>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NEXT GUEST IS A COMEDIAN YOU
KNOW FROM "THE DAILY SHOW," "THE HANGOVER," AND "21 JUMP STREET."
PLEASE WELCOME ROB RIGGLE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: HEY, MAN, NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> NICE TO SEE YOU!
>> Stephen: ALWAYS PLEASANT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOU.
IT'S LIKE OLD HOME WEEK.
>> IT IS!
>> Stephen: THE MOVIE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT IS
CALLED "12 STRONG."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WHICH IS ABOUT U.S. MARINES GOING INTO
AFGHANISTAN AFTER THE ATTACKS ON 9/11.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU.
SOME PEOPLE MAY KNOW, SOME MAY NOT, YOU WERE A MARINE.
>> YES ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: AND I UNDERSTAND, ALSO, YOU TRAINED TO BE, WHAT
WAS IT, A FIGHTER PILOT?
>> YES, THAT'S HOW I STARTED.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE REALLY TALL FOR A FIGHTER PILOT.
AREN'T THEY SMALL AND COMPACT TO HANDLE THE Gs.
>> AND THE EJECTION SEAT.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A BIG PART OF IT?
>> YOU HAVE TO SIT IN A JET AND THEY MEASURE YOU FROM YOUR HIP
TO YOUR KNEE, YOUR KNEE TO YOUR HEEL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU'RE TOO TALL AND YOU EJECT OUT OF A JET, IT'S GOING TO TAKE
YOUR LEGS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE MAX HEIGHT?
>> I THINK IT'S, LIKE, SIX-FIVE OR SIX-SIX.
YOU CAN BE A LONG MAN -- OR WOMAN.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DID ALL THAT TRAINING AND DIDN'T BECOME
A FIGHTER PILOT?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I WANTED TO PURSUE COMEDY AND ACTING.
>> Stephen: VERY SIMILAR.
VERY SIMILAR!
>> Stephen: HOW MANY Gs DO YOU PULL, BRO?
>> I FLEW WITH THE BLUE ANGELS AND I PULLED 7.5Gs AND THAT
WASN'T A PROBLEM UNTIL THEY DID IT FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN I
PASSED OUT.
>> Stephen: LET ME JUST GET TO YOUR TIE RIGHT HERE.
>> IT KEEPS DOING IT, DOESN'T IT?
>> Stephen: THAT'S A FULL SERVICE THING RIGHT HERE.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S NO BIG DEAL BUT I PULLED
9Gs.
>> DID YOU IN.
>> Stephen: YEP, THUNDER BIRDS, BABY.
STILL WAITING FOR IT TO SEEM LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
>> DID YOU PASS OUT?
>> Stephen: NO, I HAD THE COMPRESSION SUIT ON.
DID YOU NOT WEAR THE COMPRESSION SUIT?
>> I DIDN'T WEAR THE COMPRESSION SUIT.
>> Stephen: EXPLAIN THAT.
IT'S CALLED A G SUIT FOR GRAVITY OR WHATEVER.
WHEN YOU GO INTO A POSITIVE G, IT INFLATES, FILLS UP WITH AIR
AND PUSHES ON YOUR MUSCLES AND PUSHES ALL THE BLOOD BACK TO
YOUR HEAD BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU PULL Gs ALL THAT
BLOOD DRAINS OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND YOU GO TO SLEEP.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
AND THEY TEACH YOU THE HOOK METHOD WHICH YOU GO, HOOK-AH,
HOOK AH!
AND YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS BUT STAY AWAKE.
>> Stephen: AT WHAT POINT ARE YOU NO LONGER HUMAN WITH THE
Gs.
>> WHEN I WENT UP WITH THE BLUE ANGELS, THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME A
SUIT WHICH I ASKED FOR.
>> Stephen: YOU WENT FOR FUN?
YEAH.
I SAID DO I GET A G SUIT?
THEY SAID, NO, NO.
I SAID, OKAY...
BUT WE DID THE WHOLE BOMBING RUNS, AEROBATICS, AND GETTING
SOME FOR ABOUT 70 MINUTES HOOKING AND JABBING.
ON THE WAY BACK HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO A SHORT BREAK WHICH
SALANDING PATTERN BUT INSTEAD OF THE FULL RACE TRACK AROUND THEY
CUT IT HALFWAY THROUGH AND DO A SHORT LANDING.
BLAH, BLAH.
ANYWAY, HE SAYS WE'RE GOING TO DO A SHORT BREAK.
I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT BUT I WAS LITERALLY SO WEAK.
I WAS, LIKE, OKAY...
THAT'S ABOUT ALL I COULD MUSTER.
HE GOES, OKAY, HERE WE GO!
THREW IT OVER!
AND WE JUST LOADED UP ALL THESE Gs AND I WENT UGH, UGH, UGH,
UGH AND JUST MELTED.
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR, ROB, YOU WITH ME?
ROB, YOU GOOD?
AND I'M, LIKE, YEAH, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?
>> Stephen: DID THEY HAVE A CAMERA ON YOU.
>> YES, IT'S CALLED MY BLUE ANGELS AUDITION TAPE, OR TOP GUN
AUDITION TAPE.
LITERALLY IN P THE 15 SECONDS I WAS OUT COLD, I HAD A FULL
DREAM, A FULL FRONT -- THERE WAS A BEGINNING, A MIDDLE AND AN
END, AND I WAS HAPPY AND I WOKE UP PEACEFUL AND CONTENT, AND IT
WAS A LOVELY DREAM, IF I RECALL.
>> Stephen: DID YOU THROW UP?
I DID NOT THROW UP.
I WAS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT.
>> Stephen: I WENT UP FOR 45 MINUTES AND THOUGHT I WAS FINE
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO PAINFUL TO CONSIDER THROWING UP UNTIL HE
SAID, OKAY, WE'RE DONE WE'RE HEADED BACK TO THE BASE AND I
WAS, LIKE, WHAT?
I THREW UP FOR THREE HOURS.
>> DID YOU REALLY?
>> Stephen: I GOT BACK, THEY PACKED MY TORSO WITH ICE TO
BRING MY BODY TEMPERATURE DOWN BECAUSE I FREAKED OUT SO HARD.
I'M ALMOST IN TEARS REMEMBERING HOW STUPID I THOUGHT I WAS.
I THOUGHT, I COULD HAVE KILLED MYSELF!
>> I GET IT.
BECAUSE WHEN I TAX IDEA IN THEY POPPED THE CANOPY AND THE YOUNG
PILOT JUMPED OUT AND WAS LIKE, JUMPED OUT ON THE GROUND AND I
WAS, LIKE, I'M JUST TAKING A BEAT.
I WANT TO LOOK AT THE COCKPIT ONE MORE TIME, IT'S AMAZING!
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: "12 STRONG."
YES.
>> Stephen: AND THIS IS ABOUT MARINES BEING SENT IN TO
KANDAHAR.
>> IT'S ARMY SPECIAL FORCES.
>> Stephen: I APOLOGIZE.
IT WAS AN ARMY MISSION.
>> Stephen: DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE.
>> THAT'S A DISTINCTION.
ARMY SPECIAL FORCES.
THESE ARE THE FIRST BOOTS ON THE GROUND, THE FIRST GUYS TO TAKE
THE FIGHT TO THE TALIBAN AND AL QUAIDA RIGHT AFTER 9/11.
WE'RE TALKING OCTOBER OF 2001, THE GUYS FIRST IN.
AT THAT TIME THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE, THEIR LEADER MUSSAD
HAD BEEN ASSASSINATED TWO DATES BEFORE ON SEPTEMBER 9 AS PAYMENT
TO THE TALIBAN SO AL QUAIDA ASSASSINATED HIM AND THEY
ATTACKED US ON THE ELEVENTH.
SO THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE WAS FRAGILE, BUT WE NEEDED THEM,
THEY WERE FIGHTING THE TALIBAN, SO WE JOINED UP WITH THEM.
WHAT THESE GUYS DID WITH WHAT THEY HAD AND WHERE THEY WERE IS
UNPRECEDENTED IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> Stephen: THEY FOUGHT ON HORSEBACK.
>> WITH WEAPONIZED.
AND THEIR MISSION WAS CLASSIFIED.
FINALLY, 17 YEARS LATER, YOU GET TO HEAR THE STORY.
>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU PLAY.
MAX BOWERS, COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE FIFTH SPECIAL
FORCES GROUP. THIS TAKES PLACE IN OCTOBER OF 2001.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2001, A YOUNG CAPTAIN ROB RIGGLE REPORTED TO
AFGHANISTAN TO THIRD BATTALION FIRTH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP AND I
WORKED DIRECTLY FOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL MAX BOWERS SO I'M
PLAYING MY OLD BOSS ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP WHERE A YOUNG UP AND COMING
ACTOR THE REPORTING TO YOU.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: HERE WE GO, JIM.
WHY WILL YOU HERE OUT OF UNIFORM WITH THAT FUR ROW ON
YOUR FACE DIDN'T YOU GET BACK FROM KUWAIT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
>> SURE.
APOLOGIES.
>> WE'RE A LITTLE BUSY.
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
>> I WANT BACK ON MY TEAM, SIR.
YOU DON'T HAVE A TEAM.
YOU HAVE BEEN ROTATED TO MY STAFF AT YOUR REQUEST.
ULTRABE FILTERED INTO NEW ODAs WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES.
IF I WERE YOU I WOULD STUDY TALIBAN.
>> TALIBAN PLANNED THE ATTACK?
AFGHANISTAN DID.
PLAY PLANNED THE ATTACK.
>> MIDDLE EAST IS MY REGION SIR.
REALLY?
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
I'M GLAD THEY USED THAT TAKE.
THERE WERE MANY TAKES WHERE I JUST SAID KISS ME TO
MR. HEMSWORTH.
>> Stephen: OUTTAKES OR FOR REAL?
>> THEY SAID, ROB, THAT'S NOT THE LINE.
I SAID, I'M SORRY.
CAN WE GO BACK TO ONE THEN.
>> Stephen: DID YOU CALL "THOR"?
>> YES, HE'S FUNNY, NICE, COOL,.
>> Stephen: ROB RIGGLE -- YEAH?
>> Stephen: KISS ME.
( LAUGHTER ) GOOD TO SEE YOU.
"12 STRONG" PREMIERES TOMORROW.
ROB RIGGLE, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY FALL OUT BOY.