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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN,
MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AND TONY AWARD-WINNING
ACTOR, WRITER, AND COMEDIAN.
HE IS LAUNCHING A NEW COMIC BOOK SERIES CALLED, "PHENOM-X."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," JOHN LEGUIZAMO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ♪♪
♪♪ >> NICE CROWD YOU GOT!
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY'S EXCITED TO SEE JOHN LEGUIZAMO.
>> OH, IS IT ME?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHEN I WAS TALKING
TO JON EARLIER, AS I SAID, A BELOVED TREASURE OF THE NEW YORK
ART SCENE JOHN LEGUIZAMO AND GLOBALLY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THIS IS
WHERE YOU STARTED.
>> THIS IS WHERE I STARTED.
NEW YORK CITY IS MY BIRTH, MY HAPPENING, WHERE I GOT
DISCOVERED, EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A MAYORAL RACE DECIDED THIS TUESDAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE IN NEW YORK
GOING FORWARD WITH THE NEW MAYOR, WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
>> YES, WHOEVER IT MIGHT BE.
>> Stephen: ANY CHANGES YOU WANT TO MAKE FROM NEW YORK AS WE
KNOW IT?
>> THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN NEW YORK THAT'S A LITTLE
FUNKY.
THE ELECTRIC BIKES ARE CRAZY.
>> Stephen: SURE.
RIGHT?
THEY'RE GOING 30 MILES, 40 MILES THE WRONG WAY ON A SIDEWALK
LOOKING APOLOGETIC WITH PLASTIC BAGS EVERYWHERE, THAT'S NOT
COOL.
>> Stephen: WOW.
BUT ISN'T THAT ALREADY AGAINST THE LAW?
>> BUT NOBODY'S STOPPING THEM.
>> Stephen: OH, OKAY.
SO CITIZENS' ARRESTS OR JUST TASERS?
>> I WANT TO DO CITIZENS' ARREST.
I WANT TO GET A COSTUME WITH A NEW YORK NY AND STOP PEOPLE FROM
HONKING, STOP PEOPLE FROM SPEEDING, GOING THROUGH RED
LIGHTS, ALL OF THAT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THAT.
I'M GOING TO FIX IT FOR YOU.
>> Stephen: GOOD.
WE'VE GOT TO VOTE.
VOTE EARLY, VOTE ERIC ADAMS OR WHOEVER YOU WANT, BUT ERIC
ADAMS.
NO, WHOEVER YOU WANT.
ERIC ADAMS.
I DON'T CARE.
ERIC ADAMS.
>> Stephen: SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, WE HAVE A NEW
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION.
>> YES, WE DO.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: FOR SOME OF THE
COUNTRY, THAT'S LOWERED THE TEMPERATURE, NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT
SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IT'S LOWERED THE TEMPERATURE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: DO YOU FEEL YOURSELF GETTING WORKED UP BY
NATIONAL POLITICS?
>> I WAS REALLY FEELING COMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
WE SAVE DEMOCRACY, THE COUNTRY'S GOING TO BE SAVED AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE BACK IN A PANIC STATE.
THIS FILIBUSTER IS KILLING ME.
>> Stephen: FILIBUSTER IS KIND OF A CRAZY THING.
IT'S NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
>> NO, IT WAS USED ONLY IN THE '60s, BASICALLY, TO GET RID OF
ALL CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS.
>> Stephen: IT WAS USED AS A RESISTANCE TOOL BY STROM
THURMAN.
>> YEAH.
IT MIGHT BITE US IN TASS WHEN THEY WIN THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE, IF THEY DO.
>> Stephen: MM-HMM.
BUT F THAT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING NOW WE'RE NOT
GOING TO DO ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF MANCHIN.
THE GUY'S A D DINO.
DEMOCRATS IN NAME ONLY.
I JUST COINED THAT.
I WANT SOME OF THAT BIT.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT A NEW COMIC BOOK HERE.
IS THIS A SERIES.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Stephen: A SERIES.
OKAY -- AM I SAYING IT RIGHT?
( PRONOUNCING >> PRONOUNCING.
THEY'RE ALL, LIKE, PHENOMENAL PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THE 'HOOD
>> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO ZOOM. WHAT'S THIS CHARACTER'S
NAME?
>> MAX GOMEZ >> Stephen: HE LOOKS A LOT
LIKE JOHN LEGUIZAMO.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT IS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE --
JOE, GET IT IN THERE ONE MORE TIME.
ZOOM OVER TO HIM.
GET OVER TO JOHN.
THERE YOU GO.
DO YOU LOOK THIS GOOD IN A COOT SUITS IS WHAT I WANT -- CAT SUIT
IS WHAT I WANT TO NO.
>> HELL, NO.
I TOLD THEM, PUT STEROIDS ON HIM, MAKE HIM YOUNGER AND
HOTTER, AND THEY DID.
>> Stephen: IS IT SHORT FOR MAXIMUS GOMEZ?
>> YES.
LATIN AMERICA ARE THE LARGEST GROUP, WE HAVE BEEN IN AMERICA
FOREVER.
WE HAVE NO SUPERHEROES.
>> Stephen: THERE IS NO LATINO LATINX --
>> WHO IN THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OR IN THE D.C. OR COMIC OR MARVEL
WORLD.
HALF THE BRAVES ARE LATINX, HALF THE ASTROS ARE LATINX, THE GUY
WHO WON THE ITALIAN TOUR, AOC, WE GOT HALF THE MMA IS LATINX.
>> Stephen: I THINK MMA'S SUPERPOWERS ARE UPSETTING TUCKER
CARLSON.
>> I'M GLAD.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHEN WE COME BACK,
JOHN LEGUIZAMO IS GOING TO SING.
STICK AROUND.
>> NO, NO, NO, NO!