>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW" ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) FOLKS, YOU'VE SEEN MY NEXT GUEST
IN "HOUSE OF CARDS" AND "THE BLACKLIST."
SHE'S NOW NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE AS "THE MARVELOUS
MRS. MAISEL."
>> SO MY LIFE COMPLETELY FELL APART TODAY.
DID I MENTION THAT MY HUSBAND LEFT ME?
>> WOO-HOO!
ALL RIGHT, BUT DID I MENTION HE LEFT ME FOR HIS SECRETARY?
( WHISTLING ) >> SHE'S 21 AND DUMB AS A BRILLO
PAD.
I'M NOT NAIVE.
I KNOW MEN LIKE STUPID GIRLS, RIGHT?
BUT I THOUGHT JOEL WANTED MORE THAN STUPID.
I THOUGHT HE WANTED SPONTANEITY AND WIT.
I THOUGHT EHE WANTED TO BE CHALLENGED, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN?
>> UH -- YOU TWO ARE GOING TO BE
TOGETHER FOREVER.
>> STEPHEN: PLEASE WELCOME RACHEL BROSNAHAN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> I GET MY OWN MUG AND EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: EVERYTHING.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WELL, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
>> THANK YOU!
>> Stephen: FIRST OF ALL, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY
BACKSTAGE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THIS SHOW JUST CAME ON AND YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN
GLOBE ON SUNDAY.
THAT'S WONDERFUL!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT'S PRETTY COOL.
ALSO, WE POURED OUR HEARTS AND SOULS, A LOT OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND
TEARS INTO THIS SHOW.
IT'S NICE WHEN PEOPLE LIKE STUFF AS MUCH AS YOU DO.
>> Stephen: SURE.
IT REALLY HURTS YOUR FEELINGS WHEN THEY DON'T.
>> I WOULDN'T KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: OKAY, SO HOW DID
YOU FIND OUT?
IT'S ALWAYS FUN.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I WAS NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY, I FORGOT
AND FOUND OUT.
IT'S SUCH A WONDERFUL SURPRISE.
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> WELL, I WAS VERY ASLEEP.
IT WAS EARL LE.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND MY DOG MADE A NOISE AND I WOKE UP AND HAD LOVELY TEXT
MESSAGES AND TWEETS ON THE TWITTER-ER.
>> Stephen: WERE YOUR PARENTS EXCITED FOR YOU AND EVERYTHING?
>> THEY WERE VERY EXCITED.
MY DAD WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN ME BECAUSE I WAS ASLEEP, IN
HIS DEFENSE, AN HIS ASSISTANT TOLD ME AND I DID NOT.
I'LL PROBABLY NEVER BE FORGIVEN FOR THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: HE WAS MAD BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIND OUT FROM YOU.
>> I THINK SO.
>> Stephen: HE RECOVERED, I HOPE.
>> I HOPE SO.
>> Stephen: DADDY, FORGIVE HER.
IT'S GETTING GREAT REFUSE.
WHO WAS MRS. MAISEL.
>> WELL, CURRENTLY SHE'S STILL WITH US ON THE SHOW.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT SHE WAS A REAL WOMAN.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: THAT'S HOW CONVINCING YOUR PERFORMANCE IS.
>> SO MIDGE MAISEL IS A YOUNG JEWISH HOUSEWIFE IN THE '50s
IN NEW YORK AND HER WHOLE LIFE SUDDENLY FALLS APART WHEN HER
HUSBAND LEAVES HER AND SHE ENDS UP TRYING HER HAND AT STANDUP
COMEDY.
>> Stephen: HAD YOU EVER DONE STANDUP COMEDY BEFORE YOU'D DONE
THIS?
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU TEMPTED, NOW THAT YOU'VE DONE THIS, TO
GIVE IT A SHOT?
>> NO.
NO.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Stephen: WHY NOT?
BECAUSE I WOULD BE SO TRAUMATIZED.
AMY DOESN'T REMEMBER THIS, OUR CREATOR, BUT SHE SAID EARLY ON
THAT ESHED GIVE IT A GO, THAT SHE WOULD WRITE SOMETHING FOR ME
TO GIVE ME THE EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: AND GO DO A GIG AT A CLUB OR SOMETHING.
>> GO DO A GIG AT A CLUB AND SHE WOULD WRITE IT SO I WOULDN'T
HAVE TO WRITE MY OWN JOKES.
HONESTLY, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE SO TRAUMATIZED, HAD IT GONE
BADLY, AN LET'S BE REAL, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE.
>> Stephen: IT'S NEVER GONE BADLY FOR YOU BEFORE.
>> WELL, I DON'T WANT TO FIND OUT.
I WOULDN'T EVER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT ON THIS SHOW.
SO THE ANSWER IS NO.
>> Stephen: WELL, HOW DID YOU -- SO IF YOU HADN'T DONE
STANDUP BEFORE, I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY ACCOMPLISHED ACTRESS, HOW
DID YOU GET THE GIG?
WERE THERE -- WERE YOU UP AGAINST STANDUPS OR ANYTHING?
>> I ASSUME SO.
THEY DON'T TELL ME THOSE THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, THE THING, IS I THINK HER STANDUP, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST
COUPLE OF EPISODES, IS MORE LIKE A PROLONGED MENTAL BREAKDOWN.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
AND ALTHOUGH MAYBE STANDUP IS LIKE THAT, I WOULDN'T KNOW.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT, I MEAN, A LITTLE OR --
>> Stephen: YOU DON'T GO ON A COMEDY BECAUSE YOU HAD A HAPPY
CHILDHOOD.
>> VERY TRUE FROM WHAT I HEAR.
>> Stephen: SO IT TAKES PLACE IN NEW YORK IN THE 1950s.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN NEW YORK, I HEARD?
>> YEAH, I DID.
I WE WANT TO NYU.
>> Stephen: DO YOU WISH YOU LIVED IN THE '50s NEW YORK
WHEN YOU SEE IT?
BECAUSE I KIND OF DO.
>> YES AND NO.
I MEAN, THE CLOTHES, AT LEAST AS THEY ARE ON OUR SHOW, THEY'RE
EXTRAORDINARY.
THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL, AND WE DON'T DRESS LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
BUT I ALSO THANK GOD BECAUSE IT TAKES AN ENTOURAGE TO USE THE
BATHROOM WITH ALL OF THE CORSET AND THE PETTICOATS.
IT'S CHALLENGING TO BE A WOMAN THEN, AND NOW, BUT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
>> Stephen: I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WERE YOU A REBELLIOUS KID?
WERE YOUR PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT YOU IN NEW YORK?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM ORIGINALLY?
>> NORTH OF CHICAGO, HIGHLAND PARK.
>> Stephen: I LIVED IN CHICAGO FOR SEVEN YEARS.
I KNOW HIGHLAND PARK.
A LOVELY AREA.
>> IT IS.
>> Stephen: WERE THEY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR LITTLE GIRL IN THE
BIG CITY WITH THE TATTOOS AND THE PIERCINGS?
>> I'M SURE THEY WERE.
THEY DIDN'T TOTALLY LET ON.
I HID MY REBELLION VERY WELL FROM THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT I DID IMMEDIATELY GET MY NOSE PIERCED WHEN I GOT TO
NEW YORK.
THEY WEREN'T THRILLED.
>> Stephen: NO.
WHEN THIGHED DID THEY FIND OUT?
>> WHEN I WENT HOME FOR THANKSGIVING.
>> Stephen: DID THEY THINK IT WAS A JOKE?
>> NO, NO, THEY DID NOT.
>> Stephen: WHICH DISAPPOINTED YOUR FATHER MORE, NOT BEING
CALLED ABOUT THE GOLDEN GLOBE'S OR THE EARRING IN YOUR NOSE?
>> DEFINITELY THE GOLDEN GLOBE'S.
I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER RECOVER FROM THAT ONE.
>> Stephen: LOVELY TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, RACHEL.
"THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL" IS ON AMAZON.
RACHEL BROSNAHAN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH COMEDIAN GARY VIDER.