LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT FROM
GUEST FR "COMMUNITY" AND "THE SOUP."
HE NOW STARS AS CHEVY CHASE IN THE NETFLIX MOVIE "A FUTILE AND
STUPID GESTURE."
PLEASE WELCOME JOEL MCHALE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME!
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR COMING!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> REALLY MILKING IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU BROOKS BROTHERS.
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: NONE AT ALL.
NONE AT ALL.
WE WERE WAITING FOR YOU TO GET YOUR OWN TV SHOW AGAIN TO TALK
ABOUT.
>> OH, YES.
I USED TO BE ON THIS NETWORK AS OF LAST YEAR.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
THAT WE WANT AWAY.
>> Stephen: I'M SURE IT'S FINE.
THEY'RE BRINGING IT BACK.
YOU HOSTED "THE SOUP" FOR FOREVER, RIGHT?
FOR HOW LONG?
>> THANK YOU!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I HOSTED IT -- I TOOK OVER FOR
STEVE ALAN IN 1959.
>> Stephen: ALAN WAS ON THE RADIO.
>> IT WAS A RADIO PLAY, I DID IT FOR 12 YEARS.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT OUT OF THE NIGHTLY BUSINESS.
THEY DRAGGED YOU BACK IN, YOU HAVE A NEW SHOW ON THE NETFLIX.
>> THE STREAMING.
>> Stephen: I HEAR THE KIDS ARE DOING THE STREAMING.
>> IT'S THE STREAMY AND IT'S A DANCE.
>> Stephen: WHAT IS THE SHOW CALLED?
>> IT'S PRETTY CREATIVE -- "THE JOEL McHALE WITH JOEL McHALE
" .
>> Stephen: STARRING JOEL McHALE, SPECIAL GUEST JOEL
McHALE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IF I GET SICK CAN IT BE JOEL McHALE WITH STEPHEN
COLBERT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES.
>> OMAHA.
WE WANT TO BE IN THE MIDDLE.
>> Stephen: GOOD MEAT OUT THERE.
>> WE WANT TO BE IN LOS ANGELES.
THAT'S WHERE MY FAMILY IS AND IT'S 90 DEGREES WARMER THAN IT
IS HERE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
YEAH, I'M VERY EXCITED TO -- I USED TO -- I STAND IN FRONT OF
A GREEN SCREEN.
I'M A GLORIFIED WEATHER MAN, AND I --
>> Stephen: BUT WHAT SUCKED YOU BACK IN?
>> THE MONEY.
>> Stephen: OH.
( LAUGHTER ) WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR HONESTY.
>> I REALLY LIKE MONEY.
>> Stephen: YOU DO THIS FOR THE COLLEGE CREDIT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YO YOU DO?
I'M AN ARTIST.
THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE.
>> JAMES CORDEN GETS DRIVEN AROUND IN A FLEET OF ROLLS
ROYCES.
YOU SHOULD TALK TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
>> Stephen: HE ACTUALLY DRIVES, EVERYBODY HAS TO SING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> NO, I WANT TO DO THE SHOW
AGAIN BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD BUT OUR PRESIDENT
TAKES UP -- HE TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE ENTERTAINMENTWISE AND
NEWSWISE.
>> Stephen: I NOTICED THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>> AND I WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE SOME REALLY BAD
REALITY SHOWS ON TELEVISION THAT PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED PAYING
ATTENTION TO.
THERE ARE BACHELORETTES AND BACHELOR'S THAT CONTINUE TO HURL
THEMSELVES AT STRANGERS ON TELEVISION.
THERE ARE HOUSEWIVES IN ALL SORTS OF MAJOR METROPOLITAN
AREAS VOMITING DURING DINNER PARTIES.
>> Stephen: I HEAR GOOD THINGS.
>> BUT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE REALITY SHOWS IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
>> OBVIOUSLY EVERYWHERE, AND WE'LL MAKE FUN OF STREAMING
SERVICES, EVERYWHERE FROM NETFLIX, AMAZON, HULU AND
CRACKLE, IF THAT'S STILL A THING.
( LAUGHTER ) AND WE WANT TO OPEN UP THE WHOLE
WORLD.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A COUNTRY THAT'S BETTER THAN OTHER
COUNTRIES, HAVE YOU DISCOVERED, FOR MOCKING THEIR REALITY SHOWS?
>> SOME OF SOUTHEAST ASIA IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.
>> Stephen: OH.
THERE'S A TREND THAT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH A TELEVISION
SHOW IN SOUTH KOREA WHERE PEOPLE THROW THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF
CARS TO GET INSURANCE MONEY, AND THAT'S A SHOW.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT --
>> Stephen: DO THEY HAVE A CONTEST AND GO, LIKE, ALL RIGHT,
WHO THROW THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF A MAZDA MIATA?
>> YEAH, AND IT'S BETTER WHEN THEY DON'T GET HIT, THE CAR
STOPS, THEY LOOK INTO THE CAMERA AND THEY JUMP ON TO THE HOOD.
( LAUGHTER ) THEN THERE'S A PRANK SHOW IN
JAPAN THAT'S GOT UPAROUND, BUT THEY SCARE PEOPLE TO THE INCH OF
THEIR LIVES, AND IT'S A COMEDY.
THE GUY GOES IN FOR A JOB INTERVIEW AND THERE'S THREE
PEOPLE INTERVIEWING HIM, THE WINDOWS EXPLODE AND THEY ALL GET
SHOT.
AND THIS IS COMEDY, APPARENTLY.
AND HE THEN CRAWLS -- THE SNIPER OPENS AND HE CRAWLS THROUGH A
DOOR AND HIS WIFE IS IN THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN GIGGLING,
GOING, HE HE HE HE HE -- AND THAT'S A SHOW.
>> Stephen:ATES BEAUTIFUL AND ANCIENT CULTURE.
>> YES.
WE -- THAT'S WHY I CAME BACK.
>> Stephen: LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
>> GOD ALSO CALLED ME TO DO IT.
>> Stephen: GOD CALLED YOU?
YEP.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU'RE IN A NETFLIX MOVIE CALLED "A FUTILE
AND STUPID GESTURE."
>> YES.
FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE, THERE WAS A GUY NAMED DOUG KENNY WHO
STARTED THE NATIONAL LAMPOON MAGAZINE IN THE '70s.
MAGAZINES WERE MADE OF PAPER, A THING EVERYBODY USED.
>> Stephen: I READ IT ALL THE TIME.
>> AND IT BECAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST MAGAZINES IN THE
COUNTRY.
HE THEN WROTE ANIMAL HOUSE.
HE THEN MADE THIS NATIONAL LAMPOON YEAR BOOK WHICH WAS USED
AND HE WROTE AND PRODUCED CADDY SHACK AND THEN TRAGICALLY DIED
IN HIS VERY EARLY 30s.
HE DID THAT IN ALL ABOUT TEN YEARS AND HIS STORY WAS NEVER
REALLY TOLD.
HE WAS KIND OF LIKE THE HAMILTON OF AMERICAN COMEDY.
NO ONE KNEW.
HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH CHEVY CHASE WHO I PLAY.
>> AND YOU ALSO WORKED WITH CHEVY CHASE ON COMMUNITY.
>> YES, WE WERE ON PARKS AND REC FOR FOUR YEARS.
>> Stephen: VERY CLOSE.
AND HE WAS ON "COMMUNITY" FOR FOUR YEARS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO PLAY THIS GUY YOU PERFORMED WITH FOR ALL THESE
YEARS.
DID YOU CALL HIM UP AND SAY CAN I DO A RAID ALONG?
WHAT DID YOU CHOOSE?
>> I CALLED HIM TO LET HIM KNOW I WAS DOING IT TO WHICH HE WAS
VERY HAPPY BECAUSE DOUG, WHO HE WAS SO CLOSE TO, IS FINALLY
GETTING SOME ATTENTION.
THEN I CALLED HIM RIGHT BEFORE THE MOVIE CAME OUT AND I SAID,
HEY, THE MOVIE IS DONE AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
HE SAID, I'LL SEND YOU A LINK, AND HE GOES, WHAT'S A LINK?
AND HE WAS JOKING.
BUT HE WAS THE YOUNG -- I DID YOUNG CHEVY CHASE.
>> Stephen: YOU DID THIS GUY, A VERSION OF THAT GUY?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: EVEN YOUNGER THAN THAT, EVEN MORE HAIR THAN THAT?
>> YES.
I GLUED ON A LOT OF CHEST HAIR.
BUT I STUDIED YOUNG CHEVY CHASE, AND I FIGURED OUT THAT -- YOU
CAN EVEN SEE IT -- HE'S THE MOST CONFIDENT PERSON IN THE WORLD AT
THAT POINT, AND HE'S ABOUT TO BECOME THE BIGGEST COMEDY STAR
OF THE '80s.
AND WHAT I NOTICE IS WHEN HE WAS EVER INTERVIEWED, HE HAD THE
LOWEST VOICE I HAVE EVER HEARD.
SO I WOULD SIT IN MY TRAILER AND SCREAM FOR ABOUT 15 OR 20
MINUTES, AS PEOPLE WENT, JOEL'S A LUNATIC, BUT IT WOULD MAKE MY
VOICE HOARSE AND THEN I COULD GET ALMOST AS LOW AS HE WOULD
GET, BUT IT'S NOT -- >> Stephen: SO WE HAVE A CLIP.
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOU?
>> THIS IS THE SHOOTOUT -- NO, I'M NOT SURE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
I BET IT'S AT DOUG KENNY'S HOUSE, I BET.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU PLAYING CHEVY AND WILL FORTE
PLAYING KENNEDY.
>> HEY, DOUG.
LEFT THE SKETCH AT A PAWNSHOP BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW.
>> IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY.
>> ARE YOU SURE?
YEAH, I'M FINE.
I MEAN, WITH ALEX.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, I AM A LICENSED CHIROPRACTOR IN
HONDURAS -- PARTS OF HONDURAS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JOEL, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
"A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE" IS ON NETFLIX.
JOEL MCHALE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH YARA SHAHIDI.