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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A VERY OLD FRIEND.
HE IS THE CREATOR AND STAR OF NETFLIX'S NEW SERIES "SPACE
FORCE."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," STEVE CARELL!
( LAUGHTER )
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW YOU HOLDING UP?
>> Stephen: IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE HERE AT
"THE LATE SHOW"" TO HAVE A JOB THAT YOU CAN DO UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE WILLING TO COME ON.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, EVEN UNDER-- OR ESPECIALLY UNDER
THESE STRANGE CONDITIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE SHOW.
I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
NOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK AT HOME A LOT RIGHT NOW-- WHICH IS
EVERYBODY-- PEOPLE ARE DOING CHORES THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN A
LONG TIME.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN ENJOYING A CHORE THAT YOU JUST
HAVEN'T HAD TIME FOR IN A WHILE.
>> YES.
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK I GOT A POWER WASHER FOR POWER'S DAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE ULTIMATE-- THAT'S A GREAT
FATHER'S DAY GIFT.
>> IT'S THE 1,500 P.S.I.
IT GETS BETWEEN THE GROUT.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: IT GETS THE JOB DONE, MAN.
>> IT REALLY DOES, YUP.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT ANY BLACKHEADS?
HOLD STILL.
>> NO, THAT'S-- ACTUALLY, THAT WAS-- THAT WAS FROM, LIKE, 8:00
UNTIL, LIKE, 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON TWO DAYS AGO.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO?
WHAT DID YOU HIT?
>> I WAS-- YOU KNOW, I WAS HITTING SOME PATIO, SOME PATIO
FURNITURE, YOU KNOW, BLAST AGO.
>> Stephen: ARE WE TALKING, LIKE, MILDEW, GRIME?
WHAT ARE WE GETTING OFF THERE.
>> MILDEW, GRIME, COB WEBS.
IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT DOESN'T TAKE OFF THE PAINT.
IT TAKES OFF JUST ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE PHOTOS?
DID YOU TAKE PHOTOS.
BEFORE AND AFTERS?
>> NO, I'LL SEND SOME TO YOU, IF YOU LIKE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE.
>> THOSE ARE VERY PERSONAL TO ME.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE POWER WASHING PORN.
OH, YEAH, BABY.
TAKE IT OFF!
TAKE IT ALL OFF!
>> CHECK THIS ONE OUT, STEPHEN!
>> >> Stephen: MMM-HMMM.
>> YOU LIKEY?
>> Stephen: WHO CHOOSES-- PEOPLE ARE WATCHING A LOT OF
THINGS TOGETHER.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HITTING ALL THE STREAMING SERVICES.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: INCLUDING NETFLIX, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A
MOMENT.
WHO PICKS?
WHO GETS TO PICK WHAT MOVIES?
IS THAT, LIKE, A VOTE OR WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> WE KIND OF GO AROUND.
YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS TAKING A FILM CLASS RIGHT NOW IN
SCHOOL, AND SHE'S STILL TAKING T IT ONLINE, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THERE ARE SOME MOVIES THAT SHE HAS TO TAKE-- SHE'S TAKING A
"SATIRE IN FILM" CLASS, AND ONE OF THE FILMS ON THE LIST WAS
"BLAZING SADDLES."
THE FOUR OF US SAT DOWN AND WATCHED THAT.
WE WATCHED "GROUNDHOG DAY."
I GOT THEM TO WATCH "CITIZEN KAIN F " FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> Stephen: A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE.
>>UN WHAT, THAT HOLDS UP.
THAT ONE REALLY HOLDS UP.
IT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SAY THIS, "WAIT UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT
THE SLED IS!
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY!
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING AWAY.
>> THE SLED THAT HE'S ON?
THAT WILL COME BACK LATER.
>> Stephen: REMEMBER THAT.
AND REMEMBER WHAT IT'S NAMED?
( LAUGHTER )
ENJOY THE FILM.
>> IT'S A VERY SUBTLE THING, BUT I WANT TO YOU NOTICE IT.
BUT I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF ON CERTAIN-- CERTAIN SHOTS, LIKE
"OH, LOOK AT HOW THE CAMERA IS GOING OVER THE TOP AND THEN IT
PUSHES DOWN IN.
THAT'S AMAZING!" AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD A
BREAKAWAY CEILING THAT OPENED, AND THE CAMERA WENT DOWN.
ANYWAY, ENJOY THE REST.
BUT I KEPT, LIKE-- THINGS THAT I KNOW ABOUT THE MOVIE THAT I WAS
KIND OF DROPPING IN.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
I'M THE WORST, THE SAME WAY.
THE SAME WAY.
WE DID-- I RECOMMEND THIS-- WE DID, LIKE, A FULL TESTOSTERONE
RUN.
WE DID "TOP GUN."
>> OH, WOW!
>> Stephen: THEN WE DID-- WHAT DID WE DO NEXT?
"THE RIGHT STUFF."
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: AND THEN WE DID "POINTBREAK"
WE DID THOSE THREE IN A ROW, ONE NIGHT THE NEXT.
IT WAS-- WE HAD TO HOSE OUT THE TESTOSTERONE OUT OF THAT ROOM.
>> WERE PEOPLE, LIKE, CHEST BUMPING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> Stephen: EVIE AND I WERE.
EVIE AND I WERE CHEST BUMPING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO PLAY A CHARACTER NAMED JOHNNY UTAH?
>> OR A CHARACTER NAMED CHESTY BUMP.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU WERE YOUNG AND YOU NEEDED THE MONEY.
>> EXACTLY.
THAT-- I DIDN'T THINK TWICE BEFORE I SAID THAT, SO... THAT
CAME OUT ALL WRONG.
OH, WELL.
>> Stephen: AMERICA THANKS YOU.
>> IT'S OUT THERE.
WHAT CAN I DO?
( LAUGHTER )
IT BACK, AND NOW WE'RE EACH JUST MINUTES CLOSER TO DEATH.
KEEP IT LIGHT.
( LAUGHTER )
NOW, YOU HAVE GIVEN-- YOU HAVE GIVEN ALL OF US YOUR GIFT TO THE
WORLD IS THAT YOU AND GREG DANIELS, OF COURSE, CREATED "THE
AMERICAN OFFICE," HAVE GIVEN US SOMETHING NEW TO BINGE ON
NETFLIX.
IT'S "SPACE FORCE" WHICH I WANT TO WATCH BECAUSE OF THE TITLE.
I KNOW NOTHING ELSE.
>> WELL, NEITHER DID WE.
>> Stephen: HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?
>> IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT CAME
ABOUT.
NETFLIX HAD A MEETING OF THEIR EXECUTIVES, AND ONE OF THEIR
EXECUTIVES SAID-- THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE REAL SPACE FORCE, AND ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES
THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A FUNNY IDEA FOR A SHOW, BASED ON
NOTHING BUT THE TWO WORDS.
STOW THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, "IS THIS A SHOW YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING?" AND I SAID, "YES."
AGAIN, BASED ON NOTHING.
AND THEN I CALLED GREG DANIELS, WHO HAD DEVELOPED THE AMERICAN
VERSION OF "THE OFFICE," AND I SAID, DO YOU WANT TO DO A SHOW
CALLED "SPACE FORCE?" AND HE SAID YES.
AGAIN, BASED ON ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT THE TITLE.
>> Stephen: FUN FACT: THAT'S HOW ORSON WELLS CAME UP WITH
CITIZEN CAIB.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SOMEONE SAID WOULD YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOVIE CALLED CITIZEN
KANE, AND HE SAID YES.
>> HE BACKED INTO IT.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU IN "SPACE FORCE?
>> ?
>> I'M FOUR-STAR GENERAL MAKER NAIRD.
AT THE BIG PRESENTATION I'M MADE AWARE I'M STARTING SPACE FORCE,
THAT I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE BEGINNINGS OF THAT.
I'M NOT TOO HAPPY TO BEGIN WITH, BUT I END UP, YOU KNOW, TAKING
ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND GOING FOR IT.
>> Stephen: HEY, WOULD YOU I'VE WANT TO GO TO SPACE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: COME ON.
>> NOT -- >> Stephen: YOU WOULDN'T WANT
TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?
>> NOT A TINY BIT OF ME WOULD EVER WANT TO DO THAT.
I LIVE IN FEAR OF DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT I UNDERSTAND
YOU WOULD LOVE TO GO TO SPACE.
>> Stephen: I WOULD.
LISTEN, I'M TERRIBLE WITH HEIGHTS.
AND I'M NOT GREAT WITH-- I'M NOT GREAT WITH, LIKE, ACCELERATED
FLYING.
I FLEW WITH THE THUNDERBIRDS.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: I FLEW WITH THE THUNDERBIRDS, AND I'M STILL
WAITINGINAR TO FEEL LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
>> I DON'T-- YEAH, THAT WOULD NOT BE FOR ME.
NO.
AS FAST AS, THERE'S ONE SCENE-- THERE'S A WHOLE EPISODE WHERE I
WEAR A SPACESUIT QUITE EIGHT BIT.
IT WAS PROBABLY A SPACESUIT FROM A 1953 SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
IT WASN'T ONE OF THE MNDERS SUITS.
>> Stephen: YOU CRAWLED INSIDE ROBBIE THE ROBOT.
>> IT BASICALLY WAS THAT.
THE ARMS SORT OF ARTICULATED, BUT NOT REALLY.
AND IF YOU MOVED TOO HARD, YOU WOULD PINCH YOUR ARM INSIDE T
THE-- OF IT.
AND THEY HAD TO LOWER YOU INTO IT VIA A SMALL CRANE BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO WAY TO JUST SNAP IT ON.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
>> AND THEN THEY LOWER THE TOP ON TO YOU.
AND THERE WAS A FAN THAT YOU COULD TURN ON, BUT ONLY-- ONLY
IF YOU WERE STATIONARY.
>> Stephen: IF YOU MOVED YOU-- >> IF YOU MOVED YOU HAD TO
DISCONNECT IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE HOOKED UP TO SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> SO YOU COULDN'T OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT RUNNING,
SORRY, NO FAN.
WHICH SEEMS COUNTER-INTUITIVE.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE VERY FEW DESDESERTS IN SPACE, THAT'S WHY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: STEVE, THIS BEING A NETWORK.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE STEVE CARELL.