please welcome adam conover! ( band playing ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: nice to meet you. >> it's incredible to be here. thank you so much. >> stephen: i love the way you're dressed. it's very natty. >> thank you, i try to look good, i do my best. >> stephen: i'm sure you stand out in a crowd. >> yeah. >> stephen: now, what do you mean you ruin things? what does it mean to ruin something? >> well, it's the superficial idea of our show. it's an educational comedy show, where i tell people the awful truth about common misconceptions, or cultural traditions that we don't often examine. so, like, you're married, right? >> stephen: ah, yeah. ( laughter ) >> yeah, okay, great. so, when you proposed, did you do-- you got your wife an engagement ring? >> stephen: i did, yeah. well, i gave it to her later. >> okay, so that's-- we think of it as being an old tradition, right? but that tradition was actually invented by the debeers diamond cartel in the '30s to sell more diamond rings, through a massive ad campaig

adam conover, everybody!ying ),,,,,,,, i like to know what's happening as soon as it happens. who won the game, who won on the dancing show... ...i mean, if i watched that show. same with my banking. with my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. i can easily manage them and if something doesn't look right, i'm going to know. plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. so i feel secure. wait, he won? that's an average tango... at best. >> stephen: well, that's it for "the late show," everybody! good night! captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ are you ready y'all to have some fun ♪ and feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ♪ your worries no more you're going to be all right ♪ it's the late, late show >> reggie: ladies and gentlemen, all the way from reykjavik, iceland, give it ur

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adam conover, everybody! we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: well, that's it for "the late show," everybody! good night! captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ? are you ready y'all to have some fun ? and feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ? your worries no more you're going to be all right ? it's the late, late show ? >> reggie: ladies and gentlemen, all the way from reykjavik,

adam conover, everybody! we'll be right back. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) we asked a group of young people when they thought they should start saving for retirement. then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. this gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us aren't prepared for retirement. just start as early as you can. it's going to pay off in the future. if we all start saving a little more today, we'll all be better prepared tomorrow. >> stephen: well, that's it for "the late show," everybody! good night! captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ? are you ready y'all to have some fun ? and feel the love tonight don't you worry 'bout ? your worries no more you're going to be all right ? it's the late, late show ? >> reggie: ladies and gentlemen, all the way from reykjavik,

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