thanks so much for joining us tonight. coming up next, "the late show with stephen colbert". he's got dennis quaid and donald trump in cartoon form. don't miss it. >> stephen: hello! we're on in one minute. what's going on in there? what the hell is happening?

bite my big apple. >> tonight, stephen welcomes dennis quaid. matt walsh. and a musical performance by charles bradley. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now it's time for "the late show with stephen colbert"! ( cheers and applause )

thank you! thanked everybody. thanks down here. >> stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: oh, that's nice. i haven't heard that in a while. ( cheers ) you're awfully nice. welcome, welcome to "the late "the late show," everybody. i'm stephen colbert. i don't know why you're excited. today is april 20, a.k.a. 4/20. and as a lot of you seem to already know, 420 is the police code for getting a cheap audience reaction. and i know that today has a special significance for many people, including, of course, my intern, stoney von dankington. isn't that right, stoney? >> hey stephen.

( laughter ) >> stephen: isn't 4/20 a big day for you to celebrate? >> celebrate what? >> stephen: you know, getting high. >> oh, totally. because it's 44th anniversary of apollo 16 landing on the moon. you don't get much higher than that! >> stephen: that's true, that's true. but isn't this a big day for, you know, blazing up? >> yeah, yeah, sure is. because april 20, 1865, was the first day that safety matches were advertised! totally, man. >> stephen: no, 4/20, 4/20. aren't you going to celebrate with a little tokey? >> um, i think you're pronouncing it wrong, stephen. but yeah, i am going to celebrate the 79th birthday of

live long and prosper, sulu! >> stephen: okay, we've got, like, ten more of these jokes. should i keep going? >> nah, man, i think they know the bit by now. everyone knows. everyone knows. ( laughter ) >> stephen: that's right, you watching at home on 4/20. everyone knows. ( laughter ) >> everyone. knows. >> stephen: well, we'll see you later stoney! >> later, man! i'm gonna go smoke some marijuana. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: stoney von dankington, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) of course, at the opposite end of the stage, say hi to jon batiste and stay human, ladies

( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: got a little cotton mouth. right off the bean, ladies and gentlemen, i want to start with the biggest, baddest story of today, and really, every day, the story of money. and i think when you hear this story, you're going to want more of it. because earlier today the u.s. treasury department announced that they will be replacing renowned indian-stabber andrew jackson... i'm sorry, native american stabber andrew jackson, on the 20 dollar bill with harriet tubman. ( cheers and applause ) yup. this is long overdue. harriet tubman is an american hero, who risked her life

awkward in your wallet when she runs into washington and jefferson. and it's truly exciting to have a woman on the 20. although, unfortunately, due to the wage gap, it is now worth $17. i believe-- i believe. ( cheers and applause ) applauding the wage gap. it should never-- i believe it should never have taken this long. apparently, in the "what to put on our money" priority list, woman and african american both came after cyclops pyramid. speaking of things that money can buy. the 2016 election. ( cheers and applause ) did you guys vote in yesterday's new york primary? ( cheers and applause ) great. well, that means you did your part for democracy, and as a reward, you're now

and the results were a good old-fashioned empire state boot stomping by hillary clinton and donald trump. new yorkers haven't seen a thrashing this bad since any knicks game. ( laughter ) on the democratic side, it was a tough choice for new yorkers. you go to the polls, you see old ladies working there, and you want to make them happy, but you don't know. have they been waiting their whole lives for a woman president, or are they friends with bernie from aquaerobics? ( laughter ) could be upon. what really impressed me last night was the way cnn announced the winners. >> tonight the winners of the new york primary will have their victories displayed on the empire state building. the lights will change to correspond to the colors that cnn is using to represent each candidate. cnn has projected donald trump will be the winner of the new york republican primary. we are turning the empire state building the dark crimson, the

trump. >> stephen: yes, dark crimson against a jet black sky. a color combination that truly screams good tidings for mankind. ( laughter ) still, i don't think it's fair that cnn gets to control the empire state building. they already have a beam of radiant light that delivers the news: anderson cooper. ( laughter ). ( cheers ) oooh! i am blind! i am blind! that's why i am also going to start making anderson cooper announcements via colorful lights, right up here on my "late show" sign. it's blue right now, because hillary clinton won the new york primary. and it works for all news. if the stock market goes up, it's green. and if you ever see this, there's a froot loops recall. of course, the clearest message

suck our new york values." ( cheers and applause ) because-- cruz got just 15% of the vote, and in one county, he even lost to ben carson, who dropped out of the race a month ago. though, to be fair, dr. carson may not be aware that he dropped out of the race. shhh! shhh! but even though he was beaten like a speedbag in a loose suit, at the end of the night, ted cruz managed to keep it positive and also kind of creepy. >> america has always been best when she is lying down with her back on the mat. >> audience: ooooh! >> stephen: that is when america is at her best-- lying

lights on, and with a firm handshake, and then back to your separate beds for quiet weeping. if you know what i mean. for trump, of course, last night was total domination. he won 60% of the vote, taking every district except one, manhattan, which went to governor john kasich. after picking up 90 delegates trump has his sights set on the republican convention in cleveland. this logo represents the rock 'n' roll hall of fame, so much better than cleveland's original choice, an elephant walking on half of lebron james. but this is likely going to be a contested convention, where if no one wins the first round of voting, delegates can switch their votes to any other candidate they want. and it is not against the rules to woo these delegates with any gifts, including money or jobs

all: a ticket out of cleveland. ( laughter ) now, donald trump has a very strong stance on this type of bribery. >> it's a corrupt and crooked system. >> stephen: okay, corrupt and crooked, so clearly he's not going to engage-- >> look, nobody has better toys than i do. i can put them in the best planes and bring them to the best resorts anywhere in the world. doral, mar-a-lago. you're basically buying these people. >> stephen: okay, so he might bribe them a little bit. but all this scheming and overt discussion of bribery i believe has turned what should be a dignified process of the transfer of power into a cartoonish farce. for more on that, please welcome back, cartoon donald trump. ( cheers and applause ) now, mr. cartoon trump, thank you for joining us. >> hello ,new york! bow before me! you have made me your emperor! woo! woo!

woo, indeed. welcome back. thank you for putting some pants on. >> it's a shame. everyone says it-- i have amazing knees. i should be a knee model. tremendous. >> stephen: well, congratulations on your victory last night. >> woo! feeling good! dance with me, stephen, come on! dance with me. shake it, don't break it, it took your momma nine months to make it. yeah, i beat ted cruz, or as i call him, "dead lose." get it, stephen? because he lost, and he looks like a dead person brought back to life. he's the walking ted because he's barely running. i could go on all night. unlike ted cruz and his tiny canadian penis. up top! >> stephen: now, you've said you >> stephen: okay, there you go. >> down low. you. >> stephen: said-- i want to get this right-- you said you want to bring a touch of show biz to the convention. what do you mean?

snooze-fest, got to zazz it up. and i've got glitz and glamour coming out of my razmatazz-hole. >> stephen: i'm sorry, your what? >> near the rectum. rectum-adjacent. trust me. >> stephen: thank you for keeping that classy. that's very nice of you. >> that's what i do. >> stephen: and how will the glitz and the glamor translate to the convention? >> glad you asked. first, i gold plate the entire city of cleveland, including the people. then i ride in on a chariot pulled by showgirls dressed like lady liberty. and unlike the real statue, these girls are tens. it's a total gam session. then i take my throne and announce my vice president, optimus prime. together, we will transform america to be great again! roll credits. >> stephen: okay, that sounds lovely, that's a lovely plan. that's if you win. what if other campaigns try campaigns try to bribe your delegates with free stuff? >> bring it. nobody can beat me in toys. i'm talking jets, bouncy

shrimp, arsenio hall's there, he's dressed like a shrimp, and he will fight meat loaf, who's dressed as a meatloaf. >> stephen: that certainly does sound nice. but what if ted cruz outspends you? >> oh, i'd like to see him try, because the weather forecast calls for rain, baby, rain. partly cloudy with a chance of ben frank languages. oh, and harriet tubman. black people love me. >> stephen: wow, that's a lot of cash, sir. >> come on, put 'em on the glass, stephen! give the people what they want! >> stephen: i can't do that. but if you're really giving out that kind of cash, i wish i was a delegate. >> wait, you're not a delegate? what the hell am i doing here? >> stephen: you're on tv, for >> stephen, i'm always on tv, cnn, fox, animal planet, the golf channel. planet? >> they love me. manor." >> stephen: you're hosting the show?

they're living in my hair. look at that. look at that. look at that little fella. he's fabulous. his name's faberge. it's a tax write-off. plus, he kills all the field mice up there. there's a lot of them. >> stephen: cartoon donald trump, everybody. we'll be right back. kinda seemed like more than a sip.

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(band playing) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: jon, that was absolutely beautiful. who is joining you?

davis, john coal train, the heath brothers, y'all. >> stephen: the heath brothers. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: we'll be checking in a little bit later to say hi in the show. gentlemen, thank you for being here. we'll be saying hi later. by the way, i love your outfit, jon. that is springtime. i don't think i could get away with that outfit. >> jon: oh, man, you can pull it off. you're famous. >> stephen: on me it would look like i was wearing a couch. welcome back, everybody. my first guest tonight is one of my favorite actors. his latest project is an online drama called "the art of more." please welcome dennis quaid! ( applause )

beat my guest to the desk that fast. i'm sorry. i sprinted. >> wow, you're fast. >> stephen: yeah, i am. i'm fast but you're fit. that kind of bugs me about you. yeah. we'll get to that later. we'll get to my anger about your fitness a little bit later. first, i understand you came here all the way from iceland? >> yeah, i was in eastern iceland yesterday. >> stephen: eastern iceland. is it big enough to have an eastern and western. >> reykjavik is in the west, and that's where 298,000 of the 300,000 people in ice land live. and this is as far away as you can get. it's beautiful over there. >> stephen: what are you doing in iceland? >> i was shooting a series over-- for sky tv over there. >> stephen: i love-- i always wanted to go there. it seems like it's a magical place. >> it is. it's like-- it's-- it's like hawaii in the arctic. ( laughter ) >> stephen: associate everything you have with-- everything you associate with hawaii, take all of it away. that's iceland. >> yeah.

>> stephen: i was given this photo by one of my producers, and what is this? i saw-- >> that is the seventh hole at the golf course where i played last week. ( laughter ). >> stephen: you were playing goft last week in iceland? >> yeah. a glacier came through and took the green out, so they put up a little mound for us. i had to. >> stephen: are you playing in snow and ice for the whole thing? >> no, as you can see, it's not completely done there. >> stephen: you don't have to play with orange balls or anything like that? >> not that day, no. >> stephen: okay. >> so it was fun. >> stephen: now, let's get to my real beef with you, and it has to do with the beef with you. look at that. you're a 62-year-old man. what are you doing. ( cheers and applause ) what on earth are you doing-- >> i look like i'm about to start a fight. >> stephen: yeah. you look like you're about to take somebody. >> what are you doing looking at my girl! >> stephen: as someone who is 10 years younger than you are, i'm offended by this because i'm

public. what i'm here to ask you is, are you juicing, dennis quaid? this is a safe place. >> i'm here to promote my six-minute abs program. >> stephen: that's it? sign me up, man. sign me up. now, you've got a series now which just got picked up for the second series on crackle-- the second season on cracker called "the art of more," where you play, like, a new york billionaire, man about up to. >> he's a real estate developer, and he has political ambitions. >> stephen: oh, really. where do you get these ideas, dennis quaid? >> i don't know. i really don't know. >> stephen: uh-huh. >> in fact, all the-- all 10 episodes were written before we started, and we had been shooting for, like, two months, and when trump announced that he was running for president. and it was-- we thought we were outrageous and then he came

you know, he's somewhat like trump, i guess, a little bit. >> stephen: but not so close that he could sue you. >> trump is maybe a little kinder and softer. >> stephen: uh-huh. we have a little clip right here of your character expressing why he thinks he should be in the political arena. jim. >> that is such sunday school horse ( bleep ). if you ask me, people are fed up with these do-nothing, two-faced politicians. they want something real, and i'm going to give it to them, and i am not going to apologize for my life. a man of great passion who worked himself up from nothing to the epitome of the american dream. and, yes, he made a few mistakes along the way, but he learned from them, and he grew from them. and because of them, it gives me more empathy and more understanding for the common man. >> stephen: it does seem familiar. >> yup. >> stephen: that does seem familiar. ( applause ) the show seems to be about--

it's interested here, centered here in new york but it's really about desire, greed, lust, envy and all the best of humanity. >> stephen: do you have-- >> it's delicious. >> stephen: do you have everything you desire, dennis? >> yeah. i'm not in want of anything. >> stephen: you're famous. you have an eight-pack. >> to the a great family. >> stephen: yeah, yeah, yeah. why do you think people-- like in this, this is sort of the appeal of this is you get to peer into this world where there's always desire and the carrot and wanting more and more. >> and you get to see rich people who are having miserable lives for some reason. >> stephen: yeah, that's really nice. but you and i are rich, and we both know it's actually kind of nice. >> yeah. >> stephen: don't let anybody tell you this isn't pleasant. it's actually very, very nice. >> it's true. >> stephen: we're going to take a little commercial break. you can stick around? >> i certainly can. i certainly want to. >> stephen: we'll be right back with the great dennis

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>> stephen: welcome back, everybody, we're here with dennis quaid. one of the things that the series, "the art of more," is about is is that your character has a lot of memorabilia that these two art-- these auction houses in new york want to get the rights to auction off. >> yes. >> stephen: do you yourself-- you're a famous guy who has done a lot of stuff-- do you yourself have mem biele people bieleia that is precious to you? >> i have stuff. >> stephen: if your house burned down what would you get? >> right stuff jacket that i wore in the movie "the right stuff." >> stephen: as gordo cooper.

i think my dequeny, i have a drawing, done on note paper. it's kind of cool. >> stephen: that's a classic. >> my pillow. ( laughter ) it's really tough to find a really good pillow. >> stephen: sure. you think, the things you miss. >> stephen: you gotta get your gugy. can we talk about gordo cooper for a second. it's my favorite character from "the right stuff." it's one of my favorite movies. did you get to meet him? >> i grew up in houston. i was six when the astronauts came on, wanted to be a cowboy, and gordo cooper was my favorite astronaut back then. he was like the rock 'n' roll guy. when i got the part, which i couldn't believe, i found out he lived three miles from me in l.a. and met him. and he-- >> stephen: did he like your portrayal? because you're really cocky. >> we became good friends, in fact. >> stephen: that's nice. friends with an astronaut! >> yeah. it was really something. >> stephen: that's pretty great.

on to my flight instructor, and i learned to fly because of that. >> stephen: you're a pilot? >> yeah, fly jets. >> stephen: you fly jets? that's crazy. the jets and the acting and the abs? my god. ( laughter ) the anger just flows. do you-- are you still, like, a fan of space and everything? are you interested in space and space travel. do you get excited about that stuff? >> the gravity waves they just found out. >> stephen: amazing. we had brian green on here to explain the gravity waves. pass, right now through your body. diblow your mind? >> yes you did. >> stephen: you wanted to be a cowboy and an then an smawft. >> if you're an actor you get to be a cowboy and an astronaut can and be on your show. >> stephen: that's true, that's true. i understand-- so, obviously, i also love your brother, randy. he went out there and acted.

>> my little brother is a talented musician. my son is out there in the world. he's on "vineil" scorsese's series. >> stephen: your son jack. do you give any advice? >> don't bump into the furniture. learn your lines and don't bump into the if you wereature. he's done it all on his own. i offered to help him, and he said he wanted to do it on his own and he's working for scorsese. maybe he'll help me out. >> stephen: me, too, me, too. dennis nice to meet you. >> you, too, stephen >> stephen: the first season of "the art of more" is streaming now on crackle. dennis quaid, everybody!

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everybody. my next guest is a talented comedian and improviser, who stars in hbo's "veep." >> great reviews on the speech. >> oh, my god, o'brien made a statement. >> i should have said big personal news. wendy and i are adopting a baby from china. we were keeping it a secret until after the election. actually, wentdy was keeping it a secret from me. i'm going to be a dad. >> we're in the middle of a tie election. there is no time for some chinese baby. cancel it and see if you can get your money back. >> stephen: please welcome matt walsh. ( applause ) >> stephen: so nice to see you. >> so great to see you. congrats. >> stephen: congrats to you, too.

we know each other from the olden days. >> chicago. >> stephen: chicago. >> jinks. >> stephen: what is that? >> i don't know. >> stephen: okay. i wanted to continue the tradition somehow. isn't there something that goes with jinx. you owe me a coke. >> i wanted to be a good guest because i'm excited about your new home so i wanted to bring you a gift, and since today is 4/20, i thought maybe i can bring you something. >> stephen: okay. >> so now i know you probably don't get high -- >> i do not. i do not get high. >> okay, that's on the record, everybody, does not get high, so no need for cbs to drug test you. >> stephen: exactly, there's no reason to ever-- no one ever-- there's no reason to ever collect my urine is what i'm saying. it's really not even an issue at this point. actually, it is an issue at this point. but before you came out, it was not. an issue out here. >> let's move on. nothing happened. >> stephen: exactly. >> you get a lot of great musicians on here who might partake in weed like snoop, or willie nelson.

>> and i'm sure there's a moment where they offer you a peace pipe and you feel like a square -- >> over the years there have been many people enjoying themselves in the green room or in their own van or something like that, and i've had to get out of there fairly quickly. >> this is going to correct all that. well, open it. it's your gift. >> stephen: okay. i know what that is. ( cheers and applause ) okay. uh-huh. >> so, interesting fact. that is my grandmother's bong. ( laughter ). >> stephen: it looks like like-- it's a beautiful pattern. it's a beautiful pattern. >> very typical 60s pattern. >> stephen: wonderful taste. >> and that will impress the guys. >> stephen: the handle, that's got a good grip on that. >> lefty or righty. >> stephen: the next guy is not going to grab this out of your hands. you've got a grip on it. get back, spider! >> the basic goal of this is you have your own kit so when they

and you say no i have my own kit, bro. and then you pull this out-- this is fake weed, relax. it's oreg no and newspaper shavings. try to not smoke. , it, but if you have to -- >> what, try to not smoke it? >> stephen: if somebody-- >> i'm snoop, and i'm saying, "man, we are best friends now. let's broker this peace. let's both get high together." and i pass you the joint. >> stephen: i have this, and i got here-- i got colonel skullmeister, which is what i call my bong, and pop out a little-- >> say i have ak-47 or picasso in here. that's a strain of weed. >> stephen: a strain of weed. i have my own stuff. it's called the devil a hairlip. >> there you go, there gu. you would put water in that. >> stephen: yeah, okay. >> and then, of course, you need a fire. and this is--

joints actually rolled in the "new york times." you're trying to kill me. >> don't though throws out. this is a lighter with a tiger fighting a dragon. >> stephen: is that necessary? >> it just gives you secrete cred. >> stephen: so snoop is going to go let me see that. fighting a dragon. >> yeah. >> stephen: well, matt, thank you so much. i wish i had-- >> keep it on your desk. >> stephen: i wish i had something-- that's so lovely. for later, maybe for later. >> don't-- don't ever smoke it. >> stephen: don't ever smoke it. don't i have to smoke it in front of snoop dogg. >> don't inhale it. you put water in here and puff it like began dolph's pipe. >> stephen: are you saying gandolf smoked weed? >> i'm assuming gandolf did. >> stephen: actually, we knew each other from "the daily show." you were there when i was there. >> no, you were there, and you were a very good mentor.

>> a little bit because i was new, and i would say, "what's your advice?" and you said, "just get ready to sell your soul." >> stephen: no, wait a second. i did not say "sell." i did not say "sell." what i said was before you go out into the field, before you shoot a field piece, take your saulsoul off and put it on a hanger so you don't get it pointy and you get dirty in the field and put if back on when you get home. don't forget where you put your soul. that's what i said. >> and i also remember you would get on the p.a. system in the office once every couple of weeks -- >> we had a little 711 that we could talk to everybody. >> and you would say, "if anyone has found my dvd of "indjanna jones and the temple of ( bleep )" please return it to my office, "indiana jones and the temple of ( bleep )." >> stephen: first of all, it

temple of ( bleep )." it was san fernando jones and the temple of ( bleep ). better. you're like a living memoir. >> stephen: occasionally, that thing would go missing. for a second. >> absolutely. >> stephen: i love "veep." i've seen-- because i'm special, i have seen three of this season it's so great. it's so dumb and so infuriating and so human. >> she's awful. >> stephen: all of you are awful people on "veep." that's one of my favorite things about it. it's not really political. it's just about how awful human beings can be to each other when they're afraid, really. >> yes, it is, and when the stakes are high or perceived to be high. there is loyalty, but, yeah, we're terrible to each other, absolutely. >> stephen: and what i love about the show is you can't tell what political party any of you are working for. >> that's true, that's true. >> stephen: and how do you do that? because it's so-- we're all so fine tuned to where we sit in the political spectrum and who is on what side.

it's improvised. a fair amount of it is improvised. >> yes. it's improvised in the rehearsal room. the writers sit in the rehearsal. the scripts come in very good, and we put the script down and take notes and the draft will reflect a lot of things we discover in rehearsal. on the day, if we're running on time we get a free take where you can "f" around and sometimes you discover things in those moments. and i can always pitch jokes, et cetera, so it's very collaborative. >> stephen: if they don't want to indicate what political party you're in, if you improvise a part of the conversation, do you mention a name or issue and say we know what party you're in. "you know, i think science exists." "no, no, no, don't say that, because then we know what party." >> i don't know how we avoid it but we just do. i guess we believe in in the characters in the world and it's hard not to reference something-- one thing we do i

character we've referenced is jimmy carter. fiction. they have an idea of what is connected to her world. >> stephen: this year, celina myers, it's a tie. college. >> stephen: i watched a few episodes and it's still a tie. >> with the vote counting. >> stephen: i can't wait for the rest episodes. thanks so much for being here. thanks for my bong? >> yeah, call it a bong. to a guest before. >> water fight, pong. >> stephen: tubeless hooka. >> that works, yeah, yeah. ( laughter ) >> stephen: i have never said the words "tubeless hooka" before. >> and your mouth goes inside. >> stephen: your mouth what? >> your mouth goes inside. don't do this. you do this. >> stephen: don't do this. >> no, no! that's got-- that's got ink in there. that's newspaper

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>> stephen: welcome back, everybody. for the people watching at home, i want you to know the people

great stuff from the band tonight. jon. ( cheers and applause ) all week-- all week, you've got jazz great joining you and stay human over there. as i said you have the heath brothers here. introduce us to the heath brothers, my friend. >> jon: on the saxophone, tenor and soprano, we have jimmy heath over here. ( cheers and applause ) and on the drums is his younger brother tooty heath. ( applause ). >> stephen: i did hear that right. jimmy and tootie. >> that's right. >> stephen: another but, jimmy is playing the horn, and tootie, is playing the drums. so tootie is not actually tooting. jimmy is tooting. >> i used to toot up here.

( laughter ) that's jazz, my friend. can you exwem give us a little taste, please.

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"ain't it a sin," please welcome

>> i try hey rail? i try to be a righteous man i try to give love all over the world but i'm tired of being used! owww ah aha it's my turn to love and be loved its my turn to get out in the world and let my spirit speak i try to be a righteous man talk to the lord

when i start boiling over my feelings catch a flame you might be a man, stay a man, but you wont be the same if you ain't gonna do me right i might just do you in ain't it a sin ain't it a sin i try to find a certain style to keep my soul from runnin' wild my emotion got the best of me i kick and scream just like a child i start boiling over my feelings catch a flame you might be a man, stay a man, but you wont be the same if you ain't gonna do me right

ain't it a sin ain't it a sin ain't it a sin ain't it a sin

ain't it a sin ain't it a sin ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: charles bradley's national tour starts this

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>> stephen: that's it for the "late show." tune in tomorrow when my guests will be tom hanks, from "hamilton," leslie odom, jr., and a musical performance by the strumbellas. now stay tuned for james corden