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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST FROM "THE UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT,"
"BRIDESMAIDS," AND "THE OFFICE."
SHE NOW STARS IN "HOME SWEET HOME ALONE."
>> DID YOU GET MY VOICEMAIL?
YES.
ALL THIS HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO HOURS?
>> YES, HE'S GETTING THE HOUSE.
SAW IT IN HIS JACKET.
>> WHY DWROINTD TELL ME?
I THOUGHT I WOULD HANDLE IT.
BREAKING AND ENTERING?
I HAD THE KEY.
STILL AGAINST THE LAW.
LIKE THE LIGHT BULB!
THIS IS SO TERRIBLE.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T DO IT COLUMNIO.
>> GOOD.
LIKE PINOCCHIO!
WE NEED TO TALK.
LET ME THINK.
♪ JOIN IN MY REINDEER GAMES ♪ >> LIKE MONOPOLY!
THAT'S TOO LATE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" ELLIE
KEMPER!
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>> THANK YOU!
OKAY, THANK YOU!
HELLO!
THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I HAVEN'T WORN HIGH HEELS IN SUCH A LONG TIME I TRIPPED WHEN
I CAME OUT.
>> Stephen: I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT.
>> REALLY?
>> Stephen: SHE FELL INTO MY ARMS.
LAST TIME WE SPOKE, WE SPOKE OVER ZOOM DURING THE COVID BUT
WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN PERSON.
YOU HAVE ANOTHER CHILD.
ALIENS.
>> FIVE-YEAR-OLD JAMES, TWO-YEAR-OLD MATTHEW.
>> Stephen: GOOD GROUPING, FAR ENOUGH APART THEY'RE STILL THEIR
OWN PERSON BUT STILL SHARE A HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER.
GOOD PLANNING.
>> HOW FAR APART ARE YOUR KIDS?
>> Stephen: NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS.
>> YOU ASKED THE QUESTION.
>> Stephen: FIRST AND SECOND WERE THREE YEARS APART, JUST
LIKE YOURS.
>> IT'S GOOD.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM "THE OFFICE" AND
"BRIDESMAIDS" AND "THE UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT."
BUT I WAS SHOWING A VIDEO OF SOME OF YOUR EARLY WORK, AND
IT'S A LITTLE SURPRISING.
BEFORE WE GO TO THIS, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING
HERE.
>> OKAY, SO THIS IS A DRAMATIC TURN BEFORE I TURNED TO COMEDY,
AND BASICALLY I PLAY A VETERAN'S ASSISTANCE WHO HATES DOGS.
I'M VERY -- >> Stephen: THIS IS JUST
PAYING THE BILLS.
>> PAYING THE BILL AND INDUSTRIAL -- IT'S A TRAINING
VIDEO FOR ASPIRING VETERAN ASSISTANTS ON WHAT NOT TO DO.
SO I'M SORT OF A VILLAIN IN HERE.
I'M EXTREMELY MEAN TO THIS DOG.
>> Stephen: LET'S SEE HOW MEAN SHE IS.
>> MY WIFE JUST CALLED.
SHE GOT HOME AND FOUND RASCAL COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR.
I TOLD HER TO DRIVE STRAIGHT HERE AND I'D MEET HER.
>> OH, MY.
OF COURSE, MR. MEYER, WE'LL DO ALL WE CAN FOR HIM WHEN HE GETS
HER.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HE WALTZES IN HERE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE WE
CLOSE AND EXPECTS HIS WIFE TO GET HERE.
>> YOU SHOULD LOWER YOUR VOICE.
HE SHOULD KNOW TO USE THE AFTERHOUR EMERGENCY.
YOU G GET TO GO HOME IN FIVE MINUTES, "MEANWHILE!" I'LL BE
HERE FOR ANOTHER HOUR AND FOR WHAT?
>> Stephen: ELLIE KEMPER.
THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: ELLIE KEMPER, AWFUL, AWFUL, PERSON.
>> AND I LIKE THE END QUESTION, FOR WHAT?
TO SAVE A DOG'S LIFE!
LIKE TO HELP THIS DOG IS FOR WHAT.
>> Stephen: AND WAS THIS TYPE CASTING?
WHY DO YOU THINK YOU GOT THIS PART?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE PRETTY EXCITED WHEN YOU GOT THIS PART,
THOUGH, I'M SURE.
>> WHY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO JUICY?
>> Stephen: NO, AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR CAREER, I'D
STEP ON A BABY'S FINGER TO GET ANY PART I COULD BECAUSE YOU'RE
SO DESPERATE TO GET ANY KIND OF WORK.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK INTO THE ENERGY I PUT INTO THAT EYE ROLL.
YES, I WAS VERY EXCITED.
>> Stephen: QUALITY, QUALITY, QUALITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW, "HOME SWEET HOME ALONE," SORT OF REIMAGINING
OF "HOME ALONE," NOT REALLY A SEQUEL, SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> SAME CIRCUMSTANCES, VAGUELY THE SAME STORY.
A REIMAGINING, I LIKE THAT TERM.
SO ROB DELANEY AND I ARE ESSENTIALLY BREAKING INTO THE
KID WHO'S HOME ALONE'S HOUSE THIS TIME.
SO WE KIND OF GET TO BE THE BURGLAR TYPES, WHICH IS FUN.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS, AGAIN -- A VILLAIN.
>> Stephen: YOU SPENT A LOT OF COVID IN ST. LOUIS.
ARE YOU BACK IN NEW YORK.
>> BACK IN NEW YORK.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU RIADJUSTING.
>> I WENT JOCKING AND DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS BEFORE THE
MARATHON SUNDAY AND IT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES.
>> Stephen: TO SEE THE MARATHON.
>> TO SEE THE RUNNERS NEAR CENTRAL PARK.
IT'S VERY MOVING.
IT'S METAPHORICAL AND FELT NICE.
>> Stephen: IT'S ALSO LITERAL.
THEY'RE COMING BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT
BEING BACK IN NEW YORK IS CELEB SIGHTINGS.
I SAW ONE TWO WEEKS AGO.
>> Stephen: CELEB SIGHTING MAKES ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> JUST THE TERM?
>> Stephen: I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I INTERVIEWED THEM.
>> OH, THAT HAS TO BE AWFUL.
>> Stephen: OH, HEY, MAN!
AND HE'S, LIKE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> Stephen: I WAS ON LAST NIGHT.
>> IF YOU RUN INTO ME I'LL CLUE YOU IN.
I WILL SAY I WAS ON YOUR SHOW.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE THE GIRL WHO HATES DOGS.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU SPOTTED A CELEB.
I GOT IN THE WAY OF YOUR STORY.
>> YOU DIDN'T.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HUGE FANS OF "SUCCESSION."
>> Stephen: GREAT SHOW.
WE SAW TOM WOMSGANS WHO WAS ON YOUR SHOW.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME.
>> HE WAS GOING FOR A JOG AND IT WAS ORCHESTRATED BY FATE.
HE ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED RUNNING AND STARTED WALKING AS
WE WERE WALKING PAST TON OUR WA TO THE ZOO.
I SAID, "IT'S THE GUY FROM SUCCESSION"!
HE DIDN'T HEAR US.
HE STARTED WALKING.
MICHAEL IS EQUALLY BIG A FAN OF HIM AND THE SHOW AS I AM.
I SAID, MICHAEL, WE HAVE TO RUN TO THE ZOO.
IT WAS 10:00 A.M.
>> Stephen: LATE TO THE SHOO?
WHAT, ARE THEY GOING TO PUT AWAY THE POLAR BEAR?
>> AND I WAS DOING THE THING -- I WAS BEING SORT OF A LOSER
BECAUSE I WAS DEFINITELY ACTING LIKE I WASN'T LOOKING BUT JUST
KEPT LOOKING AND HE WAS VERY COOL.
HE WAS ON THE PHONE.
>> Stephen: IS IT SUCCESSION OR HIM AS MR. DARCY IN PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE?
>> IT'S BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER, HE CAN DO KIT ALL.
IS THERE ANYTHING HE CAN'T DO?
NO, HE'S GREAT!
>> Stephen: I LOVE -- I LOVE -- AND THIS IS SO -- YOU
ARE A MOTHER OF A TWO-YEAR-OLD.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: EVERY TIME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WALKING YOU GO, SO
WE'RE WALKING -- >> OH!
>> Stephen: THIS IS WALKING.
I'M, LIKE, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU'RE ALSO
MOWING CENTRAL PARK AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE'RE WALKING.
>> GOOD TO BE BACK, I'M MOWING CENTRAL PARK AGAIN.
>> Stephen: ONE THING PEOPLE DON'T GIVE MOTHERS CREDIT FOR IS
HOW LITTLE TIME YOU HAVE TO BATHE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> DO I SMELL?
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T SMELL, NO.
( LAUGHTER ) >> I AM SORRY!
( APPLAUSE ) I'M SORRY!
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG LOCKDOWN.
>> Stephen: ELLIE, IT'S JUST LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: "HOME SWEET HOME ALONE" COMES OUT THIS FRIDAY ON
DISNEY +.
ELLIE KEMPER, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
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