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( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> dave: thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you so much. thank you. happy holidays, merry christmas, welcome to the show. (laughter) does it feel a little later to you folks? >> feels late. (laughter) (applause) >> dave: finally here in new york city it's cold, it's winter in new york city for a long time it is a with getting warmer and warmer and we tout well, there goes winter but no, it's actually cold. i was at the airport earlier today t is so cold out there that the tsa agents, you know what i am talking about, to keep warm they were actually putting their hands in their own pants. (applause)

>> dave: that's a true story. and now-- to give you any indication how times have changed, when i was a kid it was just mistle toe, remember that? it was just mistle toe. and now you can get mistle toe or a special same sex mistle toe. it's crazy. but-- (applause) but you get a shiny brand-new penny in the pack. >> yes (applause) >> dave: you having family coming to your house for the holidays, for christmas and stuff? (applause) i hate to do this, and maybe you started doing it but i have no choice. before the family comes i have to sneak downstairs where i keep the liquor-- (laughter) and i have to take like one of those markers like a sharpie or something-- (laughter)

(applause) like that. oh, hey, speaking of stuff like that, kobe bryant ox mr. big shot basketballer, kobe bryant and his wife are getting a divorce. yup. of course it has to be approved by nba commissioner david stern. but it looks like-- (applause) and it is serious, apparently his wife has already replaced him with three college prospects. (applause) we all know-- how painful that can be. oh, you folks care about the, what do they call them, the golden globe award things? (applause) well, you don't have to. yeah, well, to me they're fixed. they're just, they're a piece of crap and they're fixed. and i say that because we've never been nominated.

(laughter) but they say that meryl streep is probably going to get an academy award. and oh, and that would be nice to sea things starting to finally go her way. (laughter) and the iron lady, the casting, do you know anything about the casting? it's on the edge. do you know what i am talking about when i say the casting. the other people in the movie? it's crazy. look at this, tell me what you think. >> in the geo political furnace of strife and uncertainty, a new leader was born, an iron lady, starring meryl streep as margaret thatcher. and ving rhames and danny devito as ronald and nancy reagan. mi lady, coming soon. >> that's very odd. (applause) i mean danny devito oy get. (laughter)

oh, donald trump, done ald trump, donald trump, you know when i say donald trump who i am talking about, donald trump. >> yeah. >> dave: and he is saying now that he will probably run for president again. i mean we went through this. last year he said he was going to run for president and then he didn't run for president. and i knew-- but this time he may be serious because i understand he has demanded to see his own birth certificate. (applause) >> dave: so i think-- yeah that newt gingrich, how about that guy. i mean this guy, he is demanding that we, that judges be arrested. he's threatening that we could arrest judges and i thought whoa, that's what two divorces will do for you. and now-- he's-- (applause) and when he first got into running for president, dow remember, they caught him. he had a 500,000 dollar revolving account at

tiffany. anybody have a $500,000 revolving account-- (laughter) >> dave: tiffany. i know yours is at mannies-- oh, it's not tiffanies. >> paul: that's what i have. >> dave: so people say how can this guy be president, he's got a half million dollar account at tiffanies. so today he announced that he has a $500,000 account at caye jewellers, so now that's all taking care of. he's just going to-- (applause) here's a little something that is puzzling, asks more questions than it answers. it's a segment we call michele o bachmann let me finish. now this comes to us yesterday from meet the press, yesterday michele o bachman mann on "meet the press". we call it let me finish. take a look. >> congressman that just -- >> the bush presidency.

>> there's no comparison. >> we're talking w dave, let me finish, let me finish. >> i am going stop you for ago real estate-- ago rass owe. >> we're talking ten tims times. >> for accuraciness for accuracy -- >> that's right, that's right. (applause) hey, here's something. you know that kim jong il, you know who i am talking about? the evil dictator of north korea, guess what, dropped dead. (applause) >> dave: yup, dead. thank you seal team 6, yeah he's-- and now everybody's worried bo will take over for kim jong il am they think it's going to be his idiot son kim w ill but-- and-- (applause) he's also survived by his

daughter kim jong-dashian. (applause) >> dave: that's right and let's see, just about now osama bin laden is probably showing kim jong il around hell. (cheers and applause) >> dave: this is your locker. the little lounge, this is your locker, and-- down there's the cafeteria. (laughter) so now only tiny tyrant left mayor bloomberg. >> hey, hey, hey. that's uncalled for. >> dave: hey, guess what, it's time for another new segment. (laughter) >> dave: i love it when we have the new segments. this one is entitled things that we will miss about kim jong il. (laughter)

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(applause) >> dave: thank you, paul. >> paul: thank you, david. >> we have something to discuss with you folks tonight. i want to tell you about a woman named michelle o'callaghan who was part of this show since 1991. she was the makeup artist. and when i say makeup artist this is what she had to work with, honest to god. started in 1991 when we were still i guess over at nbc. and we did a little math. michelle stood next to me in

the makeup chair 3,800 times. >> yeah. >> dave: putting makeup here. nd you think you have a lousy job. (laughter) michelle fascinating person. we're sad to be now doing the show that she's gone. unique. you loved her, you weren't sure how you felt about her or you were scared silly. but it in all categories, this woman was absolutely unique. and part of her responsibility and i appreciated this, because she would put on my makeup just before the show. and she wanted to have something to say to me. something that would distract me. something that would entertain me, something that would take my mind off the chaos that was about to begin. and i loved her for it. and here's a woman, she was like dickens.

stories found her. just one after another after another and would you sit there, and would you sit down. she is doing this, and she said well, you won't believe what happened to me today. and the stories were always something like so, i went up to the cop and i said hey you had dumb son of a bitch. >> paul: right, that's right. that's michelle. >> dave: okay. >> paul: right. >> dave: and you're ready to go, you know. (laughter) >>i went up to the old lady in the post office and i said hey, you dumb son of a bitch. >> paul: that's pretty much. >> dave: so i went down to church and i found that nun and i said hey, come here you dom son of a bitch. and that's the way it was. (applause) >> dave: and so you sometimes you realize all you needed to listen for was your name. because if you heard your name in the story, oh--- uh-oh, i better pay attention here, something,

something may have gone haywire and i don't want to get sideways. she may be running a little hot today and i need to know this. so one day i come in and she's already in the story and i thought oh, jeez, i've missed the story. i bet it's not about me, that's a good sign so i sit down and she's talking about her younger sister nicole. and she said yeah so, we got into a terrible fight. and i chased her around the house. and nicole runs outside. i finally catch up to nicole. i tackled her. i knock her down. i pull up hunks of grass out of the ground and i stuffed them into her mouth. (laughter) and i said was this when you guys were kids. and she says it was saturday! (laughter) (applause) >> dave: so i guess what i have learned from this experience is that she was such a tremendous human

being and as a gentleman said at her funeral this morning, she always had the guts to say the hard things to her kids. and i saw the kids. and i stood there next to me when she was pregnant with julia, and putting on my makeup and then when she was pregnant with tj she was putting on my makeup. and then when she was pregnant with mia she was still put on my makeup and at i could think about, this is a woman we thought would live forever. even when she was diagnosed over a year ago with this horrible, obscene, anybody who has nudged up against this knows how obscene this is. we thought she would live forever. and she came in every day. she would come in after radiation. she would come in after chemo and we would say how are you. and she said i'm fine. and we believed. we really believed. there is not a person on this staff who didn't think she was going to beat this and she fought it for well over a year. and by god she did everything they asked of her. everything. and they took her apart. and it was just too much.

too much for any human being. and i see these kids. and i think this is the gift of this woman's life. by god, have the strength, have the energy, have the courage to say something to do something, to make mistakes. and the spirit for kids, i don't know much about life but i know one thing for a fact, you will always have your mother. and we put together a little video package here. i hope you enjoy this. (applause) >> dave: what is the dog's name. >> i haven't named him yet. >> dave: you have not named the dog the question. >> no i was wondering would it be okay if i named him after you? (laughter) >> dave: if you named the dog after me. i would be honored. i would really be very flaerted. >> yeah, okay, come on [bleep] (applause) ♪ ♪

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and i would like to talk about her all night and you certainly could talk about her all night. and that's the great thing about this woman, those are the gifts of her life. but i want to say one thing about her husband tommy, what a tremendous job he has done through her diagnosis and through her illness and now that she has died, keeping these kids together. and paul and i and everybody from the staff saw them this morning. and those kids are tremendous. those kids are champions. and they're going to be champions because of the kind of mother michelle o'callaghan was. that's all i got. that's all i got. to charlie grant's house? [siri - here are directions to charlie grant's house.] is it cold in sante fe? raleigh? cleveland tonight? [siri- really cold. down to about 14 degrees.] find that e-mail with the naughty or nice list. [siri- new message from mrs. claus: go easy on the cookies.]

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>> oh, let's do the top ten thing, ladies and gentlemen. (applause) >> dave: top ten things mitt romney would like to say to the american people. and here to present tonight's top ten list former governor of massachusetts and the reason the audio was screwed up earlier-- (laughter) mitt romney. mitt, come on out and take a bow. (applause) >> dave: thank you, mitt. how did you do in the back nine? (laughter) now the category top ten things mitt romney would like to say to the american people. and finally, thank goodness, he has a forum here to talk

to the american people. (laughter) here we go. in a recent national poll mitt romney and newt gingrich are in a dead heat for the republican nomination for president. top ten things mitt now withoutlike to get off his chest. here we go, number ten. >> yes, yes it iss, yes. >> dave: no its's not, no it's not. he's not the mi double tizzle.

>> dave: well that's why we're all here what do you think i'm doing for god's sakes no, no, no, mitt, i'm sorry.

we won yesterday what about your patriots, what about those guy, like to see them win something. >> dave: there you go, mitt romney, ladies and gentlemen. (applause) >> dave: how are you, pleasure to see you again. nice job. mitt romney, everyone. (applause) good luck on the campaign trail. >> thank you, my friend. >> dave: take care.

our first guest tonight is an academy award nominated acter who plays film, listen this are you not going leave believe this these movies, people pay to go see them. they have made $8 billion, ladies and gentlemen, worldwide. and his newest blockbuster mission impossible ghost prot call is in theatres, here's tom cruise, everybody. (applause) >> dave: yeah, buddy. welcome back. >> thank you. good to be back. >> dave: let me ask you a question. you're a big time movie star. you've been around a long time, made a lot of films. how many films have you made. >> i don't know, actually. >> dave: 25, 30, maybe 50. >> probably close to that. >> dave: the only time i see su when you come to promote a film like that, mission

impossible ghost protocol. >> yeah. >> dave: why don't you come more often. would it kill to you drop in and say i'm in new york, dave's down the street, let me go say hello to dave. >> it wouldn't kill me t would be great. >> dave: now would it be great. >> yeah, it actually would. >> dave: because if i heard -- >> sometimes it's like hey, would you like me to do that. >> dave: what gow think, i wouldn't like dow that? >> i don't know. >> dave: you know what, i don't think we have time for tom cruise. like if i'm am moneysi, indiana, and i hear are you make movie in moneysi i would drop by the set. >> would you really. >> dave: yes. >> have you ever been in a place where i have been making a movie? >> no. >> dave: never? no, where would that be. >> i don't know. >> dave: like this one, for example, you filmed part of it in is in dubai. >> ever been there. >> dave: never been to dubai s a scary place to be? >> no, no. no, it's actually really cool. it's like an action city they have skydiving and you can go out on camels and

camp out there. and -- >> i'm not interested in that. >> not interested. but you like cars. >> i do like cars. but is that the place that has the indoor ski hill. >> yeah, i did that. >> dave: now that's crazy. >> yeah. it was fun. >> but how do they-- i mean tell me about that. >> well, it's indoor. there's snow in there. >> dave: yeah. outside it's like 140. >> outside and inside it's refreshing. pu go down the snowboard and outside it's hot. and we went from when we first got there we went to the water park, i took the crew to the water park and we all went snowboarding. >> dave: did you have your family there with me. >> they came. >> dave: how old is suri. >> she's five. >> dave: five years old, does she ski and stuff now. >> she hasn't skied yet. she just started skating. right now she's very interested in ice-skating. >> skating is harder than skiing, so good for her. >> she kind of goes for it she was determined. >> dave: so are you over there how long were you actually in dubai. >> i think about a month,

five weeks. >> now the building that we're all that is one of the stars of the films, how tall is it? how many storis. >> i don't know, it's high. >> dave: is it the tallest structure in the world. >> i think is the tallest structure in the world. i don't think, i know it's the tallest structure is in a hotel a by. >> they have hotels attached to it and i think there is business t was under construction when we-- we got it right at the right time because they were just in the middle of completing the interior. >> dave: and the economy in dubai because, it has got to be an oil country or is it not an oil country. >> you know, i was there making the movie. i'm kind of-- (laughter) >> i don't know. (applause) >> dave: i think a lot of those emirates are rich in oil, i think. >> yeah. >> dave: so you tell them, you contact them and you tell them what? we want to use your building? because you know here you can't get anybody, you can't

barely cross the street without a permit from the mayor. >> yeah. >> dave: so what do you tell them when you call up and say we want to use the building. >> well, i was watching the city being built for years and always with mission impossible we were looking for international landscapes and kind of to celebrate the locations and this building is very beautiful. and yeah, we just had one of our producers call and say we want to shoot in there. and they had been asking me to go and shoot there. and they want people to come and make movies there. >> dave: so they were very encouraging. >> encouraging. >> now did you tell them that you were going to be on top of the building and on the side of the building, and swinging in and out of a busted window? >> no, we don't open with that. >> dave: don't open. >> that's not the opening, it's like hey we would like to come visit and make a movie there, take a look, might work out. then we go in the building and they say look we would like to shoot this building. and then they say well, okay. and then we say can you take these two windows out. you know, and what would

that do to the structure and we talk to the engineers. and then of course when the movie comes they're like well we can only take these two windows out. and after a few days they realized we need these two windows and these two windows and these two windows and this floor and maybe a little higher and i would like to go out of the building. >> dave: they should never have put the windows in at all. is this shall it -- the building we're talking about. >> yeah, that's the top. >> dave: it is, tom, the world's tallest building. >> uh-huh? in dubai, united arab emirates. and honest to god, how did you get up there service elevator. >> that one was after we finished shooting all the exterior, the shots we shot in i max on the building. and i went with the guy, the stunt coordinator we climbed up from the inside from from the inside of what appears to be this vertical tunnel. >> there was a small ladder and it took a couple howevers well. started at about 4 in the morning and got there by

about sunup. >> dave: in the movie when we see you, here is the building and here are you running along like that. >> uh-huh. >> dave: it's fly like. >> yeah. >> dave: how high off the ground when are you doing this. >> high, very high like i don't know -- >> 50 floors --00 floors. >> i think a at that time 140 floor, something like that so it's about-- it's high. >> dave: i got an idea for a script very similar to this. >> i didn't look down. >> dave: it was all in the lobby. (laughter) and then we see you just whooo, whooo. now is-- do you have a net do you have a harness a parachute when are you doing that. >> no, i didn't have a net. i was wearing a harness and i had a single pick harness. >> dave: i don't know what that is. >> you have a little wire that is about as thin as a piano wire t is a single clip mood my harness and we trained for many months to

do it. >> dave: where do you train, you can't train on the building, do you. >> no, no. >> dave: where do you train? >> we built what kind of looked like the building, just some metal and glass. i built in a soundstage and threw big arc lights on it. the only thing i couldn't practice was flying off the building. and i had to do that the night before. we were trying to figure out how to do it. and i got to wear a helmet and pads for that. >> dave: the thing that looked. >> for safety. >> dave: the thing that-- what you are trying to do is induce vert iggo. are you trying to make people, like that that funny feeling you get in your knees when are you-- whoa that is what you are trying to do in the movie, make people do that, right. when i got it is when are you slapping, you got the climbing gloves and i said climbing gloves my ass. (laughter) >> dave: but were they working were you actually climbing on those. >> no, it was climbing gloves my ass. (laughter) >> dave: we'll be right back

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doing again and again and again for many days. >> and were there times when you felt oh, i have miscalculated, my life is in peril? >> you know, you know, sometimes when i was coming off it was-- because i can't see where i am, so i mean i trained, we knew what we were doing so i was-- and we did everything to make it as safe as possible. >> dave: and nobody was injured. >> no one was injured not one was injured making it. >> dave: you could have been injured, couldn't you with. >> there is always that possibility. >> dave: what was your concern what was the number one pont for an injury. >> falling. (laughter) >> dave: oh, yeah. >> exactly. >> dave: now i know. you want to run down some of these, dow mind. >> whatever you want. >> dave: days of thunder, speaking of stuff that must have been fun. by the way, we've got another picture here. oh my golly, look there. there's you driving the red bull formula one car. >> that was amazing. that was really fun.

(applause) >> dave: how did you get to do that. >> i don't know. i don't know how, they called me up and invite immediate to come drive it. and fly in their helicopter. i have always wanted to fly in a helicopter t was amazing, david colt hard trained me. >> dave: formula one driver in cot land. >> awesome. and they just let me do some laps in that and took me through some training. it was the most amazing piece of machinery. >> dave: you get more interesting calls than i get. come climb on our building. >> why don't they let you drive the car that you have. >> dave: i get the calls hey, when are you going return the lawn mower that is what i get. anyway days of thunder that was about nascar racing. that must have been fun. >> that was amazing. >> dave: i remember there is a shot when you just show up in the movie on your motorcycle riding through the pits. and i thought right there that would be fun. >> right there that was cool. >> dave: i think you talked about this before, paul

newman helped you into into competitive car driving. >> i raced for his team. he was amazing. i use wanted to beat him on the race track and beat him in pool. >> dave: was he a better driver or better pool player. >> he was a hustler, newman. he always played everything down. everything was oh let's play some poochlt i haven't played in awhile. my elbow's hurting and then-- you know, you get the beers out and the stories start going and the next thing you know i'm getting creamed. it was the same on the race track. i remember we were on the track racing i thought finally i passed him on the inside and went down and i thought this is it he is going to have to concede finally and he just ripped past me on the runway and gave me the finger as he crossed the finish line. that's newman. >> dave: interview with a vampire, brad, you were in that with brad pitt. how did that go? >> went well. >> dave: are you buddies with brad pitt. >> yeah, he's a talented, terrific guy. >> dave: don't you think he

must be miserable at home? (laughter) >> no, i have to say, he is always incredible with my kid and he couldn't wait to be a father. and so i think he's really happy with all those kids. >> now when you promote your movies, are you now taking your family with you everywhere you go. >> yeah, in this last trip it was-- it's a lot because wes did, i'm in the middle of shooting a film so we had to condense the absoluting. >> are you doing a film as you are promoting a movie. what are you working on now. >> a movie called one shot. >> dave: where is that. >> pittsburgh. >> dave: see when i'm in pittsburgh if somebody's knocking on your trailer, hey, tom, it's dave. can i come in. >> absolutely you can come in. >> dave: are you sure. >> i'm positive. any time you are around the neighborhood come and look me up. >> dave: i'll let the crew know. >> dave: thank you. 1-2, 1-2-3-4

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>> dave: yeah, it's the tallest building in the world, tom, it's 160 stories, 2,716.5 feet, so there you go if you want to know something, my friend. >> okay, thank you. so anyway, the deal, the thing are you shooting in pittsburgh is what. >> one shot. >> dave: and what's that about. >> about jack -- based on a character that lee child's created, best selling series of books, great books. and just he's an ex-military police officer and you know, it's a thriller, an action, cool character. >> dave: you'll be-- oh, what is the date. >> what is that, today. >> dave: no-- (laughter) i'm looking at your

schedule-- believe me, i don't know what today is. i thought these were upcoming premiers but you've already had these premier. listen to this, you were in tokyo, then south korea. did you hear about kim jong il. >> yeah, yeah. >> dave: mumbai, dubai, moskow, munich, london, rio, and here are you in new york city. wow that's a lot of traveling, my friend. and have you had your family with you. >> had an amazing time. >> dave: and suri must love, does she love traveling. >> yeah, she loves traveling. she say great traveler. >> dave: i think that is a good thing. that is the best investment you can make yourself and your family, to show them as much of the world as possible. >> yeah. >> dave: and what dow do, you have no off time. are you shooting a movie. why don't you take some time off? >> well, we have weakeneds. and-- i have taken christmas off. >> dave: what are you doing on the weekend,s what is that like. >> we hang out. we watch a lot of movies and you know, just-- hang out, play board games.

>> you and your daughter and katie, it's saturday let's go to-- you don't go to the mall, probably. >> well, sometime wes go to the mall. >> dave: what do you do there? >> you know, usually suri wants ice cream. >> dave: sure. >> so it's ice cream. and maybe go to a toy store, you know. and a lot of times we'll go hang out, run aroundnd go climbing. >> yeah, go climbing, go to the mall with your climbing gloves. and go up the side of the food court. >> yeah, exactly. >> they love that, they love it when i'm showing off. >> dave: now tom, oh tom. >> please don't do that. >> dave: you know this i max thing this stuff is unbelievable. and when i remember i max they said they could only shoot like, is it 40 minutes at a time or 40 seconds at a time. it's limited. >> it's limited. >> dave: then they have to reload. >> we have to reload a lot. >> dave: it's very expensive. >> yeah, i mean we were able to put it in, you know, we didn't change our budget and

we were able to put it in. but brad bird who designed these sequences is an amazing filmmaker. >> dave: and is this the way of all movies,ix max or 3-d or a combination of both. >> i like seeing movies on big screens. and it's something that i've been pushing the 65-- i tried you know years ago to push that format. so i'm happy that this format is back and that we're doing it. and we can, i think it's a beautiful, for particular films, certain fills is a beautiful way for an audience to see a movie. >> dave: does it increase the expression or the telling of the story or limit. >> i think it increases it. i mean it depends on whose's directing it. and the shots and you know, and bird designed these sequences for i max. and they're, you know-- is that and then soon it goes nationwide in traditional theeteders. >> wednesday. >> dave: all right. let's see a thing here. what is the clip, tom. >> i think i'm in a building, about to get out. about to walk out the building. >> dave: all right.

if there's trouble in the building and tom has decided to go outside. >> i decided to go outside. >> dave: and get a cab. let's see what that looks like. >> what floor is it on. >> 130. >> 130. >> elevator shaft. >> infrared sensors. >> not enough time. >> okay now remember, it's a rolling off motion, when the meet certificate blue, easy way to remember, blue is glue and when it's red. >> dead. >> dave: blue is glue, red is dead. mission impossible