charlie rose: alan alda? louis c.k.: and then alan, actually, he asked me for the part.ecause i wrote his part for joe pesci who declined it. and then i was looking for somebody and alan's agent suggested him. and i thought i don't think he is the right part for it and she smartly said you should get somebody who you wouldn't expect to do it. and so, alan really wanted the part. and he's great. so, i thought he'll figure it out. so, that was just a -- that was a faith move. like you know, alan alda will find a way to make this work. charlie rose: so, you didn't roll this out with a lot of fanfare. louis c.k.: no, no fanfare, yes, the opposite. i made it a secret, yes. charlie rose: why is that? louis c.k.: because i found it really interesting the idea of, the way shows are presented to the audience, they tell you as much as possible ahead of time. charlie rose: right. louis c.k.: because they want to -- they just want to get you to look at it. they don't care how you -- how it-- charlie rose: and by looking at it, you assimilate information about it. louis c.k.: yes, an

alan alda plays uncle pete from the previous generation. >> rose: it is a new form for you two, isn't it. >> yeah, very different from other things i have done before. >> rose: why there? >> it just grabbed me. i just believed in it. as soon as i started writing it. i have had a lot of ideas for different kinds of shows but there is a test, that does it write, can you actually get out the script. i started writing it this summer and it just kept coming, episode after episode and i realized i'm writing something that is worth shooting. s i started to get it under works producing it. >> rose: what about the actor, when you called up alan alda and steve. >> steve bu scemi called me to do i a benefit for a firefighter thing. >> rose: you said i will do your benefit, but by the way. >> i happened to be writing it, i didn't know where its with going. i had him on the phone, we're chatting. we're friends. i said do you want to do a show. a lot of things is timing, he had just come up with boardwalk empire. if i came up with this idea the quer before t wouldn't have existed. he had just come

let me give you the example that i always kid about, alan alda. al day to me was the insensitive man, treated people with equals, with great respect, didn't objectify them. trump seems to be at the other end of that spectrum. >> i would end hillary clinton's motorcade with a bunch of other women who happen to be mothers. we were discussing when this first happened, this will blow over in 24 hours, it didn't because of the i what trump responded. then we got to learn a little bit more about alicia machado, and the thing that really hit me as a mother was that she had, at the time, anorexia and bulimia, and this is every mother's worst nightmare, is those magazines that you see at the end of a grocery store aisle, and the message is that those are sending to our daughters. and then a man like trump comes along and tells you you're fat. that's the problem. >> i might ask you, ron, one problem. this has nothing to do with gender, it has to do with mind. you talked about trump's mind. why can't he lose it? just drop it? just drop the -- this is a losin

in 1904, [ light laughter ] my mother, i would say, "mom, mom, i'm on mash", i'm on "mash" with alan alda. and she would say, what number? and i would say, "two." she goes, "good, good, we get two." and that was it. and that was that. [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah, there were three channels, that was all you had. >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: um, well i'm so happy for you. and it's always, we feel very honored to have you here. you are such a dear person, and such a talent. [ cheers and applause ] please come back, please come back soon. jeffrey tambor, everybody. the entire third season of "transparent", you can see it on amazon prime video, saturday september 23rd. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with more "late night." ?? to severe rheumatoid arthritis, and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. doct

in 1904, [ light laughter ] my mother, i would say, "mom, mom, i'm on mash", i'm on "mash" with alan alda. and she would say, what number? and i would say, "two." she goes, "good, good, we get two." and that was it. and that was that. [ light laughter ] >> seth: yeah, there were three channels, that was all you had. >> yeah, yeah. >> seth: um, well i'm so happy for you. and it's always, we feel very such a talent. [ cheers and applause ] please come back, please come back soon. jeffrey tambor, everybody. the entire third season of "transparent", you can see it on amazon prime video, saturday september 23rd. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with more "late night." [ cheers and applause ] ? (foot steps) ? (crickets chirping) ? (heart beat) ? (water splashing) (rain drops) (engine revving) (tires on wet road) ? alright, how's this for a tv show. sous chef. lawyer by day, prep-cook by night. also, his name is sous. no. sloppy joseph. huhhh - no! here you go. i got this. i get cash back so it's like everything's on sale. with the blue cash everyday card from american express you get

laughter ] >> and we saw these two older guys, 70-year-old guys, both find their own copies of alan alda's autobiography, never have your dog stuffed. but they clearly lived together and were buying their own hard cover copy. >> yeah. >> and their clothes was like carpeting. like their whole, their color palate was thanksgiving. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: gil and george are the characters. >> gil and george, yeah. >> jimmy: explain gil to me. >> gil faizon, he's a gentleman in his early 70s. he's the kind of guy who brings beverages to the bathroom. [ laughter ] does that make sense? >> jimmy: yeah i kind of know that guy. yeah, yeah, yeah. george st. geegland the patron saint of dandruff. he's the type of guy, he's neither jewish nor a woman, but like many men over the age of 70, he's somehow both. george is the type of guy you would catch at a party going through the coats. [ laughter ] >> they're like, their essence is like you know when you get to the bottom of a tub of there with a pretzel and you gotta use your fingy's to scoop out that last? they're the final fingy humus scoop on your f

. >> there you are with alan alda. >> you are not a real doctor but you play one on tv. >> absolutelyt nbc and abc, and. >> you've been on a doctor show for years, so if you really had to help somebody -- >> i'm not the person to come to. no, i am truly a tv doctor. i'm not a real doctor. if you are sick, go see someone, okay. go to your doctor, and, you know, that's exactly what the commercial is about. we're trying to get people into the doctors office to, you know, check on their health, for their annual check up. the cdc believes they can save 100,000 lives this year with preventive care. preventive care, that usually starts with your annual check up. >> i grew up with operation because you are a tv doctor, you do everything giant-sized. >> this is the game operation. you and i are going to reach in here and take out some unique bones. >> the whole idea is to do it before the guy's schnooze goes off. >> let me see how fast you can remove the bread basket. >> that's the easy one. i want you to remove the wishbone, please. >> oh, i saw it. >> i'm a little shaky. oh, darn it. [ buzze