
FAULT.
YOU SUFFERED AN UNLIKELY AND TRAGIC COINCIDENCE, NOT TOO
DISSIMILAR FROM THE SCENES OF PAUL ANDERSON'S 1999 MAGNOLIA.
>> THE LITTLE PONY TAIL.
NO, THAT'S THE LAST SAMURAI.
YOU GOT A LITTLE PONY TAIL.
MY APOLOGIZE.
TOM CRUISE WAS ROCKING A PONY TAIL IN BOTH FILMS.
POINT, IS A TRAGIC OCCURRENCE, ONE TIME THING.
SO LET'S GET AWAY FROM THE BAD MOJO COMING OFF THE PENALTY BOX
AND HAVE FUN.
>> YEAH.
LINE UP FOR MIDNIGHT PUTINE!
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JASON
SUDEIKIS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> REAL HUMAN BEINGS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HUMANS.
ISN'T THAT NICE?
>> I MEAN, IT IS.
>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME YOU AND I SPOKE ON THIS SHOW OTHER
THAN THE PUPPY BRIGADE WAS AUGUST OR SOMETHING OF 2020.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND, OF COURSE, IT WAS OVER THE ZOOM.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: THIS IS MUCH BETTER.
>> MUCH BETTER.
>> Stephen: THIS IS MUCH BETTER.
I'VE GOT TO SAY, YOU'VE MADE A LITTLE -- YOU'VE MADE A NAME FOR
YOURSELF BY WEARING CHEERFUL TOPS.
BECAUSE THE DPONLD GLOBES, WHERE WERE THE GLOBES WHEN YOU WORE
THE BUCKET HAT AND THE HOODIE, THE TIE DYE HOODIE.
>> THE GOLDEN GLOBES.
IT WAS ANOTHER ZOOM ENDEAVOR.
I'M TAKING OVER FOR BRUCE AND HIS CHEERFUL TOPS.
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK.
GET READY TO GOOGLE IT.
THEY KNOW.
EVERYBODY KNOWS.
BUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS 2:30, 3:30 IN THE MORNING, I
DIDN'T JUST WANT TO WEAR A SUIT IN MY LIVING ROOM.
>> Stephen: NO, YOU WERE VISUALLY HAPPY TO LOOK AT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I WAS SAYING BACKSTAGE A LITTLE DANGEROUS
BECAUSE THE URGE TO PUNCH YOU IN THE SOLAR PLEXUS IS HARD TO
RESIST.
>> YOU DON'T WEAR THIS TO ARCHERY.
NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, I THINK
SINCE LAST WE SPOKE, WHAT IF WE GOT HERE.
YOU'VE GOT THE PEABD, THE GOBBLED GLOBE, THE SAG AWARD.
>> YEP.
>> Stephen: BEFORE THIS YOU WERE JASON SUDEIKIS, FAMOUS
FUNNY GUY ALL RIGHT.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO GET ALL THIS RECOGNITION?
>> IT'S LOVELY BECAUSE IT'S ALL -- YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF
PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: AND IT'S YOUR BABY.
THE SHOW WAS YOUR GOOD DWRD.
>> I MEAN, SURE, SURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE ANY BABY, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A VILLAGE,
RIGHT?
>> Stephen: RIGHT, SURE.
BUT CONGRATS YOURSELF ON WINNING A PEABODY.
>> Stephen: OH, THANKS VERY MUCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND I DID ALL OF IT.
I DID ALL OF IT.
>> YOU KINDLY TEXTED ME THE DAY WE WON AND YOU GUYS WON AND YOU
WERE HELPFUL AND REMINDS ME IT'S ONE TO HAVE THE BEST AWARDS
BECAUSE IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
>> Stephen: LITERALLY EVERYONE GETS IT.
THE PEABODYS GET IT, THEY KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE SHOW IS
RESPONSIBLE.
>> AND YOU AND I COME FROM A SIMILAR BACKGROUND, SKETCH AND
IMPROV.
WE'RE NOT HUMOROUS, ERMA MOMBECK OR STANDUPS.
SO THE FACT THE SHOW IS ABOUT AN ENSIEN-- ENSEMBLE AND THE WHOLE
WINS.
AND THE EMMY NOMINATIONS -- >> Stephen: 20 EMMY
NOMINATIONS.
THAT GOES TO EVERYBODY ELSE ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> OUR WRITERS, ACTORS AND PEOPLE IN POST-PRODUCTION HAVE
BEEN HONORED, SO IT'S NICE BEING ME PERSONALLY OR YOU WITH OUR
NAMES ON THE MARQUEE.
WE'RE LIKE THE DISCO BALL THE LIGHT SHINES ON AND THAT SPINS
OFF IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND PEOPLE GET TO DANCE.
>> Stephen: LIKE ME, YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME CLUBBING.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I RARELY HAVE A PACIFIER OUT OF THIS MOUTH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU WORE A VERY
INTERESTING T-SHIRT TO THE SEASON 2 PREMIERE AND GOT A LOT
OF ATTENTION.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, WHAT IS THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NAMES ON YOUR T-SHIRT.
>> THEY'RE THREE OF THE ENGLISH FOOT BALLERS FROM THEIR NATIONAL
TEAM, THE LAST THREE YOUNG FULL LAS THAT TOOK THE PENALTY KICKS.
THEY DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT CERTAINLY ENGLAND WOULD
HAVE HOPED, CERTAINLY A LOT OF US HERE IN THE STATES WOULD
HAVE, TOO, AND WORLDWIDE AND THEY CAUGHT A LOT OF GULF
ONLINE, THE THREE YOUNG BLACK MEN, AND OUR SHOW IS ROOTED IN
DESPISING THINGS LIKE RACISM AND WHATNOT BUT IT'S ROOTED AND
TAKES PLACE IN LONDON AND ENGLAND AND IT WAS OUR WAY TO
USE THIS BIG FANCY PREMIERE TO SPOTLIGHT THEM AND LET THEM KNOW
WE HAVE THEIR BACK AND HOW MUCH WE SUPPORT THEM.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I DON'T MIND TAKING CLAPS FOR
THE SHOW, THAT'S NOTHING.
BUT WHAT THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH, MARCUS, WHAT HE DID LEADING UP
TO THE PANDEMIC AND HELPING FEED KIDS WHO WEREN'T GETTING LUNCHES
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO SCHOOL.
I'M JUST WEARING THE SHIRT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND IT WAS JUST A WAY TO
HUMANIZE AND PERSONIFY THOSE THREE FELLAS, AND IT'S WHY I
CHOSE TO USE -- YOU KNOW, THEIR SUR NAMES ARE ON THE BACK OF
THEIR UNIFORMS, SO THAT'S WHY I USE THE NAMES THE PARENTS GAVE
THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE KIDS AND YOUNG MEN AND SHOULD HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED AND FAIL AND TIE LIKE EVERYONE.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND TED LASSO THE CHARACTER IS BASED ON,
IN PART, ON A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH THAT YOU HAD?
>> SURE, YEAH YEAH,, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DONNY CAMPBELL.
DONNY CAMPBELL WAS MY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACH.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALSO A GOOD NAME FOR A COACH.
>> AND HE WAS A GOOD COACH.
HE'S FROM KANSAS, STILL ALIVE.
( LAUGHTER ) AND HE'S A ONE OF THE DUDES THAT
SPOKE IN MAXIMS, LITTLE SAYINGS.
HE WAS A BIG SOUTHERN GUY AND YOUNG, HE WAS 31 YEARS OLD WHEN
HE WAS HEAD COACH AND HE WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE, SUDEIKIS, YOU
LOOK MORE NERVOUS THAN A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL
OF ROCKING CHAIRS!
A LITTLE DEEPER VOICE.
AND JOHN WOODEN THE U.C.L.A.
BASKETBALL COACH HAS A GREAT IDEA OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE.
SO BIG UPS TO DONNY CAMPBELL FOR NOT BEING TOO HARD ON ME WHEN I
DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK.
>> Stephen: JASON, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
DON'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO ASK JASON WHAT HE WOULD
DO IF NOT THIS, THE PATH NOT TAKEN, IF YOU WILL.