what doesn't make the cut for sports at 11:00. i'm not sure those would have made the cut. >> hers or kelsi's? >> neither one. i did another challenge, the coin-based challenge, where they had the moving hoop and that one at the time i did it i was number 28 on a list of best shooters and got like 8,000 points. number one was cade cunningham and number three was andrew wiggins. as long as i'm on the same list as those two, i'm okay. >> pretty good. >> salary-wise as well. >> definitely not. just a fracti >> on monday, trump signed an executive order to officially recognize only two sexes, male and female, which would be defined based on the reproduction cells at conception. but according to biologists, the default configuration of an human zygote is female. so by assigning sex at

conception, trump actually made everyone legally classified as female. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight... executive disorder! and "late show" mail-in bag with stephen and evie! plus, stephen welcomes drew brees! and morris chestnut! featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!

[cheers and applause] >> stephen: hey! ♪ ♪ thank you, my friends, out there, down there. welcome. welcome one and all to what we call "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers] i appreciate your enthusiasm but we have no time to waste. close the dishwasher, put down the baby, grab a seat, and then stand up, because i have shocking news: cbs is working on a new "fbi" spinoff with a cia twist called "fbi: cia." omg! this is the perfect addition to the extended fbi-verse: there's "fbi: international," "fbi", "fbi: most wanted," "fbi: true" and, the sexy, adult spinoff "fbi: bbl: dtf."

that of course pg-13. all of those shows are imagineered by cbs television chemists to be the kind of edge-of-your seat procedural thrillers that pop-pop can still follow after the beta blockers kick in. the premise of "fbi: cia"? "a dedicated, strait-laced fbi agent and a street-smart cia agent are part of a new, clandestine taskforce charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around new york city." that's right, "fbi: cia" in nyc, starring ice-t's new york cousin, "long island ice-t." my only quibble here is that i'm not sure new york needs more law enforcement, fictional or otherwise. there are already five cops watching me swipe into the subway. why? i'm 60. there's already a system in place to stop me from jumping the turnstile. and it's not the fbi -- it's the acl. i cannot wait for all the

inter-agency action. "fbi? this is cia! you're mia!" "i'm on the fdr from jfk." "wtf. eta?" "tbd. asap. latest, eod." "u ok?" "tbh, idk." "y?" "i had a g&t, gotta pp, lol, brb!" [cheers and applause] back in reality, it's day 4 of the trump administration, [booing] aka four loco. it's been a rough week watching& the trump administration re-trample our norms and laws. but we just got a little good news, ladies and gentlemen, because this afternoon, a federal judge blocked trump's order ending birthright citizenship. yeah, baby! blocked it. [applause]

that means every baby born in this country is a citizen and has the right to life, liberty, and pumpable cheese. the ruling came from reagan-appointed judge john coughenour, seen here embodying how everyone is feeling. remember, birthright citizenship is a legal principle enshrined in the constitution. and for coughenour, this was not a close call. he described trump's executive order as "blatantly unconstitutional." [applause] isn't that nice? isn't that nice that it is so blunt? judges rarely talk that bluntly except in the landmark case: "marbury v. you gotta be yankin' my chain!" coughenour raged, "i've been on the bench for over four decades. i can't remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one." and he wondered where the white house lawyers were when the order was drafted, adding, it "boggled" his mind

that a member of the bar would claim the order was constitutional. to be fair, your honor, some of trump's lawyers are members of a slightly different bar. over on capitol hill yesterday, speaker mike johnson announced that he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the january 6th capitol riot. the new subcommittee will be led by georgia representative barry loudermilk. also known as [loudly] milk! i'm surprised that republicans. [clapping] no, no, no. i'm surprised that republicans want to re-litigate january 6th because when it comes to trump's pardoning of the rioters, they've all been saing this. >> we're not looking backwards. we're looking forwards. >> i'm willing to look forward instead of backwards. >> we're not looking backwards. we're looking forward. >> stephen: you keep saying that, but according to chairman loudermilk, "you've got to look backwards to look

forward." "yep, you gotta look backwards to look forward. you gotta look up to look down, you gotta go in to go out, you gotta kiss ass to kiss mouth. i'm sorry. what was the question?" but it was hard to look forward or back when some people are refusing to look at all. case in point, republican representative tim burchett went on cnn yesterday to deny reality. >> do you agree with president trump's decision to pardon these violent people and releasing them from jail? >> if they were truly violent, no, but, but do i know that they were? i don't know that. >> what do you mean you don't know that? we're showing the footage on the air right now. >> stephen: i don't know. i don't know. i didn't see nothing. i don't know. the only member of congress with a worse memory is oklahoma senator "goldfish-with-a-head-injury." strangely, this new january 6th committee might not be hearing from one of the star witnesses

of the real january 6th hearings, you remember former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. reportedly, staff from speaker johnson's office has advised his republican colleagues to not subpoena her. why? to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her. [booing] oh, yeah, that would not look good for them. "uh, ms. hutchinson, i refer you now to exhibit 8, if you can pull that up out of your file there, a text you received on january 5th, reading, and i quote: "booiiiing!" am i pronouncing that correctly? boing? yes, i am. and this was sent to you by representative... me." do you know how bad things have to be when "proof he tried to overthrow democracy as we know it" isn't the worst thing in the text thread? 'cause the details are terrible. apparently, multiple republicans raised concerns about the potential for public disclosure of "sexual texts from members who were trying to engage in sexual favors."

honestly? honestly, i'm surprised anyone in congress can sexually harass via text. given how old those guys are, i assumed they just rub their junk on a rotary phone. r-ri-ri-k-kika. ri-ka-ka-kik-a-kika. ri-ka-ka-kik-a-kika. ask your grandparents. [laughter] you just don't want a 919 number. it's very terrible. last night, our new president did his favorite part of being commander in chief: talking on fox news. he spoke with his old friend and co-conspirator sean hannity and pondered whether or not to help california fight their deadly wildfires. >> i don't think we should give california anything until they let water flow down. >> from the north to the south. >> it's a political thing. i don't know what it is. you know, they talk about the

delta smelt. it's a little tiny fish like this. >> stephen: "i blame the delta smelt. because you know what they say: whoever smelta delta. tiny little fish. keep 'em away from an open flame." trump insisted that these kind of fires don't happen in other countries. >> the head of a country that lives in forest. a number of them actually. and it was beautiful the way they expressed it. they said, "we live in a forest. we are a forest nation." that's beautiful, isn't it? >> stephen: "i spoke to the forest people. they were wonderful. i spoke to them. i asked their opinion, and they said, very beautifully they said, 'i am groot.' you can't put it any better than that. you just can't." trump also tried to explain why we shouldn't care about china spying on tiktok users. >> you know, the interesting thing with tiktok, though, is you're dealing with a lot of young people. >> they love it. >> so, is it that important for china to be spying on young

people, on young kids watching crazy videos and things? >> stephen: yeah, maybe he's right. maybe we shouldn't be worrying so much about young people. never forget what whitney houston said. ♪ i believe that children ♪ ♪ are whatever ♪ ♪ teach them stuff ♪ ♪ and let them ♪ ♪ blah, blah, blah ♪ elon musk is still facing backlash for making a certain gesture at a trump inauguration rally that some have interpreted as a nazi salute. musk has denied it and has attacked anybody who said they saw what we all saw, posting: "the 'everyone is hitler' attack is sooo tired." yes, musk is fed up with the hitler comparisons! he's had it up to -- [laughter and applause] um...

how do i... i don't know. how do i do this? elon, where have you had it up to? so high. this controversy has already had some fallout. in wisconsin, a local meteorologist denounced musk on social media, writing: "dude nazi saluted twice. twice during the inauguration." then was fired from her job. that is terrible, but to be fair, a meteorologist is never supposed to be that accurate. the weather person in question is named sam kuffel. here she is. wait, where's that arm going, sam? don't do it! the station that terminated kuffel is wdjt. milwaukee's cbs affiliate. milwakee's news leader. let this be a warning to everyone. you do not want to mess with cbs. may i remind you: they have the "fbi: cia!" we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are drew brees and morris chestnut!

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>> stephen: give it up for louis cato and "the late show" band, everybody. hello! good to see you. we've got, coming up in just a few minutes, louis, we've got a couple great guests. handsome and talented gentleman. super bowl champion drew brees will be out here in just a little while. and the actor morris chestnut will be out here. the new tv show "watson." folks, stick around after the show for taylor tomlinson and her panelists joe manganiello, thomas lennon, and paul f. tompkins. while you're watching the show, i just wanted to tell you that if you do watch the show and i hope you do, you know that for the past fw months, i've been asking you at home to send in your questions for me and my beautiful wife, evie. and i specifically ask you

to write out your question in a letter, then take a photo of it, then email that letter to us, so we can print it out again as a letter. and i'm happy to say we've already received almost 400 of your letters, so now it's time for the very first "late show email in-bag." ♪ ♪ ♪ "the late show" email in-bag ♪ as always, as always, please welcome my wife, evie. come here, darling. [cheers and applause] i like all this. good to see you. evie mcgee, everybody. there you go. >> evie: thank you! hi! >> stephen: please have a seat. >> evie: hello.

>> evie! evie! evie! evie! evie! evie! evie! evie! evie! >> evie: i'm not egging them on at all. >> stephen: do not steal my people. here's the -- >> evie: a lot of mail. i'm excited to see what people -- >> stephen: these are actual letters. and you and i have not seen these letters. >> evie: i've not seen these. >> stephen: we are answering your letters from home. >> evie: god, i hope i get to spill some tea about you. >> stephe: i'm sure you will. ladies first? >> evie: sure, i'll go first. "dear stephen and evie, what is the one thing about your spouse that has changed since you got married due to your influence? thanks, theresa." >> stephen: wow, i think the influence i've had on you is that you enjoy the stupid more than you used to. because i enjoy stupid things. >> evie: am i supposed to say thank you for that? >> stephen: yes, you are.

you did not grow up in a silly family. i love your family. >> evie: we are very practical people. >> stephen: no one would survive being dragged behind a nazi truck, i don't care if he is indiana jones. that's not reasonable. it was an actual conversation. >> evie: it was. may be with me or my dad. >> stephen: possibly your dad. what have you changed about me? >> evie: you wear a watch and sometimes you even make a list. [applause] >> stephen: all right. here we go. this is from brett. this is from brett from st. jude's children's research hospitals. good for you, brett. this is "why should i buy your cookbook?" i did not know this was coming. here's why. because of the raw sex appeal. just...come on. >> evie: i think we have to

tell brett because the pictures are so cool and the coolest picture, it's going to take me a while to find it. the one of you and benny. look at the dog. is there life better than that? that's like living your best life right there. >> stephen: some cookbooks are food porn. this is just porn porn. >> evie: i want another one. >> stephen: there you go. here's one for you. >> evie: this feels like a check. this is from nick. >> stephen: where is nick from? >> evie: it doesn't say. "what is something you've both decided to agree to disagree on for the entirety of your relationship?" i don't know. >> stephen: i mean... >> evie: uh-oh. >> stephen: uh, collard greens. >> evie: i'm not going to die on that hill. i think nick is talking about something more substantial than that.

>> stephen: more substantial than collard greens? what do you disagree with me about that you would possibly ever come off? >> evie: maybe i don't think "the thing" is the best movie in the world. [laughs] we can agree to disagree. >> stephen: name a better movie. i think maybe seeing "mamma mia" once is fine. [laughter] it's delightful once. i know how it turns out. >> evie: i think he struck a chord. >> stephen: this is from someone, they just took a photo. they just took a photo of their computer. [laughter] and then they sent it to us over the computer and we print it as a letter. >> evie: who is this from? >> stephen: stefan. >> evie: i bet stefan is 23 and doesn't have paper.

>> stephen: "what are the oldest clothes each of you have in your own side of the closet?" >> evie: oh, god, no. this is a terrible question to ask you. you have a lot of very, very old things. >> stephen: i do. >> evie: that we should really get rid of. >> stephen: i have a t-shirt, we talk about this in the cookbook. before it was comedy central it was called the ha comedy network and i have a ha t-shirt and when we were dating, i wore that shirt. i was eating a peach and i made a joke, i better be careful. as careful as prufrock, about eating a peach. i said because peaches stain forever. and i rubbed it on my shirt. how long ago was that? 33 years ago.

is the stain still there? >> evie: yes. is the shirt still there? >> stephen: the shirt is still there. >> evie: why do we still have that shirt? >> stephen: because if i didn't have the shirt i wouldn't be able to prove i was right. >> evie: oh, my god. you are so vengeful. >> stephen: now we are getting someplace. i'm liking this. >> evie: this is marriage therapy. >> stephen: i think it might be the opposite. do you want to go first? go ahead. >> evie: denise. this is from denise. "dear stephen and evie, if you both had to survive on a deserted island, which one of you would be in charge of building the shelter and which one would be in charge of finding snacks? thanks! denise." i think... >> stephen: yes. >> evie: i think maybe you are building and i'm snacks. >> stephen: i think i am doing both. >> evie: [gasps] >> stephen: give me that hand. evie mcgee, everybody. if there's anything you'd like

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. ladies and gentlemen, my first guest tonight is a super bowl champion and super bowl mvp you know as the former quarterback of the new orleans saints. please welcome to "the late show," drew brees! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] good to see you. it's been a minute. >> drew: what's going on? >> stephen: we met back in 2014. >> drew: i remember. >> stephen: it has been a little bit. when you were still playing. now you're retired and i'm just curious, with the big games coming up. you got the afc and nfc and the super bowl coming up. compare the enjoyment of watching the game as opposed to trying to prevent being

pulverized by 300-pound lineman. that's a close-up view but it's a different experience. >> drew: definitely. it's a bit easier now except for the fact that i'll be on the couch trying to enjoy the game and all of a sudden, i've got these grown teenage boys who come over and think it's their opportunity to take a shot at pops when he's least expecting it. >> stephen: how many? >> drew: the abuse continues. i got three boys. 16, 14, and 12 and a daughter who is ten. >> stephen: they are all trying to prove themselves. >> drew: they're at that stage. they've got something to prove. >> stephen: one of the reasons why you had such a storied career, i assume you had a good relationship with your offensive linemen because those are the guys who are trying to keep you from being pulverized. >> drew: right. >> stephen: i understand some quarterbacks do things for their offensive linemen to say i appreciate you. they'd give them gifts, rolexes. things like that. did you, back i your day, ten years ago, were you doing that for your guys? >> drew: absolutely. that's one of the most important

jobs you have. is to take care of the big fellas. we are talking weekly meals, every thursday night was o-line dinner. they'd pick out a different restaurant in new orleans, which there's no shortage. i would show up and i'm covering everything. you guys get whatever you want. you're taken care of. at the end of the season, there was always a gift. i did the watch thing. i got them shotguns at one point, maybe not the best idea, but immediately took them on a hunting trip. gun safety and everything. let's see. i took them on a weekend trip to vegas at the end of the season. >> stephen: oh, yeah. how did that go? >> drew: well, the liability insurance didn't quite cover but it was a great time. we made it through. towards the end, it became -- i became so appreciative of what they do that it became, at the end of the year, there's two tickets to anywhere in the world. a week stay anywhere you want

with someone you love. like, wherever you want to go. to me, it was about the experience, giving them the experience. forget the material thing, the watch or whatever, i want you to go and have this experience. >> stephen: wow, that's lovely. [applause] i mean, that shows real leadership. you're the guy who's on the field making the calls, sometimes on the fly. it's not always coming from the coach. it's you having to make that decision. they have to understand you. you have to be able to communicate with them clearly. but what i don't understand is how does everybody on the field memorize all the names of all the calls? because some of them, they come together into these incredibly long chains of words that mean nothing to the rest of us but is clear to everyone on the team. what are some of the hardest call codenames you ever had to memorize? >> drew: the good thing for the positions are there's really just a couple words that they need to just listen out for.

>> stephen: that triggers them. this part of the play is me? >> drew: the entirety of the play talks to the entire huddle but each grouping has their segment of it. for example, green left twin nasty, green left-wing nasty is the formation. z peel tight tells the z its motion to a tight alignment. pass 37 buster bluff's protection for that just told defensive line what they need to do. now they are tuned out. x post y bite, i told the x what to run, told the y what to run but here comes the zinger, kill. that just means hey, i may change the play to 53 tight and left. 53 being the protection. o-line, their ears perked up again. tight and left just talked to the running back that is running the screen to the left. so green left twin nasty z peel tight pass 37 buster bluff x post y bite kill 53 tight and left on yo!

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. we're back with drew brees. february 9th, the super bowl's going to be in new orleans.

i heard that you and gronk are going down to new orleans together. are you going to get up to some fun? >> drew: yeah. so gronk calls me up three months ago. i've been the face for bounty. i need a wing man. >> stephen: bounty paper towels. >> drew: you can't have football without wings. you can't have wings without bounty. i need a wing man. he goes i need someone to be my wing man in new orleans. would you be my wing man? yeah, absolutely. you think that's a good idea, right? >> stephen: sure. >> drew: we are going to have a good time to say the least. >> stephen: what's it like to play in the super bowl? not everybody gets to do it. how many games a season? >> drew: 17 regular-season games. >> stephen: it's got to be different at the super bowl. what's the biggest difference between that and another game? >> drew: just to get past all of the hoopla, our super bowl,

i remember the first three plays of the game, i was so nervous. first off, you come out of the locker room onto the field and during a regular-season game, you're hyped up, you go to the coin toss, sing the national anthem, you are kicking off and playing the game. it's a very quick transition. here, you come to the sideline and they're going to sing "god bless america." they are going to announce the walter payton man of the year. they are going to do this announcement, that award, the coin toss. it's 30 minutes before you get to kick off so it's easy to have that adrenaline high and then that crash so it's like, how do we maintain our calm, our poise, our composure? >> stephen: how does the halftime compare? because what's a normal halftime break, 15? >> drew: probably in the locker room 15 minutes. here it's more like 30 minutes because you've got the halftime show. we go into halftime, take off our pads, get a turkey sandwich and our halftime was interesting -- >> stephen: you get a turkey sandwich at halftime?

>> drew: it's probably pickle juice and something else now but at the time it was a turkey sandwich. it was delicious. then you come up with your next 15 plays on how you want to start the second half, but ours was a little more interesting because it was also when our head coach sean payton came in and said, hey, we are kicking an onside kick to start the second half. we had nicknamed it ambush. ambush. that word started spreading around the locker room. we're going to start the second half with a onside kick, unprecedented, right? sure enough, we started with an onside kick. to get the ball there was a change of momentum for us which propelled us to victory. i definitely takes some poise and composure. >> stephen: new orleans is awfully proud of that victory. and you're awfully proud of new orleans too. i am curious how did that relationship with new orleans start? you clearly love that place

but you're not from that place. i'm curious. what it means you when you first got there? >> drew: 2006, i was a free-agent leaving the san diego chargers names coming off a really bad shoulder injury to the point where i really wasn't sure if i would play football again or if i did, how effective i would be. i think that a general sentiment was i probably wouldn't be that effective so i had two real opportunities, miami dolphins and new orleans saints. and i gone to miami and had an unbelievable visit. nick saban was the head coach, believe it or not, before he went to alabama. here i was going to new orleans, six months post-katrina, the city still completely destroyed, destroyed, some unknown head coach that they brought in from the dallas cowboys named sean payton. who is this guy? i had the most unbelievable time with my wife where everything was great, i love the coaching staff. he takes us to emeril's. this is awesome, these people are so great and he's driving us devastation there are places to live and raise a family.

you're a young couple thinking about all these things. and everything could not have gone better until the way home when all of a sudden detour, detour, sean doesn't know where he is. he's new to the city. he gets lost. next thing i know we are in the lakeview neighborhood which had been completely wiped out from the flood of the 17th street canal. houses off foundations and the truck upside down in the living room and all of a sudden the call pulled around the corner and stops and i'm saying, are you seeing what we're seeing and we look up and there's a tugboat in the middle-of-the-road. i look at sean payton and he drops his head, he calls the general manager and is like, "yeah, i'm lost. yeah, drew is in the car. yeah, it's bad." in his mind, he goes i might as well drive him to miami right now because there's no way he's coming here. but it had the exact opposite effect which was my wife and i said this is so much greater than just football. it's a true calling to be here and part of the resurrection of one of america's greatest cities.

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tonight from his hit films "boyz n the hood" and "the best man." he now produces and stars in the new cbs drama "watson." ♪ ♪ >> holmes! sherlock! ♪ ♪ holmes!

>> stephen: please welcome back to "the late show," morris chestnut. [chees and applause] ♪ ♪ >> morris: all right. >> stephen: it's good to see you again. it's been like nine years since you were last here. i apologize for whatever it was i said that kept you away so long. let's toast your return. >> morris: let's do it. >> stephen: you brought me a present. >> morris: yes. this is a sable bourbon that myself, harold, taye diggs, all of us on "the best man." we have a sable bourbon. let's do it. it has a very dense, smoky

aroma, has a burnt sugar to the palate, but a very smooth finish. >> stephen: you have a more exacting tongue than i do. >> morris: cheers to nine years. >> stephen: to dry january. [laughter[ that is lovely. you and your lovely wife pam, here you are, the two of you toether. you've been together for almost 30 years. >> morris: yes. yes. >> stephen: people love to hear that. people love to hear that people have been together for 30 years, especially hollywood people. evie and i, it's not a contest but we've been together 31 years and i'm winning. people ask me all the time, why is 31 years, how do you do that? what's your advice for a meaningful, long-lasting relationship? >> morris: i would say always treat your wife or your partner with respect. i think that's one of the things that has helped us stay together. outside of us just being really good people, i feel she's a good person, i'm a good person, we never really hit below the belt.

whenever we get into an argument, you know you're with someone so long, you get these knockdown, drag about disagreements. about whatever. >> stephen: maybe you are answering mail on national television. you get into a fight or something. >> morris: kind of have been here earlier tonight. we don't hit below the belt. we just treat each other with respect. we argue with respect. i don't like to go to sleep when she's mad at me because i may not wake up. but we at least argue with respect. >> stephen: what you do together that's fun? do you have hobbies or anything? >> morris: the main two things that we do together is we love to watch the crime docuseries together. i can't take the house reality shows and she can't take my sports, so we watch the docuseries we like to go to the casino together. >> stephen: casinos? >> morris: yes. we hit vegas. there's a lot of casinos in california. >> stephen: what's your game? >> morris: my game is poker. >> stephen: what does your wife

play? >> morris: she plays table poker but she loves bingo. >> stephen: you can play bingo in vegas? >> morris: there's a place in los angeles that's a casino that she goes and plays bingo. but it's not the typical -- you have to be on it, you have to be able to hit those numbers. i probably couldn't keep up. >> stephen: it goes fast. >> morris: it goes fast. >> stephen: it's not like b7? >> morris: no, it's b7, i8. it really goes fast. i know, right? it's bingo. it seems like it should be easy but it can be very challenging, trust me. >> stephen: i would like to see james bond play bingo. tell me about "watson," it's a new take on the classic arthur conan doyle character.

how is this different than other sherlock and watson relationships we've seen. >> morris: is a modern-day take on the sherlock holmes mythology told from watson's perspective and this is what makes our show different. the show opens up when sherlock dies and he gifts me a clinic to solve medical mysteries. however... >> stephen: it's modern-day. >> morris: it's modern-day. it's modern-day. the traditional medical drama, they typically solve the medical cases inside the hospital. but we work inside the hospital as doctors but we also go outside as detectives together all the information to help solve the medical mystery. so we're not just doctors. we are not just detectives. we are doctectives. yes, yes. [applause] and that's what makes our show different. >> stephen: this isn't the first time you've played a doctor? >> morris: no, i played a couple doctors. >> stephen: a couple doctors. do you get a sense,

give me a prescription pad, i could do this? >> morris: oh, no! >> stephen: do you learn a lot doing these roles? >> morris: it's very challenging. this type of show, we are a very ambitious show because we have a great cast and what we do is, the medical jargon is very tough to really get a grasp on. >> stephen: is it accurate? >> morris: oh, it's very accurate. that's another think i'd like to tell you and your audience and the people on tv, we have so many rare medical cases but you have to look it up to see if it's real and it is real. all of our medicine on our show is vetted by real doctors. some of the extreme cases, like there was one case referred to, a woman or a person had a nipple on their foot. they had a foot nipple. >> stephen: wow. just didn't want to wear a bra. >> morris: interestingly, the nipple on the foot has had stations. >> stephen: literally? >> morris: literally. a foot nipple. another case on our show. >> stephen: you don't want to wear open toed sandals i guess. [laughter]

>> morris: we have another case on the show where a gentleman has alien hand syndrome. alien hand syndrome. it's a syndrome to where he can literally try to button up a shirt with this hand but this hand is unbuttoning his shirt at the same time. we have so many interesting cases, rare cases on our show. everything is fully vetted by doctors and you're gonna say there's no way that's real and you're going to look it up and it's real. >> stephen: all right. "watson" premieres this sunday on cbs following the afc championship game. morris chestnut, everybody@ we'll be right back.

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