I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT POPE
FRANCIS'S UPCOMING VISIT TO
NEW YORK CITY ON SEPTEMBER
24th.
AS A CATHOLIC THAT'S LIKE
CHRISTMAS COMING EARLY.
AN WHO KNOWS, WHILE HE IS
HERE, HE COULD MAKE IT
OFFICIAL.
HE HAS THAT POWER.
EVERYONE IS EXPECTED ABOUT
THIS, PEOPLE MAGAZINE
RECENTLY NAMED HIM SEXIEST
POPE ALIVE.
BUT NO ONE IS MORE EXCITED
THAN NEW YORKERS.
MORE THAN 93,000 PEOPLE
ENTERED THE LOTTERY TO SEE
HIM IN CENTRAL PARK AND
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
HIS HOLINESS WILL ADDRESS A
CROWD OF OVER 19,000 ADORING
CATHOLICS AND ONE GUY WHO
GOT TO THE RANGERS GAME
REALLY EARLY.
AND THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MASS
IS WELL UNDER WAY.
CAMERAS WERE ROLLING AS NEW
YORK'S TIM KNEE-- TIMOTHY
CARDINAL DOLAN UNVEILED THE
POPE'S OFFICIAL CHAIR.
>> LET'S GET REALLY TO
HUUUUMBLLLLEEE.
Y'ALL READY TO SIT?
THERE IT IS.
THERE IS THE CHAIR IN ALL
ITS DOLLAREE READY TO
RECEIVE THE HOLLY SEE'S HOLY
SEAT.
BY THE WAY I BELIEVE THEY
LEFT THE TIME WARNER SIGN
THERE TO REMIND US THAT
THERE IS STILL EVIL IN THE
WORLD.
(LAUGHTER)
AND I KNOW--
(APPLAUSE)
AND I KNOW THE POPE'S GOING
TO LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO
CARDINAL DOLAN IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HE ASKED FOR.
>> YOU WANTED SOMETHING VERY
SIMPLE.
HE WANTED SOMETHING WOODEN.
HE DIDN'T WANT ANY DESIGNS.
>> Stephen: YES, IT'S
PERFECT FOR THE MAN THEY
CALL THE PEOPLE'S POPE, A
SIMPLE WOODEN CHAIR.
THOUGH I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD
HAVE GONE WITH THE WHITE
UPHOLSTERY.
HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT HE WEARS,
HE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A
FLOATING HEAD.
NOW REGARDING THE CHAIR,
CARDINAL DOLAN WENT ON TO
EXPLAIN CHAIR.
>> A CHAIR IS VERY IMPORTANT
IN CATHOLIC IMAGINATION.
A CHAIR REPRESENTS UNITY AND
A CHAIR REPRESENTS TEACHING
AUTHORITY.
THE MAN WHO OCCUPIES THE
CHAIR OF ST. PETER, ALL
RIGHT, IS OUR HOLY FATHER
THE POPE, THE BISHOP OF
ROME.
SO WHEREVER HE GOES YOU WANT
TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT CHAIR.
>> Stephen: YES.
THERE'S NOT MUCH IN
CATHOLICISM MORE IMPORTANT
THAN A CHAIR.
WELL, TECHNICALLY ALL REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE FURNITURE.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE JESUS
WAS BORN IN A MANAGER.
I WAS BORN IN A MANAGER, SEE,
NO ONE GETS THE MORE
COMFORTABLE SEAT THAN THE
SON OF GOD.
I RUN THIS UNIVERSITY, SEE,
MWA, THAT'S MY IMPRESSION OF
JESUS.
IT COULD BE, YOU DON'T KNOW.
THAT COULD BE EXACTLY WHAT
HE SOUNDS LIKE.
THERE ARE NO KNOWN
RECORDINGS OF HIM OTHER THAN
THE DEAD SEA 8 TRACK TAPES
AND THE QUALITY IS TERRIBLE.
AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS
CHAIR DIDN'T COME FROM ONE
OF THOSE NAME BRAND LUXURY
POPECHAIR FACTORIES.
IT WAS HANDMADE BY A GROUP
OF MIGRANT DAY LABOURERS WHO
I ASSUMED POPE PICKED UP
OUTSIDE OF ROME DEPOT.
AND CARDINAL DOLAN-- AND
CARDINAL DOLAN, CARDINAL
DOLAN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
EVERYWHERE THE POPE GOES YOU
WANT TO HAVE A SPECIAL CHAIR
FOR HIM.
ANMORE THAN ANYTHING I WANT
HIM TO COME ON MY SHOW.
ALL RIGHT.
(APPLAUSE)
SO I HAVE ALSO-- I HAVE ALSO
MADE A SPECIAL CHAIR JUST
FOR THE POPE.
IT'S SO HUMBLE.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT
OTHER CHAIR LOOK LIKE ONE OF
THOSE HIGH-TECH ROBOT
JAPANESE TOILETS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE
YOU THE LATE SHOW POPECHAIR.
(APPLAUSE)
YOU WANT HUMBLE?
THAT IS HUMBLE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LOWLY
FOLDING CHAIR SPRAY-PAINTED
WITH THE WORD "POPE" ON IT.
THIS WILL BE HERE FOR YOU,
YOUR HOLINESS.
IF ARE YOU IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE DOWN AT
THE M & M STORE AND YOU
DECIDE TO SWING BY, I
PROMISE YOU, YOU WILL HAVE A
PLACE HERE TO FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE.
AND IF YOU COME WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE CITY NEXT FRIDAY
NIGHT, YOU WILL GET A CHANCE
TO MEET KERRY WASHINGTON,
SHE'S COOL.