>> Stephen: WELL, THAT'S ALMOST IT FOR "A LATE SHOW."
BUT BEFORE WE GO, I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING SINCERE AND FROM
THE HEART.
AND MY WRITERS TELL ME THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'VE WRITTEN.
WHEN WE LEFT THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER, ON MARCH 12 OF 2020, I
HAD NO IDEA HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS SHOW.
LUCKILY, MY STAFF DID.
THEY DIDN'T BLINK AT THE EXTRAORDINARY
CHALLENGE OF PRODUCING A TV SHOW REMOTELY.
IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, WHO FOR A LARGE PART OF LAST YEAR
WERE ALSO MY CREW.
I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY WHO FOR A LARGE PART OF MY LAST YEAR
WERE MY CREW.
I LOVE YOU AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THIS YEAR I GET TO WRITE YOU OFF
AS DEPENDENTS AND BUSINESS EXPENSES AND I WANT TO THANK
YOU, THE AUDIENCE AT HOME, FOR BEING HERE, TOO.
IT WAS A STRANGE AND SCARY YEAR BUT IF I HAD TO BE ALONE, I'M
GLAD IT WAS WITH YOU.
SO THAT'S IT!
MONDAY, WE FINALLY GO BACK TO THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER WHICH
MEANS THIS IS THE SERIES FINALE OF WHAT FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS
I'VE BEEN CALLING "A LATE SHOW."
I'VE SO MANY MEMORIES FROM THIS ROOM.
LOOKING IN THIS CAMERA.
LOOKING IN THAT ONE.
THE TIME I STOOD UP OVER THERE.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED HAPPENED.
[LAUGHTER] BUT, ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME
TO AN END.
ALSO, THIS.
AND WHILE WE ACCEPT THAT WE HAD TO SPEND THE LAST 15 MONTHS IN
QUARANTINE, I THINK IT'S CRAZY TO LET THAT DEFINE WHO WE ARE.
AMERICANS LIKE TO SEE EACH OTHER IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS, IN THE
MOST CONVENIENT DEFINITIONS.
BUT WE'VE LEARNED THAT EACH OF US IS A BRAIN, AN ATHLETE, A
BASKET CASE, A PRINCESS, AND A CRIMINAL...
SINCERELY YOURS, "A LATE SHOW."
("DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME") ♪
♪ WON'T YOU COME SEE ABOUT ME ♪ I'LL BE ALONE, DANCING YOU
KNOW IT BABY ♪ TELL ME YOUR TROUBLES AND
DOUBTS ♪ GIVE ME EVERYTHING INSIDE AND
OUT ♪ LOVE'S STRANGE SO WE LEARN
♪ THINK OF THE TENDER THINGS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON
♪ SLOW CHANGE MAY PULL US APART ♪ ONE LACK ANY HEART
♪ DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME ♪ DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T
♪ DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME ♪ WILL YOU STAND ABOVE ME
♪ LOOK MY WAY, NEVER LOVE ME ♪ RAIN KEEPING FALLING, RAIN
KEEPS FALLING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ WILL YOU RECOGNIZE ME
♪ CALL MY NAME OR WALK ON BY ♪ RAIN KEEPS FALLING, RAIN KEEPS
FALLING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN ♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY,