SAY HELLO TO JON BATISTE AND "STAY HUMAN"!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, I'VE GOT TO SAY, IT IS
REALLY GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WE'VE NOT SPENT MUCH TIME ON THE STAGE TOGETHER.
I GOT COVID TWICE, THEN YOU GOT COVID.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND YOU WENT AND YOU SHOT THE MUSICAL COLOR
PURPLE.
>> THE COLOR PURPLE.
>> Stephen: THE COLOR PURPLE OUT IN LOS ANGELES.
>> THAT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT WERE YOUR SCENES LIKE?
>> Jon: I LOVED IT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I MIGHT GET MORE INTO ACTING.
I LIKE IT A LOT.
( CHEERING ) IT WAS SO COOL TO BE ON THE SET.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, TARAJI, STEPHEN SPEILBERG, OPRAH, IT WAS
DAUNTING TO WALK INTO IT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> Jon: THEN I STARTED CHECKING OUT HOW IT WAS PUT
TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON A SET LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: I DON'T THINK I HAVE BEEN ON A SET LIKE THAT.
THERE AREN'T A LOT OF SETS LIKE THAT.
>> Jon: MAN, IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
THEY BUILT A WORLD, THEN THEY HAD AN ALTERNATE WORLD THAT WAS
INDOORS OF THE OUTDOOR WORLD, AND IT WAS JUST, LIKE, EVERY
RESOURCE YOU COULD IMAGINE TO MAKE A FILM.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT'S SPEILBERG AND OPERA.
O -- OPRAH.THEY WERE SAYING, WEA MOVIE.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR PART.
YOU SENT ME PHOTOS AND IT WAS A FRESH LOOK.
>> Jon: THAT CAR WAS GOOD.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
JON, WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU BACK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Jon: OH, MAN, THANK LOUIS!
>> Stephen: LOUIS, YOU KILLED IT WHEN JON WAS GONE, THANK YOU
SO MUCH!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) JON, OUR DEAR FRIEND JAKE TAPPER
IS HERE.
>> Jon: OH, JAKE IS IN THE HOUSE!
YES!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I THINK HIS
ELEVENTH APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW.
AND COMEDIAN JOEL KIM BOOSTER WILL BE OUT HERE LATER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS,
LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE SHOW KNOW THAT I'M NOT NORMALLY A BIG
FAN OF THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY.
GIVE ME BACK MY FAMILY'S LAND!
( LAUGHTER ) BUT GIVEN THE DESOLATE,
POST-APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS THE NEWS, HEY, LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE QUEEN ( TRUMPET SOUND )
LILIBET TOOK THE THRONE AT AGE 25, ON FEBRUARY 6, 1952.
SO NATURALLY, THE BRITS ARE CELEBRATING HER 70TH ANNIVERSARY
IN JUNE.
THEY WERE AIMING FOR LONDON'S ANNUAL DAY OF SUNSHINE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
70 YEARS MAKES IT THE QUEEN'S PLATINUM JUBILEE, SO I BELIEVE
THE TRADITIONAL GIFT TO GIVE HER IS AFRICA.
( LAUGHTER ) AND BOY, OH BOY, DID THEY DO A
TO-DO.
THE U.K. CELEBRATED WITH A PARADE, A MILITARY FLYOVER, A
FLOTILLA ON THE THAMES, AND A CORGI DRONE DISPLAY IT WAS THE
MOST HIGH-PROFILE EXAMPLE OF BRITISH DRONING SINCE ANY TIME
PIERS MORGAN OPENS HIS MOUTH.
( LAUGHTER ) IS IT MORGANS OR MORGAN?
MORGAN, OKAY.
THE QUEEN ALSO TOOK PART IN A PRE-TAPED SKETCH FEATURING
PADDINGTON BEAR.
SO LIFELIKE.
( LAUGHTER ) SAME WITH PADDINGTON.
( LAUGHTER ) BUCKINGHAM PALACE EXPLAINED THE
QUEEN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SKETCH, SAYING HER MAJESTY IS
WELL KNOWN FOR HER SENSE OF HUMOUR.
OH, YES.
LIKE THAT PRACTICAL JOKE SHE PLAYED ON PRINCE CHARLES:
NEVER DYING.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
LONG MAY SHE WAVE, I SAY.
LONG MAY SHE WAVE.
THE FESTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDED A HOLOGRAM OF A YOUNGER VERSION OF
THE QUEEN PROJECTED INTO A GOLDEN CARRIAGE.
NOTHING SAYS YOU'RE HEALTHY AND DOIN' FINE LIKE RESORTING TO
TECHNOLOGY FROM DISNEY'S HAUNTED MANSION.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HER MAJESTY WAS ALSO SERENADED BY THE WEST END CAST OF MAMMA
MIA, WHO SANG ABBA'S HIT 'DANCING QUEEN.'.
OH, YEAH, QUEEN ELIZABETH IS KNOWN FOR HER SIGNATURE DANCE
MOVE.
JON, HIT IT!
( BAND PLAYS DANCING QUEEN ) NOT EVERY ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER
WAS AMUSED BY THE CELEBRATION.
LIKE FOUR-YEAR-OLD PRINCE LOUIS, WHO FIDGETED, SQUIRMED, AND MADE
FACES THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
( LAUGHTER ) HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM IF HE KEPT
IT UP, HIS FACE WOULD STICK THAT WAY.
AND THEN, AS PROOF, SHE POINTED TO PRINCE CHARLES.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Jon: OH, MY GOSH -- WOW.
>> Stephen: AT ONE POINT, LITTLE PRINCE LOUIS SEEMED FED
UP WITH HIS MUM AND PUT HIS HAND OVER HER MOUTH TO KEEP HER FROM
TALKING.
HE FIRST LADY AROUND AND DID THE CLASSIC THUMB ON THE NOSEY.
OOH, KEEP THAT UP YOUNG MAN, AND NO STICKY TOFFEE KIDNEY PIE FOR
YOU.
( LAUGHTER ) THE REAL SURPRISE GUEST OF THE
WEEKEND WAS THE QUEEN HERSELF, WHO, AFTER BEING ABSENT FROM
EVENTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APPEARED ON THE PALACE BALCONY
FOR A BRIEF BUT MOVING ROYAL SAMBLE.
SHOWING A CLASSIC BRITISH STIFF UPPER LIP, AND, REALLY, STIFF
EVERYTHING.
( LAUGHTER ) SO, LIZ, HERE'S TO ANOTHER 70
YEARS.
WE SALUTE YOU.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JAKE TAPPER!