>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER, COMEDIAN, AND
NOW A BROADWAY STAR.
PLEASE WELCOME NICK KROLL!
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELL, FOR THE
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
WHEN I SAID "BROADWAY STAR" IS YOUR SHOW "OH, HELLO," JOHN
MELANEY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ON BROADWAY.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: FANTASTIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES IT FEEL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> LET'S NOT MOVE ON FROM THE APPLAUSE.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO LINGER.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ON BROADWAY?
>> IT'S AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE WHAT SHOW BUSINESS FELT LIKE IT SHOULD BE LIKE.
YOU KNOW, YOU DO A SHOW-- YOU WERE A GUEST.
YOU CAME AND DID OUR SHOW?
>> Stephen: YEAH, LAST-- >> LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.
>> Stephen: IT WAS SO FUN.
YOU HAVE GUESTS COME ON EVERY NIGHT.
>> YES, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT GUEST EVERY MIGHT, AND WE PRANK
THEM WITH TOO MUCH TUNA FISH.
>> Stephen: YOU DO OFFER A SANDWICH AS A THANK YOU FOR
BEING ON THE SHOW.
AND IT'S REALLY-- >> IT'S A GREAT THANK YOU.
IT'S AN HONOR.
IT'S A HUGE TUNA SANDWICH.
>> Stephen: I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY IT'S TOO MUCH TUNA.
IT'S TOO MUCH TUNA.
>> FOR THE FIVE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THAT MEANS?
I AM ENJOYING, BY THE WAY, THEY ALMOST SEEM LIKE A FLOATING HEAD
ON THIS CHAIR HERE.
I'M REALLY BLENDING NICELY.
>> Stephen: WE SHOULD WARN THE GUESTS.
WE SHOULD WARN-- WE SHOULD WARN THE GUESTS.
OR CHANGE THE CHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> OH, JUST GO LOW.
JUST GO RIGHT IN.
JUST BE LIKE THE HEAD OF NICK KROLL WAS ON "COLBERT" TONIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOU IMPROVISED THIS BIG SECTION IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE SHOW.
>> YES.
AND IT'S-- AND IT'S JUST THE MOST FUN THING IN THE WORLD.
YOU WERE AMAZING.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LONGEST SEGMENT WE EVER DID.
WE TALKED FOR, LIKE, A HALF HOUR ON STAGE.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT WAS A HALF HOUR.
IT SEEMED LIKE THAT.
>> WAS THIS YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT?
IS THERE YOU ASKED ME THAT.
>> I DID.
>> Stephen: I PERFORMED SONTAG IN LINCOLN CENTER.
>> WE CAN BLEEP THIS, RIGHT?
BECAUSE LINCOLN CENTER IS ( BLEEP ), OKAY.
IT'S A NOWHERE PLACE.
>> Stephen: WHERE DO YOU FIND THE COURAGE?
WHERE DO YOU FIND COURAGE NICK KROLL?
YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE LINCOLN CENTER MAFIA AFTER YOU.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW, WHICH IS LIKE FOUR --
>> THEY GO TO THE VIOLIN CASES AND OPEN THEM UP, AND IT'S
VIOLINS.
>> I KNOW!
>> Stephen: YOU'RE CRAZY!
YOU'RE CRAZY!
>> I KNOW,IN.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE A MADE MAN!
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND.
THE NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS HAS GOT A BULL'S EYE ON THE
BACK OF YOUR HEAD.
>> THEY'RE GOING TO SUFFOCATE ME WITH NPR TOTE BAGS.
>> Stephen: SO YOU DO THIS SHOW.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS SHOW-- WORKING ON THE SHOW ABOUT A
YEAR.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN ON BROADWAY.
>> ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO MONTHS TO GO.
IT'S ME AND MY BUDDY JOHN MELANEY, WHO IS THE FUNNIEST
PERSON ON THE PLANET.
>> Stephen: IT'S DEVASTATINGLY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE THEOR
EVERY SINGLE LINE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW ANGRY I AM HOW GOOD IT IS.
I KNOW WHAT IT TOOK TO PUT THAT SHOW TOGETHER.
BUT YOU'RE FOOLING AROUND THERE, TOO.
DOES IT EVER COMPLETELY COME APART?
>> IT DOES OCCASIONALLY.
WE HAD WHOOPI GOLDBERG ON THE SHOW, AND SHE HAD DONE HER SHOW
"WHOOPI" MIKE NICHOLS DIRECTED IT IN 1984, AND SHE CALM INTO
THE SHOW AND SAID, "THIS THEATER IS HAUNTED."
>> Stephen: PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE MUCH?
>> SHE IS AN EXPERT ON GHOSTS, LET'S NOT FORGET.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: YES, YES, AND NUNS ON THE RUN.
>> YES, EXACTLY.
SO SHE DID THE SHOW, AND THE SHOW WAS A MESS-- LIGHTING CUES,
EVERYTHING GOING WRONG-- >> Stephen: THE NIGHT SHE WAS
THERE?
>> THE NIGHT SHE WAS THERE.
AND I WAS THE GHOST OF THE LICEUM THEATER WAS ANGRY THE TWO
SHOWS WERE COLLIDING.
I WALKED OFF THE STAGE AND SAID, "THIS AUDIENCE STUNK."
AND OUR MICS WERE LIVE.
EVERYTHING WENT WRONG.
>> Stephen: MY HEART HURT WHEN YOU SAID THAT.
>> BUT IF YOU HAD SEEN THAT AUDIENCE, GIVE ME A BREAK.
THEY'RE NOT LIKE THESE PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> YES!
>> Stephen: I'M AFRAID THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR.
>> THAT'S FINE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
AS MUCH AS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BROADWAY.
ALSO YOU'RE IN A MOVIE CALLED "LOVING."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT "LOVING
VERSUS VIRGINIA" WAS, TELL THE PEOPLE WHAT A LANDMARK CASE IT
WAS.
>> IT'S AN AMAZING CASE.
AN INTERRACIAL COUPLE, WHITE MAN AND A WOMAN OF COLOR WHO WERE
MARRIED IN VIRGINIA AND WERE ARRESTED FOR BEING MARRIED IN
THE LATE 1950s.
AND THEY BROUGHT THEIR CASE THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM,
EVENTUALLY GETTING TO THE SUPREME COURT IN 1967, WHERE THE
WARREN COURT OVERTURNED THE BAN ON INTERVARIABLE MARRIAGE
NATIONWIDE.
( APPLAUSE ) YES.
IT'S-- IT'S LIKE-- IT'S-- IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE IT'S A STORY
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT.
IT'S NOT TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS AS PART OF, LIKE, CIVIL RIGHTS
HISTORY.
AND IT'S MONUMENTALLY IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S STILL IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY, WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING
IN THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I'M VOTING FOR TRUMP BECAUSE I THINK HE'S
THE RIGHT MAN TO LEAD AMERICA INTO THE APOCALYPSE.
( LAUGHTER ) BUT --
>> YOU KNOW WHAT GOT ME ABOUT THE CASE?
IF YOU WROTE THIS MOVIE AND IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN
REALITY AND YOU CALLED IT "LOVING VERSUS VIG."
YOU WOULD SAY YOU CAN'T CALL IT "LOVING."
THE LAST NAME CAN'T BE LOVING.
IT'S TOO PERFECT.
>> WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT THE STORY, JOEL EDGERTON, AND JEFF
NICHOLS DIRECTED IT, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY REALIZED FILM.
THEY'RE A VERY QUIET, SIMPLE, COUNTRY PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT
POLITICAL PEOPLE.
THEY JUST WANTED TO BE MARRIED.
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE.
>> Stephen: AND YOU PLAYED THE A.C.L.U. LAWYER.
>> YES, I GOT THE SCRIPT.
JEFF NICKELS WHO DIRECTED "MUD "AND "MIDNIGHT SPECIAL," HE WAS
INTERESTED IN ME FOR THE ROLE.
AND I WAS LIKE, "WHAT'S THE CHARACTER?"
AND THEY SAID, "HIS NAME IS BERNIE COHEN."
AND I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, I GET WHY I'M GOING TO BE IN THIS
MOVIE."
( LAUGHTER ) SPEAKING OF THAT, MEL GIBSON WAS
AMAZING LAST NIGHT.
I FOUND IT FASCINATING.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT WAS INTERESTING.
>> AND I WAS TOLD THE F.C.C.
FORCED TO YOU HAVE ME ON THE SHOW TO JEW UP THE SHOW A LITTLE
BIT.
>> Stephen: WE HAD TO.
FOR THE LICENSE.
YEAH, HE'S A SWEET GUY.
AND YOU PLAYED THE LAWYER AND YOUR-- YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO--
YOU'RE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT BECAUSE YOU'RE
TOO YOUNG TO ACTUALLY TRY THE CASE.
>> RIGHT.
SO BERNIE COHEN AND HIS-- THE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME ON, PHIL
HERSCHOF, THEY WERE SO YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED THEY WERE FAKING
IT UNTIL THEY MADE IT AND BERNIE HAD TO INTRODUCE PHIL BECAUSE
PHIL HAD ONLY BEEN OUT OF LAW SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS AND THESE
TWO GENTLEMEN BROUGHT THE CASE FROM THE A.C.L.U., AND BROUGHT
IT TO THE SUPREME COURT AND REALLY CHANGED THE COUNTRY.
AND RICHARD AND MILDRED REALLY CHANGED THE COUNTRY.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE OF YOU TALKING TO THE
COUPLE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR BACK.
JIM.
>> WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WITH ALL THIS TRAVEL BACK AND
FORTH FROM VIRGINIA, YOU HAVE MY NUMBER, AND IF ANYBODY ARRESTS
YOU, YOU HAVE THEM GET IN TOUCH WITH US.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU SPEND ONE MINUTE LONGER IN JAIL THAN
THIS TAKES US TO GET DOWN THERE AND GET YOU OUT, OKAY?
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
>> YOU DID A GOOD JOB TODAY.
>> WE SURE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING.
>> OKAY, WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
>> BYE.
>> THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
>> YOU KNOW THEY AREN'T GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON.
AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WE CAN GET THEM OUT IF THEY GET
ARRESTED AGAIN.
>> UH-HUH.
( APPLAUSE ) >> YEAH.
>> Stephen: I MEAN, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO DO DRAMA AFTER BEING,
YOU KNOW, A COMEDIAN FOR SO LONG?
IS THIS YOUR FIRST FORAY.
>> I HAVE HAD LITTLE BITS AND PIECES BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY
THE MOST STRAIGHT DRAMA I'VE DONE.
AND I'M DONE BEING A COMEDIAN.
I'M A SERIOUS ACTOR NOW.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
AND I DON'T-- I DON'T WANT TO DO FUNNY THINGS ANYMORE.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
DO YOU WANT-- DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOT AT IT RIGHT NOW?
>> I'D LOVE TO DO-- I DON'T WANT TO BE FUNNY IN PANEL INTERVIEWS.
I WANT TO HAVE A DRAMATIC INTERVIEW WITH YOU.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET OUR FINGERS UNDERNEATH THIS.
LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.
I WANT TO ASK YOU-- JIMMY, CAN WE GET THIS A LITTLE MORE
DRAMATIC, PLEASE?
IS IT POSSIBLE.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: MR. KROLL--
>> STEVIE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU ARE ON
BROADWAY RIGHT NOW AND ALL THAT, THAT ENTAIL.
>> IT'S JUST, TO PUT ON A MASK EVERY NIGHT AND HAVE TO BECOME
SOMEONE ELSE ( VOICE BREAKING )
WHAT THAT DOES TO A MAN...
STEVE, I HAVE NO ONE AROUND.
NO ONE TO SUPPORT ME AND MY FAMILY --
>> I'M HERE.
>> YOU ARE MY FATHER!
YOU ARE MY FATHER!
>> Stephen: YOU ARE MY MOTHER!
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
NICK KROLL.
"LOVING" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
NICK KROLL, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY AARON LEWIS.