there were no more requests other than the beatles. >> looking back, i believe without ed sullivan, thereon had legs because there was more great music to back it up. >> a big hello from mike. >> rick huxley. >> i'm larry. >> i'm dennis. >> i'm dave. >> for the first six months they were singing, they sold over a million records a month. and in the words of one of their biggest hit songs, we're mighty glad all over to have you with us tonight. ladies and gentlemen, the dave clark five. ♪ ♪ you say that you love me, say that you love me, all of the time, all of the time ♪ ♪ you say that you need me, say you need me, you'll always be mine, always be mine ♪ ♪ i'm feelin' glad all over, yes, i'm glad all over, baby, i'm glad all over ♪ ♪ so glad you're mine >> they're rivaling the beatles now as the top singing group in britain. how do you feel about that? >> we're really very pleased, but i don't think you'd say we'll be rivals. we've got a completely different sound. >> we were the first band to tour america. we did 46 cities. then you realized you had made it. ♪ >> suddenly, it's like the

in fact, i was backstage thinking about the ed sullivan theater.to have your dreams come true. like this. when i was a kid. [applause] my mother said, she said, my mother when she was pregnant with me, she went to a psychic who told her, you're going to have a boy and he's going to be i had no idea how i was going to make that happen. i didn't know i was going to be in drag. i didn't know any of that. i just knew that was what was going to happen. to have something like this happen in your lifetime come over so many things can go wrong. it's amazing. this came out on my birthday, november 17, 1992. i couldn't have planned it any better. >> stephen: i want to point something out. when you are fully in drag, you look exactly the same. >> rupaul: [laughs] >> stephen: you've got to send me a card of your doctor or something. how is it possible? you look exactly just as glamorous, viva glam. how do you stay so glamorous? >> rupaul: i don't know. it's a system of pulleys and weights and smoke and mirrors. >> stephen: a lot of tape pulled tightly? >> rupa

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: hey, everybody. ♪ ♪ please have a seat, everybody. very nice. i've got to tell you. man, i tell you. with a greeting that powerful, i'm tempted to come out here and do that again. i think it would feel just as good the second time, don't you? welcome one and all the "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. a lot of big stories... [cheers and applause] a lot of big stories to talk about tonight, but first, i have a big announcement to make. after much thought and soul-searching, i, stephen colbert, am banning kanye west from the ed sullivan theater. [cheering] i have to. i have to. line in the sand. in fact, as host of "the late show," my jurisdiction extends into the northern half of times square. and i am banning kanye from coming north of bubba gump shrimp. okay? i have to. i have to. stay out of times square. he's been creeping out the elmos. and they've seen a lot already. and i just want to take a moment here and just point out that this

and now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!hen: hey, everybody! ♪ ♪ welcome. all right. [cheers and applause] we got it, we got it. we got it. have a good show. happy tuesday. happy live everybody. oh! hello, friends! beautiful. beautiful. up there, down here. ♪ ♪ thank you. you touch me. how are you? thanks, everybody! here we go. here we go. here we go. are you all right? all right. thank you. please have a seat, everybody. you're too kind. please. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] and we here join you from the ed sullivan theater with all these beautiful people, and ladies and gentlemen, we are live. look at that. we are live right there. it's our live election show and because these days it often feels like our politics are in the upside-down, we are calling tonight stranger midterms 2022. ♪ ♪ [electric guitar music] [bats screeching] ♪ ♪ though... [cheers and applause] we're running up that hill. we're running up the hill tonight. though the g.o.p. is picking up seats in the ho

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. ♪ ♪ >> stephenou look absolutely beautiful. beautiful. hello. lovely to see you. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy tuesday. happy, happy. good to see you. hey, everybody! there you go. please have a seat, everybody. thank you so much. welcome one at all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] i want to start off with everybody over there, happy valentine's day. or as flowers call it, "the purge." for those of you who got sweets from your sweetheart, good news. the latest research says that consuming cocoa does provide health benefits, thanks to something called flavanols, but most chocolate bars don't contain enough of it. that's true. some of the most popular chocolate bars don't have enough. the main ingredients in a snickers bar are peanuts, caramel, and vein! and it's a little upsetting. it's a little disturbing. a little disturbing. some unlikely candidates are trying to join chocolate as potential valentines gifts. the agricultural group legumes from europe

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert.eers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: oh. [cheers and applause] happy tuesday.. hey, everybody! happy tuesday, everybody. up here, down here. good to see you. thanks, everybody. please have a seat. very kind. welcome, welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] it's my job, here talking about what everybody was talking about today but it was a very strange news day, full of unpleasant people. which is why we've entitled tonight's monologue the late show's "oops! all a-holes." exhibit a-hole, fox news chairman and corpse dragged from the sea, rupert murdoch. last month, murdoch sat down for a deposition as part of dominion voting systems' $1.6 billion lawsuit against fox news, and he admitted under oath that election lies were knowingly endorsed by fox hosts sean hannity, jeanine pirro, lou dobbs, and maria bartiromo. collectively known as "dumb, dumber, dumbest, and sean hannity." [cheers and applause] but when asked if fox news as a who

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! that's right! that's right! what do you want? oh, my goodness! [cheers and applause] so glad you're here. hello! hello! okay! [cheers and applause] happy, happy. how are we doing? [chanting "stephen"] thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you, my friends. up there, down there! ♪ ♪ thanks, everybody! please have a seat! thanks, folks. welcome, one and all to "the late show," i'm your host, stephen colbert. it is a special... thank you, citizen. it's a very special night here on "the late show" because in a few minutes i'll be joined by vice president kamala harris. right over there. and what y'all at home don't know is this place is crawling with secret service right now. i want to thank this audience right here for submitting to a thorough, but tender, cavity search before being seated. all in all... [cheers and applause] no extra charge. all in all, sort of a slow news day, not much going on. unless you want to count the direct contact between the russian and u.s. militaries in the

wherein you take the artist and polish him up and make them a great package that they can play the ed sullivan♪ oh, what's goin' on ♪ ♪ what's goin' on ♪ ♪ hey, what's goin' on ♪ ♪ tell me what's goin' on ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ graham: marvin gaye was very much affected by the vietnam war. his brother was in vietnam, so he's hearing all these stories about what's going on over there. he's seeing the protest here, and it's changing him. he holds up a mirror to america. "look at yourselves, america." graham: he's talking about the war, he's talking about poverty, changing him as an artist in a way that berry gordy is not super happy about. ♪ mother, mother ♪ ♪ everybody thinks we're wrong ♪ ♪ they do ♪ initially berry gordy did not want marvin to do "what's goin' on." questlove: motown was supposed to be non-threatening. here you now have marvin gaye making a protest record about the war that could potentially ruin good money. you don't lightly talk about the government. ♪ yes, i want to know ♪ ♪ what's goin' on right now, people ♪ de passe: ultimately when he agrees to put out "what's goin' on," berry tells

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ >> stephen: nice to see you. [cheers and applause] always nice to see you. happy wednesday. happy wednesday. happy hump day. happy hump day. good for you. hello. thanks, everybody! please, have a seat, won't you please? ladies and gentlemen, welcome. welcome, one and all, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. tonight, the big story is that chicago mayor lori lightfoot failed in her bid to win reelection. making her the first incumbent chicago mayor not to be reelected in 40 years. for more on that, watch a different show, because i have no opinion. either good or bad, i don't know. another thing i have no opinion about? where the coronavirus came from. i wanna know where it is now, so i can not be there. on sunday, we learned that the department of energy believes that the covid pandemic was the result of a lab leak, a belief they hold with "low confidence." that's not reassuring. it's like if arby's changed their slogan to "we're pretty sure what we have is meats."

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: good to see you. thank you very much. happy wednesday. happy wednesday. happy, happy, happy. there you go. thanks, everybody. you are very kind. welcome, one and all. >> stephen! stephen! >> stephen: i don't want to get in your way. go ahead. welcome. welcome on and all to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. let me start off. start off with a simple -- anybody in out of town here? i assume you drove here because this morning, an faa computer glitch grounded all departing domestic flights across the country. well, this is what happens when you run your entire aviation system off a boingo hot spot. it says here am connected but i can only go to delta.com. the problem started last night thanks to a crash of an faa software called notam, which shares information about hazards in the air or on the ground such as closed runways and airspace restrictions. it's the air travel equivalent of that talk your dad gives you before the road trip. "

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hello. >> stephen! stephen! >> stephen: welcome. please. have a seat, everybody. welcome. in here, out there, all around around the world. obviously everyone in canada. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. and ladies and gentlemen, i'm still... [applause] i am still all hot and bothered about the fbi raid at mar-a-lago. turns out, my kink... is consequences. we're learning more juicy deets about the raid. it's becoming increasingly clear that the search was tied to an ongoing investigation into whether the former president took classified records from the white house to his florida residence. spoiler: he did. we already know he did. no matter what it is, it's always what you thought but worse than you imagined. he incited an insurrection. he extorted ukraine. he put the bop in the bop-shoo-bop-shoo-bop. he put the ram in the ramalama-ding-dong! then made the ramalama-ding-dong sign an nda. and he's already admitted that he

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! hey, everybody! hey, it is live on this planet. glad you're here! come on. thank you, folks! hey! [cheers and applause] [audience chanting stephen] >> stephen: thank you, everybody! you cannot fake that! please have a seat! up there, down there. please, ladies and gentlemen, we've got to get going! oh, my gosh. welcome, everybody. you feel that, louis? you feel that? that can't be faked. welcome, everybody, to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. we are live after the eighth installment of the january 6th committee hearings. i'm going to get to all of the juicy and disturbing details in a moment. but first, i want to send out get well wishes to our-- thank the lord, and 81 million voters-- current president, who this morning tested positive for covid-19. they're not sure how the president contracted covid, i suspect he wished on a cursed monkey's paw for positive news. got to be careful. [laughter] i don't know why they let him have a cursed monkey's paw. [laughter] biden

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stphen: hey! you know what? [cheers and applause] thank you, everybody! down here, up there, all around the world. everybody watching. mom and dad. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] and we've been off the air for a week. you know who else has? tucker carlson. [cheers and applause] the difference is, i'm allowed back on. here's what happened. last monday, fox news fired tucker carlson. i can't believe. i... [cheering] whoo! i finally get to say that on tv! i've been holding this in for a week. i feel like i just had the best pee of my entire life. like him or not -- and for the record, don't -- carlson was the most-watched cable-news host. so why fire him? fox did not give a reason. in fact, "tucker carlson's exit remains a mystery." yes, a mystery. you can read all about it in "nancy drew and the case of: why didn't this happen years ago?" so here's the dealio. so this isn't so much a who dunnit. it's a why dunnit. but there are some

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!eers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: come on. right over there. >> louis: check it out. >> stephen: please have a seat everybody. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i certainly hope -- [cheers and applause] i hope you had a great weekend. i spent mine bein' fancy, attending president biden's first white house state dinner. i mean, just look at the beautiful evie mcgee-colbert and... [cheers] and her doughy plus one. she cleans up real nice. it was a great night. the white house is nice. lovely. christmas decorations were beautiful, and the whole shebang was thrown in honor of french president emmanuel macron, seen here making his glass of champagne blush. good-lookin' fella. the stereotype is that french men are suave and charming, and emmanuel macron does nothing to fight that stereotype. when i met him, this is true, he leaned in and said "enchante" and ooh-la-la my baguette was buttered. mm-hmm. [laughs] [cheering] when evie met him, when evie met

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: yeah, baby! oh! i hope you have a good time! i'm going to. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] enjoy it! enjoy the show! >> it's a celebration! >> stephen: happy thursday, enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, everybody! [chanting "stephen"] welcome one and all. thank you, folks, welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen, today i'm feeling a little extra american. one reason: today is baseball's opening day! [cheering] here in new york, it was 40 degrees, but i still ate ice cream out of a baseball helmet. why? oh, just a little something worth celebrating today. because literally three minutes before i walked out on the stage here, "the new york times" reported a new york grand jury voted to indict former president donald j. trump. [cheers and applause] oh, shucky ducky! [cheers and applause] come on! come on! whoo! thank you! oh, ladies and gentlemen! that's right, ladies and gentlemen, he was right, we are finally saying merry christma

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!eers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: oh! there you go. good to see you. it worked. it worked. >> louis: come on. >> stephen: happy tuesday, happy, happy, happy. happy. happy. hey, everybody! thank you, ladies and gentlemen. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ welcome to "the late show," everybody. thank you so much. down here, up there, all around the empire. i'm your host, stephen colbert. you've tuned in. you've tuned in for a pretty big night. because it's pat benatar's birthday. happy birthday, pat benatar! you're a real tough cookie with a long history... of having birthdays. hope this is a great one. also what else is going on? in just a few minutes, i'm going to be sitting right over there, interviewing prince harry, duke of sussex, lord of gingers. [laughter] i was all excited to spend this whole monologue talking about the royal family. but instead, i have to talk about something stupid. because classified documents from biden's time as v.p. were discovered in his private office. come on,

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! >> audience: [chanting] stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: there you go. welcome one and all. in here, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] listen, i want to say something to everybody at home. if you're standing, you'd better sit down. and if you're sitting down, get on the floor and weep. because there is a massive controversy rocking d.c. this week. the washington post asked a question that generations of historians will debate. "the bidens ordered the same dish at a restaurant. who does that?" i'll tell you who! i'll tell you who! a renegade president who's up to his bib in the biggest national food scandal since nixon said this. >> "i am not a cook." >> stephen: yes, thank you. thank you. that's rare. for a roll-in. which is why tonight, we're calling the bidens' redundant-entree scandal "all the president's menu!" now, adm

and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: how are you? congratulations. ♪ ♪ i'm still all over the place. happy, happy, happy monday, baby. happy monday, everybody. thank you very much. you're very kind. welcome. welcome, one and all. down here, up there, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. we had a little, we have little fun last week with kevin mccarthy being dragged by a team of horses through a field filled with broken glass. but all good things must come to an end because on the 15th vote, kevin mccarthy was finally elected speaker of the house. the final vote was not completed until 12:29 a.m. saturday morning. 12:29, of course a time famous for good decisions. all right, we have just elected a new speaker. i am going to drunk dial my ex and eat this week-old sushi. it all came down to the vote of florida congressman and middle schooler going in for his first kiss... [laughter] matt gaetz. i like that timing. that worked. that was

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: beautiful, beautiful. hey! ♪ ♪ hello, hello, hello, hello. >> audience: [chanting] stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: folks. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i hope everybody... [cheering] i hope everybody is having a good monday. if you're from philadelphia, i assume you... [laughs] i assumed you spent it sobering up on top of a bus shelter. because yesterday was the men's football conference championship and the eagles are going to the super bowl, ladies and gentlemen. that's right. which is fantastic or terrible, depending on how you feel about the eagles. i spent all day yesterday parked in front of a tv yelling "fly, eagles, fly!" because... because i was watching the end of the "lord of the rings" where the eagles carry frodo and sam to safety. coach gandalf deserves wizard of the year on that one. but on super bowl sunday, it turns out the eagles will face afc champs the kansas city chefs. i'm

talks about this piece process or piece talks or a piece meeting in jet and saudi arabia, which ed jake sullivan from the us state department, who was the architect of and his source. that's a very interesting light to shine on that. then we can have a look at that right now. jetta was sullivan's a bit so shall said. just one more. but who's counting for the nations showed up all but 6 looking for free food after the desk to shut down. fascinating stuff. and it is believed that this, that he has significantly high sources in potentially to see a and in the state department itself. but it doesn't say to have dump and the infuse e as in, in the state department. as for trouble making, you feel like in the course the content of africa, it saves us state department as they do then i've got to stand still sign in their shoes, and they're in ukraine at destroying country, essentially with their proxy war against russia. it seems that they're still energetically in africa and it turns out that the high priestess of us neil, neo con policy and victoria newland, the one of the architects of the the might