WELCOME BACK.
JON BATISTE, STAY HUMAN, RIGHT OVER THERE.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL Y'ALL.
I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE TO TELL
THESE PEOPLE HOW MUCH I WISH THIS WAS FRIDAY RIGHT NOW.
>> Jon: FEELING GOOD, REAL GOOD.
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE GOT GREAT STUFF TO HOLD US
OVER TO FRIDAY BECAUSE LATER ON IN THIS SHOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
DEAD & COMPANY, THE GRATEFUL DEAD AND JOHN MAYER PLAYING
HERE.
THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT AND THEY'RE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU WILL
NOT GOING TO WANT TO MISS A MINUTE OF ANY ONE OF THESE
SHOWS.
>> Jon: IT'S GOING TO KILL.
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THE NEXT TWO ACTS HERE, MY
FIRST IS AN OSCAR WINNER YOU FOA FROM ARGO, GONE GIRL AND NOW AS
BATMAN IN JUSTICE LEAGUE.
>> WHAT ARE WE UNDER RIGHT NOW?
>> GOTHAM HARBOR.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BEN AFFLECK.
(APPLAUSE) HEY.
NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THIS IS VERY EXCITING.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE ED
SULLIVAN THEATER BEFORE.
>> I NEVER DID LETTERMAN AND I AM PRETTY SURE I WOULD REMEMBER
IF I HAD DONE YOUR SHOW BEFORE.
>> Stephen: NOPE, WE'VE MET BEFORE, LAST COUP OF TIMES LAST
TIME YOU WERE AT THE AFTERPARTY AT THE EMMYS.
IT WAS NICE.
THIS IS A BANAL THING TO SAY TO A GUEST BUT YOU ARE YEAH TALLER
THAN I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE.
DO YOU GET THAT A LOT OR AM I JUST DUMB ABOUT BEN AFFLECK?
>> YES, I GET THAT A LOT.
I GET THAT ALL THE TIME.
MY EX-WIFE JENNIFER ALSO USED TO BABYSIT FOR YOU.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> SO WE HAVE A FAMILY CONNECTION.
>> Stephen: USED TO BABYSIT PIE DAUGHTER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE.
THE THING IS, THE MOVIE IS NOT OUT YET.
(APPLAUSE) I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
IT.
MOVIE IS NOT OUT YET BUT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT YEARS AGO, YOU
ALREADY GOT THE BEST POSSIBLE REVIEW.
ANY ACTOR COULD EVER GET.
THIS IS FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2013.
THIS MUST HAVE MADE YOU SO EXCITED.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DONALD TRUMP, EVERYONE SHOULD CALM DOWN@BEN
AFFLECK IS GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AS BATMAN.
(APPLAUSE) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: COME ON.
>> HAVE I TO SAY, IT REALLY MADE ME RECONSIDER EVERYTHING I HAVE
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE MAN.
YOU KNOW, HE COULD BE ON TO SOMETHING HERE, HE COULD BE A
GENIUS.
>> HE COULD BE.
THAT GUY SHOULD BE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> HE SHOULD CERTAINLY DO CASTING, AFTER, YOU KNOW, GET IN
THE CASTING BUSINESS.
>> Stephen: HAVE YOU EVER TALKED TO HIM, EVER MET HIM.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: COME ON.
>> I PASSED BY-- .
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A BIG FAMOUS GUY OUT IN THE WORLD AND
FOR YEARS COULD YOU STILL TALK TO DONALD OFFER AND NOT GO.
>> I PASSED HIM AT A COUPLE OF PARTIES AND I HEARD THAT IN
ORDER TO GET PERMISSION TO FILM AT HIS PROPERTIES, HE INSISTED
ON BEING PUT IN THE MOVIE AS AN EXTRA.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> SO YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS RITUAL OF PRETENDING, OKAY, NOW
IS THE SCENE, DONALD, ACTION.
>> Stephen: REALLY.
>> YEAH, AND THEN-- AND THEN THEY WOULD SAY CUT AND HE WOULD
GO HOME, YOU KNOW.
AND NEVER ENDED UP IN ANY OF THE MOVIES.
I THINK ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: HOME ALONE 2.
>> IS THAT WHAT IT IS.
>> Stephen: HOME ALONE 2, YEAH, THE KID ASKED WHERE THE
BATHROOM IS.
HE GOES DOWN THE HALL TO THE LEFT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> Stephen: IT IS NOT BELIEVABLE BUT HE SAYS DOWN THE
HALL AND TO THE LEFT.
OKAY.
SO WERE YOU A SUPERHERO?
BECAUSE YOU ARE PLAYING A SUPERHERO NOW.
THAT IS A CULTURAL TOUCHSTONE NOW, LIKE ALL MOVIES HAVE
SUPERHEROES AT THIS POINT.
ALL OF THEM.
>> IT SEEMS THAT WAY, DOESN'T IT.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE ALSO.
>> YOU WANT TO HAVE A MOVIE RELEASE YOU SHOULD VAY CAPE ON.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU CUT THAT PART OUT OF ARGO.
AT A CERTAIN POINT YOU DID HAVE LASER VISIONMENT SO BUT YOU WERE
A SUPERHERO FAN AS A CHILD.
>> I WAS AM I DID A HIGH SCHOOL MOVIE, LIKE I WAS REALLY INTO
THE AV CLUB, I WAS THAT I GOO, PUSHING THE VCR'S AROUND THE
SCHOOL, YOU KNOW.
AND WE DID, WE MADE A LITTLE SUPERMAN MOVIE WHERE I PLAYED
SUPERMAN.
SO I DON'T TO BRAG BUT I WAS-- .
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE ANY.
>> I SHOWED IT TO HIM.
I JUST THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING FOR HIM, A FEW
POINTERS.
AND YOU KNOW, DIDN'T GO OVER WELL.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU AND JEN HAVE A SON SAM.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: FIVE.
>> YES, FIVE.
>> Stephen: GOOD AGE, GOOD AGE FOR SUPERHERO MOVIES.
>> SPECTACULAR AGE.
MY DAUGHTERS ARE TO THE AL ALLY OVER ME AND COULDN'T THINK I'M
ANY POSSIBLE LESS COOL BUT MY SON STILL IS, YOU KNOW, THINKS
I'M A SUPERHERO.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOUR DAUGHTER ARE THEY TWINS.
>> NO, 11 AND 8.
>> Stephen: THEY WILL THINK ARE YOU KAL AGAIN IN ABOUT 15
YEARS.
>> SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
>> Stephen: TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
WHAT ABOUT SAM, BALTMAN MUST BE HIS FAVORITE NOW THAT ARE YOU
BATMAN YOU MUST BE HIS FAVORITE SUPERHERO.
>> HE WAS, YOU KNOW, THRILLED THAT I WAS PLAYING BATMAN AND
STARTING THE PUBLICITY THING AGAIN.
AND IT WAS COINSIDING WITH HALLOWEEN.
HE CAME TO ME AND SAID DAD, I HAVE A COSTUME THAT I WANT MORE
THAN ANYTHING.
AND I SAID-- I HAVE SOME CONNECTIONS.
AND HE SAID I WANT TO BE FLASH!
SO THERE YOU GO.
TURNED OUT IT WASN'T WORTH IT.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
>> THE WHOLE THING.
AREAS OF PIE LIFE, WASTED.
>> Stephen: MAYBE FLASH CAN PAY FOR YOUR COLLEGE.
>> YEAH.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: I'M SURE YOU TWO WILL BE VERY HAPPY TOGETHER.
>> I'LL CHARGE YOU.
>> Stephen: DO YOU GET TO KEEP, AS BATMAN HE'S GOT, GOT TO
GET THOSE TOYS AS THE JOKER SAYS.
DO YOU GET TO KEEP ANY OF THE COOL TOYS, KEEP THE BAT MOBILE.
>> I DIDN'T GET TO KEEP THE BAT-- THEY KEPT TRACK OF THE BAT
MOBILE.
>> Stephen: OH, THEY DID.
>> THERE WERE SOME OTHER TOUGH THAT FELL OFF THE TRUCK LIKE
THE-- I GET GETTING THESE PHONE CALLS FROM THE PROP DEPARTMENT
LIKE YOU SURE YOU HAVEN'T FOUND ANY OF THAT STUFF.
NO, SON OF A GUN, I JUST CAN'T-- I DON'T-- .
>> Stephen: DID YOU ACTUALLY STEAL SOMETHING.
>> I DID, YEAH.
YOU CAN'T EXACT LEIGH HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, STEALING IT IF YOU GOT
BILLED FOR IT WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID THEY WATCH YOU WITH.
>> WARNER BROTHERS, STURNS OUT BATA RANGES AREN'T CHEAP.
>> Stephen: THE BATA RANG.
DOES IT DO THE THING OR IT JUST PROP.
>> IT WILL HIT GUYS.
IF YOU HEAVE IT AT SOMEBODY.
>> Stephen: SO IT HAS MASS AND WEIGHT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE WILL TAKE A LITTLE COMMERCIAL BREAK BREAK.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH BEN AFFLECK, EVERYBODY.