>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING COMEDIAN YOU KNOW
FROM HER STANDUP SPECIALS, "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" AND "BLACKISH."
HER NETFLIX SITCOM, "THE UPSHAWS," RETURNS THIS WEEK FOR
ITS SECOND SEASON.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," WANDA SYKES!
>> Stephen: HELLO.
>> HELLO, GREAT CROWD, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Stephen: IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW.
>> UH-HUH.
>> Stephen: WHERE YOU BAN, WANDA?
YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
>> HAVE I BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE.
YOU KNOW, WE SHOT THE SECOND SEASON OF UPSHAWS AND
EVERYTHING.
AND JUST BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUSY.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M A BLACK GAY WOMAN AND HAVE I A DAUGHTER SO I'M NOT
DOING SO WELL RIGHT NOW.
(APPLAUSE) I'M A LITTLE SALTY.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A LITTLE SALTY.
>> I'M A LITTLE SALTY RIGHT NOW, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: PUT SOME FLAVOR ON HERE.
>> IT JUST SUCKS, MAN, IT REALLY DOES, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE THE
COUNTRY, IT IS NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY, RIGHT.
WE'RE-- IT IS NO LONGER MAJORITY RULES.
>> Stephen: NO, CERTAINLY NOT THE SENATE.
>> IT IS NOT T IS NO LONGER MAJORITY RULE AND I MEAN ST LIKE
THESE JUDGES, THEY JUST-- THEY BASICALLY LIED WHEN THEY WERE,
YOU KNOW, DURING THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, RIGHT?
>> Stephen: ESPECIALLY KAVANAUGH.
, YEAH.
>> SO HOW YOU CAN BE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND YOU JUST
LYING.
WHAT, THEY HAD THEIR FINGERS CROSSED OR SOMETHING, OR WHAT.
YEAH, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF HORSE [BLEEP], IT REALLY IS.
>> Stephen: WELL, (APPLAUSE)
>> TO ME IT IS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS THAT MIDDLE STUFF.
IT IS THOSE STATES IN THE MIDDLE, THAT RED STUFF.
WHY DO THEY TELL GET TO TELL US WHAT TO DO WHERE THE MAJORITY OF
US LIVE OUT, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE PAYING
FOR ALL THIS CRAP, REALLY.
I MEAN, RIGHT?
WE'RE FOOTING THE BILL.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE UNION, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE MINORITY RULE
RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT, BUT IF WE ARE FOOTING THE BILL, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE
CALIFORNIA, IF IT WERE A COUNTRY IT WOULD BE, LIKE THE FIFTH
LARGEST, FOURTH, FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY.
SO YOU KNOW, IF I'M FOOTING THE BILL, KNOW YOUR POSITION, YOU
KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.
FOR REAL.
LIKE LOOK, IF I SAY HEY LET'S GO OUT TO DINNER, YOU DON'T GET TO
PICK THE RESTAURANT.
THAT'S UP TO ME.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: YOUR LAST SPECIAL WAS CALLED NOT NORMAL.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS SHOW YOU WERE DESCRIBING SOME OF THE
UPSETTED NATURE OF THE COUNTRY.
WHAT, HOW DO THINGS, HOW IS THE NORMAL NOW?
>> I WAS WAY OFF THE MARK, HUH.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS NOT NORMAL, THIS STUFF IS CRAZY.
>> Stephen: YOU JUMPED THE GUN.
>> I JUMPED THE GUN.
I THINK THINGS WOULD BE NORMAL LIKE IF PEOPLE ESPECIALLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS TRY TO OVERTHROW AN ELECTION F THEY
WENT TO JAIL, THAT WOULD FEEL NORMAL, I THINK.
THAT WOULD-- .
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK, WHEN WE COME BACK I
WILL ASK WANDA ABOUT HER EARLIER MEMORIES OF DOING COMEDY.
STICK AROUND.