they tried to turn him into ed sullivan. they have these variety acts and so on.nce. howard is sitting there. i remember, eating a bagel and he had napkins coming out of his shirt. and roone arledge, who was a legend, is trying to tell him about the feed they're going to do from san diego with shamu the killer whale. howard is screaming "how the hell am i going to interview a whale?" [laughter] roone, the only thing we have in common is we both like herring. what the hell is going on here? oh, hello. we get to know each other. >> stephen: he was on carson. >> billy: i get a frantic call from "the tonight show." howard doesn't want to do a preinterview. he won't do a preinterview. so would you call him? so i call him. howard. "hello, kid. how are you doing? i'm good. i'm going to be there. don't worry. i've got it covered." "what would you like to talk about?" "i don't care. whatever you like to talk about. we are friends. we don't need to talk about things. let's just make it natural!" [laughter] so now i'm in the dressing room. i'm really panicked. to do this sho

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ please have a seat. welcome home. welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] if you've been watching the news, you know it's been a terrible week for the people of los angeles, as devastating wildfires continu reaching in and around the city. the footage is truly heartbreaking, as thousands of homes are being destroyed and entire neighborhoods are being wiped out. we here at "the late show," we know people, dear friends, who have lost everything in these fires. our hearts go out to everyone in los angeles, and, more usefully in this moment, so do our wallets. if you'd like to give, you can scan this qr code here to see a list of charities that are on the ground addressing the immediate needs of people who have been affected by this tragedy. in times like these, it's hard to know what to do, but it's pretty easy to know what not to do. for instance, the online betting s

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: welcome. thank you, sir. welcome, everybody. thanks, everybody. welcome, ladies and gentlemen, around the world around the midstate around the world in the ed sullivan theater. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. hope everyone is staying toasty warm, because it is bitter cold all over the country, including the deep south. take new orleans, or as locals call it "nawwwleeeoooons." [laughter] that's close, right? that's basically it? yesterday, the big easy turned big freezy and shattered its modern all-time daily snowfall record, receiving 8 inces of snow. laissez les bon temps froze. that snow is going to change the vibe of throwing beads at mardi gras. "show me your layers! take off your mittens!" there was so much snow that on bourbon street, they had a snow ball fight. new orleans hasn't seen that much powder since anyone took a bite from a beignet. speaking of bone-chilling, donald trump. it's his third day in office, a

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: there you go. hey, whoa! nice to see you. [cheering] there you go. everybody, hello! thank you, sir. thank you, my friends. >> stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: you lovelies. are you okay? are you okay right there? welcome get a nice shot? welcome! welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] what's the date? we are just a little over one week away from christmas. and i would say i hope your stockings are hung by the chimney with care, your eggs are nogged, and your nuts are fully megged, but apparently, according to a new poll, americans are "over" christmas traditions. what? >> audience: no! [booing] >> stephen: christmas is traditions! you can't be over them and still have christmas! if you don't put out your wooden shoes, how will sinterklaas fill them with dried fruits and nut meat for a prosperous harvest? think, hans, think! one tradition that a lot of people are ready to shake up is the holiday meal,

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!stephen: we're back! ♪ ♪ thank you, friends. thank you. welcome. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for that burst of joy. i ovulated. [laughter] you had to be here. we're less than a week away from trump's inauguration. [booing] i know. i know. as much as i'm not looking forward to it, waiting for it, it feels so tense. it feels like we're all james bond strapped to the table, and the laser is slowly inching towards our crotch, and it's like, enough about your evil plot to conquer greenland, just zap america's junk off already! we're learning more about what the inauguration festivities ill look like. because we now know that the village people will perform at one of trump's inaugural balls. leading many to ask, "y?" [applause] this is a big change of heart for the village people, given that in 2020, they demanded trump stop using their music. which is understandable, considering that every time he played it, he did the wrong da

the rare privilege of being in the studio audience for the beatles live american tv debut on the ed sullivan show a year earlier. gendler was a 13 year old new jersey girl and, like the rest of america, had never heard of the beatles until a family friend just back from england gifted her with a record album. she became obsessed with these four liverpool lads and wrote to the beatles fan club in england. what a shock when their manager brian epstein, wrote back asking if debbie would like to start the first beatles fan club in the u.s. yes, gendler grew up to be a top tv executive and continues her relationship with all things beatles. now, i'd be willing to guess 80% of the american public today doesn't know the name johnny carson. but from 1962 to 1992, carson reigned supreme as host of the tonight show and arbiter of american pop culture in carson the magnificent. authors bill, amy and mike thomas examined carson's nebraska upbringing and off camera dark side. just ask his four wives, god. >> that let me congratulate you. i'm proud to be your son, my boy. you took the words right out of m

you know, i was a motown child, the supremes and temptations on ed sullivan was a big deal around my neighborhood, you know? >> so let's have a fine welcome for the. >> i need love love to eat my mind. i need to find find someone to call mine. but mama said you can't hurry, love. no, you just have to wait and see i used to love. >> i used to draw pictures of the supremes in math class. you know, when i was a kid. because i used to just love the way my mother would punish me for doing something wrong or get to me is not allowing me to see the supremes on ed sullivan on on a sunday night, you know, and it worked. you know, i washed the dishes, took the garbage out, did the homework, did everything. and when i feel my skin, i. >> yeah, it's almost gone. i remember mama said i met luther when i was 15. >> we like so much of the same music. the supremes would appear on ed sullivan and it, let's say, like maybe at 11:00 at night when everybody in my house was in bed, i'd be sitting by the phone and the phone would ring and i'd pick it up really quick. he'd say, did you see florence miss th

performing their song "up on cripple creek" on "the ed sullivan show."rth hudson. a classically trained musician, he told his family he was giving the band music lessons. ♪ their hits, "the weight," performing it at woodstock in 1969. ♪ take me down tonight ♪ >> david: and "the night they drove old dixie ♪ when all the bells were ringing ♪ >> david: the band playing with bob dylan over the years. recording more than 100 songs together. garth hudson in charge of the tape machine. >> i remember him being in the corner here and i would be here to push the button. >> david: returning to that home nearly 50 years later. performing with bob dylan in the film "the last waltz" in 1978. garth hudson, the last surviving member of the band, passed away today in woodstock at 87. tonight here, in his own words. >> a lifestyle that we got to love in woodstock, you know? we got to like it, just fixing the tape recorder and fixing the screen door, you know? stuff like that. and getting the songs together. ♪ >> david: garth hudson tonight in his own words. i'm david muir

live from the ed sullivan theater, it is stephen colbert. they went to thank you, welcome.come one and all in here, out there, all around the world. you are joining us on an historic night, following the incredible afc championship game. afc championship, of course, often called the super bowl of finding out who will be in the super bowl. this is a rare sunday show. so, naturally, i and my staff, this morning, we all went to church together. cbs is a family. a family that occasionally cancels its children, and replaces them with a spinoff of one of their more successful children. but just because tonight's game is over two hours ago, doesn't mean you have to stop gambling. there are plenty of parlays available here at the late show. hot tip: take the over on whether or not i have the greatest audience in the world! [cheers and applause] get a little shot of that. that cheer just lost some kid their college savings. another reason to cheer: we survived the first week of the second trump administration. [boos] imagine how good we'll feel when we survive the first week of the

talking with ed sullivan, bob hope, frank sinatra. mike wallace. jack paar, edward r murrow and many more. she even made an appearance on the game show, what's my line? and if you haven't seen that, you can find on youtube. she's there to promote united nations week. but elena's life had so many dimensions that her savvy use of the brand new medium of television has been previously overlooked. the early days of television were profoundly influential on popular culture and early use of tv to advance the causes of peace in the rights of women and the politically marginalized was groundbreaking. however, she also courted relationships with the film industry as early as 1932, writing for fan magazines like photoplay and modern screen son james enlisted her to in the prolog for 1940 anti-nazi film pastor hall, riling the ire of isolationists in the senate on propaganda in motion pictures and radio. but she would also disappoint activists when choosing to cross a picket line protesting segregated cinemas in washington, dc to attend a fundraiser screening

now, live on tape on the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it is stephen colbert.phen cook please have us be my friend. welcome to the late show. there is a huge news. there is huge news on eating dip with your dad's friend. the super bowl matchup is that. it is the eagles facing the chief. eagles versus the chief. travis kelce versus whoever plays travis kelce on the eagles. brad largeman. and his pop star girlfriend tonya velocity. the chiefs will not one but this is more challenging. all of the players have to rush to their game after their day shift at state farm. after philadelphia, this is yesterday afternoon. eagles fan demonstrated dignified horsemanship by filing out of the stadium. they celebrated with close range fireworks, surfed a cop car and climbed a bunch of greased up light poles. it is a sacred billy tradition that goes back to when ben franklin shimmied onto a lubed up liberty bell. it has been one week since trump took office and there have already been big surprises. i did not know a week could last ten years. as far as the awful stuff he has b

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! hi. have you lost weight? you look amazing. please have a seat. my friends, thank you very much. you're very kind, very lovely. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] there it is! hard to believe we are already at the end of day 2 of the second trump administration. [booing] i know. i feel the same way. but i'm choosing to think of it as day negative 1,385 before the 2028 election. [cheering] gosh, i just... i just hope we can flip greenland blue! but here's the thing, my friends. in here, out there. it's so important for all of our mental health to pace ourselves. get some sleep. stay hydrated. remember, not everything is going to be about donald trump every single day. except today. so strap in, buckle up, bear down, and grab a bite stick. 'cause here we go. we sure needed a bite stick yesterday, because donald trump was on tv from 8:43 am, when he shuffled into church to tell jesus "you'

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert. ♪ ♪ >> stepheny, you know what? thank you, my friends. please, please have a seat. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. it's nice to hear, it's good to be back. i missed everybody. today's january 6th which of course is the feast of the epiphany when the three wise men, say it with me, balthazar, gaspar, and melchior, followed a star to bethlehem, then stormed the manger and stole mary's podium. what else? what else? oh, yeah, today, donald trump's electoral victory was certified by congress. [booing] yes, i used to feel things too. and the striking thing about this time was how normal it was again. there was no riot. no one broke a window with their beard. [laughter] in fact, the whole process took only 30 minutes. yeah, democracy shouldn't take longer than it takes rachel ray to make a meal. peaceful transfer of power? yummo. now, if you had come up to me four years ago and said to my face that one day donald trump will be certified for a second term, i

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: oh! ♪ ♪ good to see you, friends. thank you, thank you. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ladies and gentlemen, you know we do our best to do a good show for everybody at home but i have no illusions about what people watch this program. i know that at the end of the day, people just want to come home, lay down, and relax with some erotic constitutional debate. well, you're in luck, folks. because today, the supreme court heard a challenge from pornhub to a texas law that requires age verification. no surprise they heard the pornhub case on wednesday, it is hump-day. gotta get over it. gotta get over the hump. now, if there are any children watching this with you, please send them out of the room. they're far too innocent to see an uncensored image of samuel alito. the case here is about the first amendment rights and privacy, because if folks are forced to upload their i.d.s to see the porn, it creates a

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: hey, my friends! you're very kind, you lovely people. nice to see you all. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. if you watch regularly, then you know that here at "the late show," we have a self-imposed ill-conceived mandate to every night talk about what people are talking about. the thing is, that was before trump won reelection. after he won reelection what people are talking about is that they don't want to talk about what everybody's talking about. in fact, and this is true, a new poll says that two-thirds of u.s. adults are tuning out political news, which is just more proof that our politics is... something. i don't know what. i've been tuning it out. democrats are particularly tuned out, which could be why after election night, primetime viewership of msnbc is down 54%. listen up, msnbc, you gotta do whatever it takes to get those viewers back! steve kornacki? i think it might be time to ditch the khakis and show a l

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] >> stephen: thank you, everyone. ♪ ♪ please have a seat, my friends. welcome. welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. tonight, los angeles is being ravaged by sudden, out-of-control wildfires, especially in the neighborhoods of malibu, altadena, and pacific palisades. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, and they don't know when they'll be able to return home. for an idea of the scale of the fire, here's a photo a reporter took from a plane above los angeles 24 hours ago. since then, winds gusts up to 100 miles an hour have spread the fire explosively, and authorities do not know when they'll have it under control. we know the people of los angeles are resourceful and kind, and they're doing everything they can to help one another. and we want to send our love and concern to all the residents of los angeles who are facing what is being described as the most destructive fire in t

and now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: hey! wow. welcome, hello, friends! welcome in here, out there, all around the world to "the late show." i'm your host, i'm stephen colbert. [cheers] let me ask you something. anybody here have money in the stock market? [scattered cheers] not anymore! because today, the dow plunged more than 1,100 points. that, that is a lot of... dow units. dowlings. moist dowlettes. this -- don't know what it means. this plunge caps off a ten-day losing streak, the longest such stretch since 1974. 50 years. and remember, keep this in mind, that '74 market collapse shocked the world, because bachman turner overdrive assured everyone that they were taking care of business! every day. taking care of business in every way! it's all right! [applause] despite this turbulent market, you don't see me shakin'. 'cause i've taken all my money and placed it safely in meme coin. okay? i'm fine. for instance, i've put it in the very real crypto-currency called fartcoin, which

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] >> stephen: thank you, everybody! have a good one. please have a seat, my friends. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] and i certainly hope -- you're already there. it sounds like you're all in a holly-jolly mood, and i'm glad to hear it because we're counting down to everyone's favorite holiday: jack in the box's annual fast food fest, the 24 days of jackmas! [cheers and applause] personally, i try to keep jackmas in my heart all year 'round. and then clear it from my browser history. now, get your mind out of the gutter, because, again, the 24 days of jackmas is nothing more than a seasonal holiday deal at jack in the box. you know their slogan: if you're gonna jack, at least do it in the box. [laughter] now... [cheering] it's going to be okay. it's going to be okay. it's all going to be okay. if you want to join the jackmas festivities, just hop on the jack app, which is not only the jack in the box phone app,

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hello, friends. oh, my goodness. nice to have you here. thank you, folks! lovely, lovely to see you all. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. tonight's a little bit of a sweet and sour, a little semi-sweet chocolate chip, it's the end of an era. because this is our last show of the biden administration. >> awww. >> stephen: it's been a good run. thank you for oral your efforts the next time you see me, donald trump will be president. and you may not see me. next four years, we're taking it one day at a time. last night, still-president biden gave his farewell address to the nation. now, in typical biden style, he kicked things along with a meandering metaphor. >> like america, the statue of liberty is not standing still. she's on the march and she literally moves. she was built to sway back and forth to withstand the fury of stormy weather, to stand the test of time, because storms are always coming. she sways a few inches,

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!eers and applause] >> stephen: hey! thank you, my friends. out there, down there. welcome. welcome one and all to what we call "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i appreciate your enthusiasm but we have no time to waste. close the dishwasher, put down the baby, grab a seat, and then stand up, because i have shocking news: cbs is working on a new "fbi" spinoff with a cia twist called "fbi: cia." omg! this is the perfect addition to the extended fbi-verse: there's "fbi: international," "fbi", "fbi: most wanted," "fbi: true" and, the sexy, adult spinoff "fbi: bbl: dtf." that of course pg-13. all of these shows are imagineered by cbs television chemists to be the kind of edge-of-your seat procedural thrillers that pop-pop can still follow after the beta blockers kick in. the premise of "fbi: cia"? "a dedicated, strait-laced fbi agent and a street-smart cia agent are part of a new, clandestine taskforce charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around new y

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!eers and applause] >> stephen: hey! thank you for being here. good to see you. thank you very much. lovely people. please have a seat, my friends. welcome one and all in here, out there, all around the world to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] well, ladies and gentlemen. it happened. donald trump is president again. [booing] hey, hey, hey remember what obama said. don't boo, vote! and if possible, do that several months ago. apparently, some of you have some unpleasant feelings about all this, so i have an announcement to make: for the next four years, we get to live by airport rules. calories don't count, and it's perfectly reasonable to have a vodka tonic at 8:00 a.m. [cheers and applause] who knows what time it is where you're gonna land? that's the time you're on. a lot of people have said to me, and i'm sure to some of my writers, "i bet deep down, you're feeling pretty good, because with trump back, the jokes write themselves." so, i just wan

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert!eers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> stephen: whoa! welcome. thank you very much. please have a seat, everybody. down here, up there, out there, welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. i know a lot of folks are feeling down right now, things aren't working out the way some people wanted. but you buck up, blitzen, because santa claus is coming to town. christmas is here and there's no reason not to enjoy the season. the white house is already all in. yesterday we got our first peek at the bidens' holiday decorations. beautiful. so festive. the official theme is "the season of peace and light," which is much more hopeful than all the other democrats' christmas theme: "drink three old fashioneds and openly weep in front of charlie brown." [laughter] as is the tradition, each room in the white house has a unique design. the china room features an ode to carbohydrates, with artisanal loaves and wreaths made out of braided bread. sending the time-honored message: "screw

and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ welcome, all come up here, down there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show," i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheers and applause] all of our hearts continue to go out to the people of los angeles, where as we speak wildfires continue to burn after almost a week. if devastating over 40,000 acres enforcing 150,000 people to evacuate. california, all of america sees you and is with you, and americans are putting our money where our mouths are. go fun to be alone, americans have donated more than $50 million to the effort, and if you -- [cheers and applause] yeah. that's the spirit. if you want to give but you don't know where, you can scan this qr code right here be a list of charities that are on the ground addressing immediate needs of the people who have been affected by this tragedy. and it's not just americans who are pitching in canada and mexico are sending teams to help california fight the fires. grosse mexico! gracia

the ed sullivan show and kill. >> back in the 60s, marvin gaye wanted to be frank sinatra. >> he waslte, clean shaven, debonair. and all that changed in the 70s. >> marvin wanted to compete at a high level. why can't i make a record like the beatles? i'm selling records like they sell. why can't i have that artistic expression? take it side punish me. >> with brutality. talk to me. funny so you can see all what's going on what's going on and what's going on. tell me what's going on. >> 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. >> 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. marvin. >> everybody thinks we're wrong, but they do. >> initially, berry gordy did not want marvin to do what's going on. >> motown was supposed to be non-threatening. here you now have marvin g

but the real architects of all of this were blinking sullivan, kamala harris, ed and joe bigler. who presumably will never be able to travel freely again all around the world. they are known for genocide and for making the what israel now sit on them is with the genocide. and of course this, these 5 being applauded, even by trump. support is seized by that obviously the far right in israel do not support because it's what am as always, wanted to be october. the 7th event i've seen, you know, there's been some really low speculation that is ran in saudi arabia, normalizing that ties could have persuaded nothing yahoo, which is sort of get on board. and perhaps the end of this, as you said, genocide too. well, is there a need to persuade, letting you know the oems and weapons blinking then and particularly cynical move just a week ago as a let us finally, i gave another $8000000.00 of us treasury money to the genocidal the people in the israel to kill more thousands of women and children, all the americans have to do is just switch off the weapons and say, get to the negotiating ta