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>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW!
FOLKS, MY NEXT GUEST IS THE CREATOR OF "EVERYBODY LOVES
RAYMOND" AND THE HOST OF "SOMEBODY FEED PHIL," WHICH
RETURNS TO NETFLIX NEXT MONTH FOR ITS SIXTH SEASON.
PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," PHIL ROSENTHAL!
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>> NICE PEOPLE! HI!
HI! HI!
>> Stephen: NICE TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
NOT THE FIRST TIME WE MET. WE MET BACKSTAGE AT THE OLD
SHOW, AT ONE POINT. >> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I LOVED
THAT SHOW SO MUCH. YOU'RE MY SALUTE FAVORITE.
I JUST LOVE YOU SO MUCH. >> Stephen: THAT'S SO NICE OF
YOU'RE MY FAVORITE GUEST AT YOU TO SAY. THIS
POINT. >> THIS IS A BIG NIGHT FOR ME
BECAUSE I-- YOU HAVE NEIL deGRASSE TYSON.
I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT WHEN I WAS LITTLE.
AND -- >> Stephen: WHO DIDN'T?
>> ASTRONOMY BOOKS-- CHILDREN OF THE 60, RIGHT.
>> Stephen: APOLLO, OF COURSE? >> I PORED OVER THOSE BOOKS.
TO GO TO THE MOON, IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE.
AND THEN I THOUGHT THE COOLEST THING ABOUT BEING AN ASTRONAUT
WAS THAT THEY GOT TO BE ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE. THEY WOULD COME BY HERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STOPS. >> SO THIS IS FULL CIRCLE FOR
ME. >> Stephen: NOW, YOU KNOW,
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE ONE OF THE CREATORS OF "EVERYBODY LOVES
RAYMOND." YOU'RE A COMEDY WRITER.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). DID YOU-- YOU KNOW, YOU WERE A
COMEDY WRITER. DID YOU WANT TO WORK ON A
LATE-NIGHT SHOW WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER?
DID YOU WATCH-- >> JONNY CARSON.
>> Stephen: OF COURSE. >> JONNY CARSON.
DID YOU EVER GET TO MEET JONNY? >> Stephen: NO, I REALLY WISH
I HAD. I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO.
BUT JONNY, OF COURSE, WAS GOD. AND.
>> I GOT TO MEET HIM. >> Stephen: I'M SO JEALOUS.
WHEN DID YOU MEET JONNY? >> I WROTE JOKES FOR PRESIDENT
CLINTON, AND THERE'S, LIKE, A HRM SEASON IN WASHINGTON, NOT
YEAR-ROUND LIKE NOW. >> Stephen: THE AL SMITH
DINNER. THE GRIDIRON, STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> AND THE BIG ONE, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER.
AND THOSE WERE WHEN THEY NEEDED MOST JOKES, MY FRIEND, MARK
KATZ, WAS THEIR COMEDY PERSON, AND THEY WOULD BRING HIM IN, AND
THEY BROUGHT ME IN, BECAUSE I WAS FROM "EVERYBODY LOVES
RAYMOND," AND I GUESS THEY LIKED THAT.
AND I WANTED TO DO A VIDEO, I WOULD WRITE JOKES. BUT
AT THE TIME, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T DO VIDEOS, AND THEY
THOUGHT I WAS NUTS. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OBAMA WAS
SO GREAT AT IT. BETWEEN TWO FERNS.
HE WAS LIKE A MASTER AT IT. BUT THE LAST YEAR, HIS LAST
CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER, I GOT TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IN THIS COMEDY VIDEO.
YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUTUBE. IT'S CALLED "THE FINAL DAYS."
AND I DID IT WITH MY BROTHER. AND MARK KATZ, AND THE PEOPLE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE. AND THIS THING HIT THE WHITE
HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER, AND MY LIFE CHANGED.
AND THE NEXT DAY MY FRIEND TONY CALLED ME.
HE SAID, "I SHOWED IT TO A FRIEND OF MINE, HE WANTS TO HAVE
LURCH WITH YOU." I SAID, "WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?"
HE SAID, "JONNY CARSON." >> Stephen: WOW, WOW, YOU WERE
OUT IN L.A.? >> YES.
>> WHEN I GOT BACK TO L.A., I HAD I GUESS SOME CHUTZPAH TO ASK
COULD I BRING A FRIEND? BECAUSE I KNEW --
>> Stephen: YOU NEED A WITNESS.
WAS WORKING WITH, LIKE YOU >> WELL, THIS FELLOW THAT I JUST
CARSON, BUT TO YOU, JUST SAID SAID, TO ME IT'S JOHNNY IT, IT'S
GOD. I BROUGHT MY FRIEND RAY ROMANO
WITH ME. AND WE HAD LUNCH.
WE WENT TO HIS OFFICE. IT WAS IN SANTA MONICA.
HE COMES OUT-- I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WAS WEARING A YELLOW
HE LOOKED LIKE HE HAD JUST SWEATER, WHITE PANTS. BEEN
PLAYING TENNIS. HE LOOKED FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: PROBABLY HAD BEEN. >> WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND WE HAD
LUNCH FOR TWO HOURS. >> Stephen: WOW, DID YOU ASK
HIM-- LIKE, WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT DO YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT
FOR TWO HOURS? >> YOU BECOME THE JOHN CANDY
CHARACTER. "REMEMBER WHEN YOU SAID THIS?
THAT WAS GREAT." SO WE'RE DOING THESE BITS THAT
WE REMEMBER FROM THE SHOW. AND HE STARTS DOING HIS PART.
HE STARTS -- >> Stephen: LIKE ART FERN BACK
TO YOU. >> ANYTHING HE WANTED.
>> Stephen: KARNAC. >> I FEEL LIKE IT'S HOW YOU
WOULD BE-- SO NICE, SO SWEET. HE WAS SO WARM AND GRACIOUS.
>> Stephen: WHY DIDN'T YOU QUIT SHOW BUSINESS AT THAT
MOMENT? BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE PEAKING.
>> I HAD TO GET TO YOU.
CANDLE. I REALLY LOVED IT.
>> IT'S TRUE. >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT
AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE YOUR NETFLIX SERIES. SIXTH
SEASON. >> SIX!
>> Stephen: "SOMEBODY FEED PHIL."
YOU GO ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND EAT ALL KINDS OF FOOD, AND YET
YOU'RE THIN. >> SOMEBODY HAS TO.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE SOME STUFF BACK HERE.
>> I DO. YOU NEED TON, WHEN I HEARD YOU
LIKE FOOD AS WELL -- >> Stephen: I LOVE FOOD.
IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO PUT IN MY MOUTH.
>> YES! YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS
YOU'VE BEEN TO FLORENCE, PLACE. ITALY.
>> THE MOST FAMOUS SANDWICH >> Stephen: I HAVE, YES. SHOP
IN FLORENCE IS CALLED ANTIE KO VA NIO.
THEY OPENED AT NINTH AND 46th.
>> Stephen: IN NEW YORK? >> YEAH.
>> A SANDWICH SHOP FROM LAWRENCE OPENED HERE?
>> YES. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
I'M NOT ADVERTISING. >> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE A
LITTLE-- >> OKAY.
HOW FUN IS THIS EVERYBODY? DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE ME RIGHT
NOW?
-- >> Stephen: YOU SEEM HAPPY TO
MEET EVERYBODY. >> I AM.
>> Stephen: YES? >> I AM.
>> Stephen: THERE'S NO ONE YOU'RE NOT HAPPY-- YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN NOT HAPPY TO MEET SOMEBODY? >> THE DENNIST.
LET'S EAT A SANDWICH. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
>> Stephen: WHAT AM I EATING HERE?
>> I THINK LET'S OPEN IT. THEY DIDN'T BASEBALL IT, DID
THEY. >> Stephen: YOU'RE HAVING THE
CHEF'S SPECIAL. AND I'M HAVING THE DOLCE DEL
THE LARDO IT'S LIKE FAT CHARDONO. BALONEY.
>> YOU HAVE TO HAVE HALF AND HALF SO YOU TRY BOTH, RIGHT?
>> WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS IF >> Stephen: OKAY. YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO SHARE. >> Stephen: WAIT, THIS IS WHAT
YOU DO FOR A LIVING.
>> LIFE IS GOOD! THERE IS BEAUTY ALL AROUND US.
LOOK, NINTH AND 46th. THEY MAKE THE TO CARBIO IN THE
I THINK THERE'S TRUFFLE CREAM STORE. ON
YOURS. I WISH I HAD FOR EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: THIS SEEMS LIKE AN EASY JOB.
( LAUGHTER )
BECAUSE, LIKE, YOUR SHOW, STANLEY TUCCI'S, YOU KNOW,
LOOKING FOR ITALY. >> DID HE FIND IT?
>> Stephen: NOT YET. YOU GO AND YOU SCPET YOU MAKE
FRIENDS? >> IT'S REALLY-- I'M ON A
MISSION-- I'M JUST USING FOOD AND MY STUPID SENSE OF HUMOR TO
GET YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE BEAUT OF TRAVEL.
THE WORLD WOULD BE BETTER IF WE ALL COULD EXPERIENCE JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ). >> Stephen: SEASON SIX OF
"SOMEBODY FEED PHIL" PREMIERES ON NETFLIX ON OCTOBER 18th, AND
YOU CAN BUY THE BOOK OF THE SAME NAME.
PHIL ROSENTHAL. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.