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WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY FIRST GUEST JUST WON AN EMMY
FOR HIS ROLE IN "THIS IS US" AND HE NOW STARS IN THE FILM
"MARSHALL".
PLEASE WELCOME STERLING K.
BROWN!
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>> Stephen: HEY!
WHAT?
>> Stephen: HEY!
YOU'RE KILLING IT TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
YOU'RE KILLING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> Stephen: BEFORE WE GET INTO ANYTHING ELSE, I JUST WANT TO
SAY HOW MUCH I ADMIRED YOUR PORTRAYAL OF CHRISTOPHER DARDEN
IN THE O.J. STORY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
IT WAS A GREAT TIME.
>> Stephen: I SAW YOU ON "THIS IS US," I SAID, THAT'S THE SAME
GUY.
>> THE HAIR HELPS, THE LACK OF, AND THE BIG UGLY BEARD.
>> Stephen: WHAT AN AMAZING BURSTING ON THE SCENE YOU'VE HAD
IN YOUR 40s.
ARE YOU HAPPY TO HAVE GOTTEN FAMOUS LATER ON IN YOUR CAREER?
>> I THINK SO.
IF YOU GET IT YOUNG, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE THE APPRECIATION
FOR THE MOMENT THAT'S HAPPENING NOW.
>> Stephen: "THIS IS US" RETURNS TOMORROW.
>> THAT'S CORRECT ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: OKAY.
"MARSHALL" IS OPENING OCTOBER 13.
>> OCTOBER 13.
>> Stephen: AND YOU JUST WON THE EMMY THIS PAST SUNDAY
BEATING KEVIN SPACEY AND ANTHONY HOPKINS.
ARE YOU STILL FLOAT AGO LITTLE BIT?
>> A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMPANY, WE HAD SEVEN PEOPLE IN OUR
CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE MOST OUT OF ANY OF THE ACTING CATEGORIES.
TO BE THE KNIGHT, PRETTY COOL.
SIR ANTHONY, HANNIBAL LECTOR AND SIR KYESLY WERE IN THE HOUSE.
( LAUGHTER ) I NEVER ENVISIONED THIS MOMENT
WOULD EVER HAPPEN AND NOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING IT JUST FEELS SO
SWEET, MAN, IT REALLY DOES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE
ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS YOU GAVE A BEAUTIFUL ACCEPTANCE
SPEECH BUT DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH ALL OF IT
BECAUSE YOU GOT PLAYED OFF.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: AND THEN THEY CUT YOUR LIGHT AND YOUR MIC.
>> THEY DID.
>> Stephen: AND YOU GOT A CHANCE TO FINISH BACKSTAGE.
>> I GOT TO FINISH BACKSTAGE.
>> Stephen: AND PRINTED THE ENTIRE THING.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M BACKSTAGE WATCHING
AND I'M, LIKE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLAY HIM OFF, THEY'RE GOING
TO LET HIM FINISH THE SPEECH, THEN I SAID THEY'RE GOING TO
PLAY HIM OFF, THEN I WENT, WAIT!
I'M THE HOST!
I'VE GOT TO STOP THIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE WIDE SHOT, THERE'S A LITTLE WHITE GUY
COMING ON TO THE STAGE.
( LAUGHTER ) RIGHT WHEN THEY CUT OFF YOUR MIC
AND YOU WALKED AWAY.
I'M SORRY FOR NOT GETTING OUT THEIR FASTER BECAUSE --
>> LISTEN, NOT EVERYONE CAN BE INDUSTRIALMAN WHITE MEN WHO HAVE
WON OSCARS IN THE PAST.
( LAUGHTER ) NOT THAT I'M BLAMING HER.
IT'S NOT HER FAULT.
YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO COMMERCIAL BREAK.
I GOT A CHANCE TO MAKE THE SPEECH LONGER BECAUSE I GOT TO
FINISH IT BACKSTAGE.
IT WAS PERFECT.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL DESERVED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU GOT AN ADORABLE FAMILY RIGHT HERE.
TELL ME WHO'S IN THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE.
>> THAT IS MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND MY TWO SONS ANDREW AND AMARI.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU AND YOUR WIFE,
I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE BEEN SWEETHEARTS SINCE COLLEGE.
>> WE HAVE, OFF AND ON.
MET FRESHMAN YEAR IN COLLEGE.
DATED IN COLLEGE, BROKE UP.
DATED IN GRAD SCHOOL, WE BROKE UP.
THEN WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE 2004.
>> Stephen: WOW, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S GREAT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: YOUR KIDS OR YOUR WIFE, ARE THEY IMPRESSED WITH
THE FAME OR ARE THEY, LIKE, WHY AREN'T YOU HOME?
>> MORE THE LATTER THAN THE FORMER.
MY WIFE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY 6-YEAR-OLD JUST WANTS ME TO BE THERE WITH HIM.
HE LIKES TO DO THE BOOTY DANCE WHERE HE DAYSCALLY JUST GETS UP
AND SHAKES HIS BOOTY ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
HE'LL START MOVING IT AROUND, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE BOOTY DANCE GETS OLD.
I NEED FRESH MATERIAL ON A NIGHTLY BASIS.
I SAY, ANDREW, LET'S PLAY IT OUT.
MY NAME IS STERLING BROWN, I WON AN EMMY, AND I WON ANOTHER TWHUN
YEAR AND THAT'S COOL.
THIS IS WHAT HE DOES.
>> Stephen: WOW.
GOOD FOR HIM.
>> AND IT'S FUNNY.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
THEY PLAY THAT CUTE CARD, AS LONG AS IT WORKS, I DON'T GET
MAD.
>> Stephen: THE NEW SEASON "THIS IS US" STARTS TOMORROW.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: SHOULD I GO TO COSTCO AND BUY THE KLEENEX IN
BULL INCOME.
>> YOU WILL GET A BIG CLUE AS TO HOW JACK DIED.
SO WE FIND THAT OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE EPISODE, SO PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN ASKING, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING, AND IT WILL GET
FILLED IN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON.
>> Stephen: FALLS INTO AN AUTOMATIC SAUSAGE MACHINE.
>> BOOM, LIKE FARGO WITH THE WOOD CHIPPER.
IT'S REALLY GNARLY.
>> Stephen: I SAW THAT.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO KNOW.
"MARSHALL" IS THE STORY OF THURGOOD MARSHALL.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: TAKING AN EARLY CASE EVEN BEFORE BROWN V BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHY IS THIS AN IMPORTANT CASE IN THIS GREAT
MAN'S LIFE?
WHY DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> IT WAS A CASE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
HE GOES TO BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT TO DEFEND A MAN
NAMED JOSEPH I PLAY WHO IS I TEMPTED OF THE RAPE AND HOMICIDE
OF A WHITE WOMAN BY THE NAME OF ELEANOR STRUBING.
YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GUILTY BUT THE HISTORY OF RACE IN THIS
COUNTRY IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION WE CAN'T FORGET
ABOUT.
WE HAD EIGHT YEARS OF THINKING WE WERE POST-RACIAL AND NOW
UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATION AND GOING, HMM, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH.
MAYBE IT STILL EXISTS AND WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR PAST, YOU'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT
IT.
I HOPE THIS WAKES PEOPLE UP TO WHAT'S GOING ON NOW.
LET'S NOT GO BACK TO 1941.
IT'S 2017.
WE SHOULD BE BETTER.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S IN THIS CLIP RIGHT HERE?
I THINK YOU'RE IN JAIL.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP?
>> I'M IN JAIL AND JOSEPH IS IN JAIL, AND THURGOOD MARSHALL
COMES TO VISIT HIM, LOOKING TO SEE IF HE WANTS COUNSEL BECAUSE
THE NAACP IS LOOKING TO DEFEND PEOPLE WHO THEY THINK ARE
FALSELY CONFUSED.
THIS IS THE CONVERSATION THEY HAVE.
>> Stephen: JIM.
YOU A LAWYER?
I AM.
THIS IS SAM FREEDMAN, HE'S A LAWYER, TOO.
>> YOU CAN GO.
GOT NO MONEY FOR LAWYERS.
>> ANYBODY ASK YOU FOR MONEY?
DID YOU RAPE THAT WOMAN, JOSEPH?
>> NO.
WHY DOES SHE SAY YOU DID?
I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE'S SAYING THAT.
>> SHE SAYS YOU RAPED HER AND TRIED TO KILL HER.
>> SHE'S LYING.
I'M TELLING YOU THIS UP FRONT.
THE NAACP ARE NOT LIKE MOST LAWYERS.
WE ONLY REPRESENT INNOCENT PEOPLE.
PEOPLE ACCUSED BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.
THAT'S OUR MISSION.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
SO I NEED TO KNOW THIS -- LOOK AT ME NOW -- DID YOU DO WHAT
THEY SAID YOU DID?
>> I NEVER TOUCHED THAT WOMAN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS. "MARSHALL" OPENS OCTOBER 13TH.
STERLING K. BROWN, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK