>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNER YOU KNOW FROM
"THE WEST WING" AND "GET OUT."
HIS LATEST SERIES IS "VALLEY OF THE BOOM."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," BRADLEY WHITFORD!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU.
GOOD TO SEE YOU!
>> Stephen: I LOVE THE BEARD.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE THE BEARD, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T, BUT I LIKE
IT, IT'S VERY DISTINGUISHED.
>> YEAH, I LOOK LIKE A CREEPY SEA CAPTAIN.
>> Stephen: SEA CAPTAIN, '70s SEX CULT, ONE OF THOSE
TWO.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE TURTLENECK.
IT'S THE TURTLENECK THAT MAKES IT THE SEX CULT.
>> Stephen: PLEASE DON'T LEAVE THE COMPOUND WITHOUT FATHER'S
PERMISSION.
>> YOU WILL BE COMPLETELY HAPPY YOU STAYED.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY.
YOU LOOK A LITTLE HAPPIER THAN LAST NIGHT.
LAST TIME YOU WERE ON HERE YOU HAD TO BRING ON A COMFORT
ANIMAL.
>> A SERVICE ANIMAL.
>> Stephen: A SERVICE ANIMAL TO COMFORT YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE
SO DISTRESSED.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KEEP YOURSELF CALM THESE DAYS?
>> DONALD TRUMP TURNED MY HAIR WHITE AND CAUSES CONSTANT
STRESS, AND NOW IT'S NOT A SERVICE ANIMAL, IT'S LIKE A
SERVICE HERD.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PETS?
>> I DO.
I HAVE TWO RESCUE DOGS AND CAT, BUT I WOULD TAKE A HERD.
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD TAKE A HERD OF ANIMALS.
>> RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU CUDDLE?
YEAH, I CUDDLE.
I SLEEP WITH THEM ALL NIGHT.
I LOVE SLEEPING WITH MY DOGS.
HOW YOU DOING, AMERICA?
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU LIVE IN THE
GOLDEN STATE, CALIFORNIA.
>> YES, I LIVE IN L.A.
I DON'T HAVE TO.
I JUST WANT MY KIDS TO GET THOSE VALUES
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SO IMPORTANT.
IT GROUNDS THEM.
>> Stephen: SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS.
>> I ADORE HER.
I LOVE HER, PASSED HER ON THE WAY OUT HERE, SHE'S RUNNING.
>> Stephen: SHE TOLD YOU SHE WAS RUNNING?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> BUT I HOPE SHE DOES.
I THINK SHE'S WONDERFUL.
>> Stephen: NOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE
LEFTY LIBERALS, RIGHT?
>> UH -- UH -- YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THE
DEMS HAVE GONE TOO FAR TO THE LEFT.
>> Stephen: BECAUSE IT'S, LIKE, WHAT, HAVE THEY GONE
CRAZCRAZY, WANTING HEALTHCARE?
BECAUSE MEDICARE FOR ALL IS ONE OF THE THINGS NOW.
YOU HEARD OCASIO-CORTEZ WAS DANCING!
I SAW HER ANKLE!
( LAUGHTER ) >> RIGHT.
I DO NOT THINK THE PARTY IS SWINGING TOO FAR TO THE LEFT.
I THINK THE RIGHT HAS GONE ABSOLUTELY BAT ( BLEEP ) CRAZY
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AND, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, GEORGE
BUSH LOOKS LIKE GABBY HOFFMAN NOW.
HE'S PAINTING HIS TOES.
>> Stephen: NIXON, FOR PETE'S SAKE, STARTED THE E.P.A.
>> HERE'S THE THING, THEY HAVE BECOME THE PARTY OF ACCUMULATION
FOR THE FEW AND CORRUPTION, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT ANY
DEMOCRAT WHO I CAN SEE POSSIBLY RUNNING IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS
ALL ABOUT, WHICH IS TRYING TO GET TO THE FULFILLING THE
UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, AND I THINK
THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU ARE A PROLIFIC
TWEETER.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>> NO, YOU KNOW, IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE WHAT IS
HAPPENING NOW.
WE HAVE THIS CREATED EMERGENCY, WHICH IS INSANE.
THIS IS A PIN I WEAR FOR -- >> Stephen: DON'T HIT THE MIC.
DON'T HIT THE MIC.
>> Stephen: FIRST TIME ON TV.
( LAUGHTER ) >> FOR JAMIE GUTENBERG.
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN THIS COUNTRY.
JAMIE IS ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN PARKLAND.
THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN THIS COUNTRY.
40,000 AMERICAN CITIZENS DIE OVER -- YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES
THE NUMBER -- OVER TEN TIMES THE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN
9/11 DIE EVERY YEAR FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THRANS EMERGENCY.
>> Stephen: I THINK IF THE PRESIDENT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY
OVER THAT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WOULD AGREE.
>> YES, AND WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS, WHAT I
DON'T UNDERSTAND IS, PAINTERLY, THEIR VIEW IS THAT -- IS
APPARENTLY THEIR VIEW IS CHILDREN BEING SLAUGHTERED IN
SCHOOLS WITH WEAPONS OF WAR IS PART OF THE COST OF FREEDOM, BUT
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS IS TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY, AND
IT'S INSANE, AND WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO SEANS OF FACT--- A SENSE
OF FACT-BASED SANITY IN THIS COUNTRY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: I KNOW A LOT OF
YOUR VIEWS, ALREADY, BECAUSE I FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER.
>> DO YOU REALLY?
>> Stephen: DID YOU NOT KNOW?
NO, I DIDN'T CHECK.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
I GO THROUGH ALL MY TWITTER FOLLOWERS EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE
I LIKE ALL OF THEM, ALL 18.3 MILLION OF THEM.
>> YOU HAVE 18.3 BILLION?
>> Stephen: I.
DO BOOM!
EXCUSE ME.
YOU HAVE A WRITERS ROOM.
BOOM!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SPEAKING OF
TECHNOLOGY, THE NEW SERIES YOU'RE ON IS "VALLEY OF THE
BOOM," AND WHAT'S IT ABOUT?
>> IT IS ABOUT THE BROWSER WARS.
IT'S ABOUT NETSCAPE.
IT IS THE -- >> Stephen: THE '90s.
YEAH, IT'S IN THE '90s.
IT'S THE ORIGIN STORY OF THIS DIGITAL SEA THAT WE'RE ALL FISH
SWIMMING IN, THIS THING THAT'S REACHED INTO OUR BRAINS AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY OUR CHILDREN'S BRAINS AND REARRANGED THE WAY
THE NEURONS FIRE, AND IT WANTS FASCINATING TO SEE HOW IT ALL
BEGAN.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE -- MY BROTHER IS HERE, ACTUALLY, I
HAVEN'T SAID HI TO HIM YET.
HI, BROTHER!
BUT WE HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHO USED TO BE VERY UPSET ABOUT
TELEPHONES BECAUSE NOBODY WROTE LETTERS ANYMORE, AND AUTOMOBILES
SCREWED UP TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES.
IT'S ALL RELATIVE.
I GUARANTEE YOU, WHEN THEY PRINTED THE FIRST BOOK, A BUNCH
OF MONKS SHOWED UP AND SAID, I JUST MEMORIZED THIS WHOLE DAMN
BOOK.
YOU'RE JUST GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY?
IT'S ALL RELATIVE AND WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE IT.
WE HAVE TO IMPOSE A LITTLE HUMANITY ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
>> Stephen: CONSTITUTIONALLY I'M REQUIRED TO ASK YOU A
QUESTION ABOUT WEST POINT.
>> YES, GO AHEAD.
>> Stephen: IT'S SEEN AS AN IDEALIZED FAIRY TAIL VERSION OF
WASHINGTON.
WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT "THE WEST WING"?
>> I MISS THE CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
I MISS ALL OF US HAVING -- THE CAST HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE WITH
AARON.
I MISS BEING ABLE TO DO A SHOW AND THERE BEING A PLACE IN A
CULTURE TO DO A SHOW ABOUT PUBLIC SERVICE IN A NON-CYNICAL
BUT ENTERTAINING AND FUNNY WAY.
>> Stephen: IT'S A NOBLE CALLING AS SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS
SAID.
NICE SEEING YOU, CAPTAIN.
"VALLEY OF THE BOOM" PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY ON NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC.
BRADLEY WHITFORD, EVERYBODY!