>> Stephen: HEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO THE
LATE SHOW, YOU KNOW MY FIRST GUEST FROM HER SIX SEASONS ON
SNL AND PLAYING MANY MEMORABLE CARS INCLUDING SUPERSTAR, MARY
KATHERINE GALLAGHER, SHE NOW STARS ON HBO'S DIVORCE.
>>-- LONG WEEKEND, ON VACATION.
>> I WAS THINKING SOMETHING BIGGER.
WE COULD DO THAT MEDITATION SAFARI WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO
DO.
>> I'M GOING TO RETIRE.
DIANNE.
SAY SOMETHING.
>> GREAT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME MOLLY SHANNON.
(APPLAUSE) >> I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
(APPLAUSE) SO COOL.
>> Stephen: HEY, I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: I HAVE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU FOR YEARS I'M SUCH A
BIG FAN OF YOURS FOR SO MANY YEARS NOW.
>> I'M A BIG FAN OF YOURS I'M SO NERVOUS TO BE HERE.
>> Stephen: WHY, YOU ARE AN OLD PRO.
>> THANKS.
>> Stephen: I MEAN NOT OLD PRO.
>> I DIDN'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.
>> Stephen: SHOWBIZ TERM, YOU ARE ARE A HAND AT THIS.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S FUNNY THOUGH WHEN YOU HAVEN'T DONE LIVE
TELEVISION FOR AWHILE.
I STILL GET REALLY NERVOUS.
I FORGET LIKE HOW YOUR HEART POUNDS, YOU FORGET ABOUT THAT
FOR SOME REASON.
>> Stephen: YEAH, WELL NOW MINE IS.
I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT UNTIL YOU TOLD ME JUST NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I LOVE, I LOVE STUPID
THINGS FOR THE SAME OF THEM JUST BEING AS STUPID AS YOU CAN MAKE
THEM.
YOU AND WILL FERRELL DID SOMETHING JUST WONDERFULLY
STUPID ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
TELL THE GOOD PEOPLE WHAT YOU TWO DID.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.
WILL FERRELL AND I HOSTED THE ROSE BOWL PARADES ACCORD AND
TISH AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN DOING IT.
IT WAS DRK DSH IT WAS THRILLING.
>> Stephen: BUT AND FOR NO OTHER REASON LIKE IT WASN'T IN
SUPPORT OF SOME OTHER THING.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: YOU AREN'T MAKING A MOVIE WITH THEETION
CHARACTERS, YOU JUST-- WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
>> IT WAS JUST FOR FUN.
I THINK-- .
>> Stephen: BUT YOU DIDN'T TELL THE VIEWERS.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: THAT IT WAS A JOKE.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: AND SOME OF THEM WERE NOT HAPPY.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
YES, I HEARD ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: YEAH, WELL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS BUT
YOU GOT THIS AMAZING AMAZON REVIEWS BECAUSE IT WAS ON AMAZON
PRIME, AMAZON PRIME, COULD YOU WATCH THIS RIGHT HERE, IF YOU
LOOK AT THIS.
OKAY.
THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKED IT.
THAT IS HOW MANY PEOPLE HATED IT.
AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN WAS REALLY CONFUSED.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.
CAN WE-- DO WE HAVE A CLIP OF THIS?
SHOW THE PEOPLE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
>> COMING NOW.
>> DON'T GO CRAZY, CORD.
>> I CAN'T HELP IT IT IS THE MAYOR OF PASADENA, CARRY TORNAK.
>> CARRY TORNNABBING.
CARRY TORNABBING.
CARRY TORNAK, HAVING A PINT OF BEER WITH YOU IN THE PUB LATER.
>> CARRY TOUNNAK!
>> TWO HOURS, TWO HOURS.
>> Stephen: I JUST ASKED HOW LONG YOU DID THAT.
>> TWO HOURS, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: TWO HOURS OF THAT IN CHARACTER.
>> IN, KA, IT WAS A LITTLE HARD.
I WAS LIKE OH, I HOPE I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE OR SAY SOMETHING
BAD.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU GET IN TROUBLE FOR SAYING SOMETHING BAD
ON AM GLORNTION YOU CAN DO ANYTHING THERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: I WILL READ YOU ONE OF THE REVIEWS.
I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO GIVE THIS ANY STARS.
THE TWO HOSTS NEEDED TO BE PLACED IN A PSYCH WARD SOME
PLACE.
I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED IN THE COVERAGE.
ONE, BECAUSE OF THE HOSTS AND SECOND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SHOW
ALL THE FLOATS.
SO ANYWAY, MUCH RESPECT FOR NOT TELLING ANYONE WHAT THE HELL WAS
GOING ON.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: NOW AGE THEN YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY CHARACTERS
OVER THE YEARS.
MARY KATHERINE GALLAGHER, OBVIOUSLY.
TERA RIALTO, THE SCHWETY BALLS.
SALLY O'MALLEY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: NOW YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE CHARACTERS?
BECAUSE I HAVE A SUSPICION YOU HAVE BECAUSE WE GOT THIS.
>> YES, THAT SHALL-- .
>> Stephen: HOW OLD ARE YOU.
>> THAT WAS WHEN I WAS PROBABLY NINE OR TEN AND THAT IS ONE OF
MY BEST FRIENDS THAT I GREW UP WITH.
>> Stephen: NINE OR TEN GOING ON 45 RIGHT HERE, THERE YOU ARE.
THIS IS YOU RIGHT HERE.
>> YEAH, WE WOULD ALWAYS DO CHARACTERS GROWING UP.
AND SHE WAS THE GIRL WHO FIRST TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD PICTURE
ME IN THE MOVIES.
WE SAW THIS ROBERT ALTMAN MOVIE CALLED NASHVILLE AND KAREN BLACK
HAD A SOUTHERN ACCENT AND SHE WAS SINGING AND SHE SAID CAN I
PICTURE YOU BEING IN THE MOVIES, WE WERE LIKE HUCK FINN, AND TOM
SAWYER I GO YOU COULD.
>> I COULD PICK PICTURE YOU IN A SOUTHERN ACCENT IN THE MOVIES,
WE WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: WHERE DID YOU GROW UP.
>> CLEVELAND, OHIO.
>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW ONE WOULD GO BE IN
A MOVIE.
>> NO, NOT AT ALL.
BUT MY DAD WAS LIKE MY MOMMA GYPSY ROSE.
HE WAS LIKE, YOU GO IN, WHEN ARE YOU OUT IN HOLLYWOOD YOU GO INTO
THOSE TALENT AGENTS AND JUST TELL THEM HEY, HOLD THE PHONE, I
GOT TALENT.
LIKE HE-- HE HAD REAL LIKE OLD TIMEY ADVICE.
>> Stephen: HOW ONE OF WATCH WAS YOUR DAD'S NAME.
>> JIM SWEETEST.
HE WAS A DAPPER DRESSER.
AND HE WAS IRISH CATHOLIC.
HE WAS A RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC.
AND HE WAS JUST LIKE, HE TOOK A REAL INTEREST IN PEOPLE.
AND HE WAS JUST THE BEST.
I ADORED HIM.
>> Stephen: NOW NO, THIS KID WHO-- HOW OLD WERE YOU.
>> I WAS LIKE TEN.
>> Stephen: ABOUT TEN, SMOKING A CAMEL STRAIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO KIDS WHO LIKE ACTOR KIDS, KIDS DOING
CHARACTERS LIKE THIS WITH CIGARETTES MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
OF A HANDFUL AND YOUR DAD WAS A SINGLE DAD.
DID YOU MAKE LIFE HELL FOR HIM WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER.
>> HE DID HAVE A HARD TIME, BECAUSE HE HAD TO TAKE US TO
SCHOOL AND COOK AND CLEAN THE HOUSE AND WE GET WORRIED ABOUT
GETTING BEHIND IN THE CLEANING.
SO HE, THIS IS BEFORE HE GOT INTO RECOVERY.
HE WOULD TAKE SPEED, WENT TO CLEAN THE HOUSE.
AND-- HE USED TO TAKE-- .
>> Stephen: ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.
>> THURSDAY NIGHT WE JUST POP A LITTLE DEXAMIL BECAUSE WE BE SO
BEHIND IN THE CLEANING AND IT WAS A COMBINATION OF AN
AMPHETAMINE AND TRANG LYZER, A PERFECT COMBO.
>> Stephen: YIN YANG.
>> KIND OF SPEEDY BUT CALM, SO THEN HE WOULD JUST CLEAN AND
CLEAN AND HE WOULD BE LIKE OH DADDY IS CLEANING.
AND HE WOULD STILL BE CLEANING AND MY SISTER MARY AND I WOULD
GO TO BED AND THE SUN WOULD BE RISING AND SHE WOULD COME IN MY
ROOM, SHE WAS LIKE DADDY'S STILL DOWNSTAIRS CLEANING SLARM AND
THEN WE WENT DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND HE WOULD BE FOLDING
LAUNDRY WITH A CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH, A SPEED FREAK LIKE,
FOLDING LAUNDRY.
BUT THEN THE HOUSE WAS SPARKLING CLEAN AND HE WOULD PLAY JUDY GAR
LAND MUSIC LIKE SWANEE HOW I LOVE YOU, HOW I LOVE YOU.
AND THE HOUSE WAS CLEAN, AFTER IT WAS CLEAN HE PLAYED JUDY
GARLAND.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> AND THEN WE WOULD CELEBRATE.
>> Stephen: I THINK JUDY GARLAND HAD SOME OF YOUR DAD'S
PILLS TOO, BY THE WAY.
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: DON'T KNOW.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO OKAY.
SO YOU GREW NEWSPAPER AN IRISH CATHOLIC HOME.
>> VERY CATHOLIC AND IRISH LIKE YOU.
>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH.
>> MY DAD WAS THE YOUNGEST OF TEN.
>> Stephen: YOUNGEST OF 11.
IT IS GREAT TO BE THE BABY OF THE BIG FAMILY.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW CATHOLIC ARE WE TALK SMG ARE WE TALKING
DAILY, COMMUN, CA, DAILY NOFINAS, NUNS.
>> VERY CATHOLIC, SO CATHOLIC THAT WHEN I PLAYED BARBIE DOLLS
I WOULD HAVE CATHOLIC SCENARIOS, I WOULD HAVE CONFESSIONALS FOR
THE BARBIES AND ONE CHRISTMAS I GOT A STRETCH ARMSTRONG DOLL AND
I WAS LIKE HE WILL MAKE A PERFECT PRIEST, HE'S SO BIG AND
STRETCHY!
I WOULD MAKE THE BARBY-- FATHER, FORGIVE, FATHER ARMSTRONG,
FORGIVE ME FOR I HAVE SINNED.
AND THEY WOULD, SO I HAD SEXY CATHOLIC SCEB ARIOS.
AND-- SCENARIOS.
>> Stephen: THAT IS EXTREMELY CATHOLIC.
>> >> Stephen: FATHER WHAT A
WASTE.
>> BUT THEN YEAH, AND MY DAD WAS VERY CATHOLIC.
HE WENT ON A RETREAT ONCE, A RECOVERY CATHOLIC RETREAT AND HE
CAME BACK AND WE WOULD BE ORDERING TAKEOUT AT MANNERS, THE
LOCAL DINNER HE WOULD GO GET OUR BURGERS FOR MY SISTER MARY AND I
GO AND WHILE YOU ARE WAITING IN THE CAR SAY HAIL MARIES.
EH THAT IS TOO CATHOLIC SO JUST LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: HAIL MARY MAKES A GREAT APPETIZER THOUGH.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT WAS SO LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
>> SELF-EN, THANK YOU.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR ALL YOUR SUCCESS AND A TRUE HONOR FOR ME
TO BE ON YOUR TFERLINGS SHOW.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WELL, DIVORCE RETURN THIS SUNDAY, ON HBO.