>> stephen: please welcome laurence fishburne! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: that's nice. >> yes! >> stephen: i like the bow to the audience of respect before we get started. >> reverence for the audience, man. >> stephen: you've got to. i noticed tonight so many people in the audience were really, physically attractive people, did you notice that? >> they were, gorgeous people. and well spoken, too. >> indeed. >> stephen: congratulations on "black-ish." >> thank you, sir. >> stephen: when we will get to in just a moment. >> sure. >> stephen: but you've got an amazing history in hollywood. you started-- you were in "apocalypse now"-- >> 14. >> stephen: 14 years old. >> yeah. >> stephen: did you have to lie to get in the movie because you played a soldier. >> i lied but they didn't believe me. they knew how old i was but they just kind of thought, "oh, yeah, he's the guy." >> stephen: how long did it take to make the movie? >> two years. >> stephen: so you weren't even 18 when it was over. >> no, when it came out, i turned 17

>> yeah, they call me fishburne be fish. >> stephen: so it's a nickname? you burn fish. >> you've played the dozensphen: i know what it is. >> the dozens. >> stephen: i've heard of it. i know what that is. >> it's that. burns!" ( cheers and applause )h, stephen? >> stephen: please, let's do it. sure, let's do it.t feel to be the part of the mermaid no one likes? >> oh mama, that's a fish burn! >> betafish, i bet you never laid-a-fish. >> stephen: i can try? okay. hey, yellow perch, you know where i perch? on your mom! >> burn, comma, fish! >> stephen: this is. >> you know what they say about small mouth bass? small penis bass! >> one fish, two fish, red fish, burn fish!en: hey, clams, guess what? no one's diggin' you. that's a clam slam! oh! hey, grouper, you're so ugly that when you're on the menu, people order chips and chips! >> what time is it?! >> stephen: wow, we really said some terrible things to fish there, laurence. about that? >> no, no, stephen because they've got it coming. they've got it coming. >> your service. >> my pleasure. "black-ish" ai

coming up next on the late show with stephen colbert, laurence fishburne. >> stephen colbert! >> stephen: thank you, everybody! captioning sponsored by cbs thank you so much. ( cheers and applause ) thank you! thank you! >> stiffen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: thank you, sir. thank you. boom! boom! welcome to "the late show." thanks, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) you can feel it. >> jon: it's hot. you can feel it. you can feel it! >> stephen: thank you, so much. thanks, everybody. i'm stephen colbert. welcome to "the late show." thank you so much. thank you. i'm not sure, i think we might be serving alcohol to the balcony tonight. i'm not entirely sure. you can feel the excitement in the air right now, can't you, jon? >> jon: oh, man. it's intense. >> stephen: and we all know why everybody is excited because the iowa caucus, and i have election fever. i think that's what it is. every time i think about the candidates, i get a little queasy. i think it's a fever. and with time running out, all the candidates are cranking out the ads. donald tru

>> tonight, stephen welcomes laurence fishburne. paleontologist dr. michael novacek. plus a musical performance by lake street dive. human. and now it's time for "the late show with stephen colbert"! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: a little trail-off. that's very nice, jon. thank you very much. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: as i said, we're we were talking before, you can feel the energy in the room. you can feel the wave of popular interest in this election rising behind you, because we are only six days away from the voting in iowa, which means this is the last week cbs will let me say ( laughter ) caucus. ( laughter ) i'm a child. and last night in des moines, the democrats did something we rarely see anymore-- them on a week night. and it wasn't some boring debate. it was a town hall. and in front of the average working iowanians, they each made a great case why the next president of the united states should be, really, any one of them. >> i like hillary clinton, and i respect hillary clinton. >> i obviously respect senator sanders greatly. >> i'm honore

>> yeah, they call me fishburne because i like to burn fish. >> stephen: so it's a nickname? you burn fish. >> you've played the dozens before. >> stephen: i know what it is. >> the dozens. >> stephen: i've heard of it. i know what that is. but with fish. this is "laurence's fish burns!" ( cheers and applause ) you ready to burn some fish, stephen? >> stephen: please, let's do it. sure, let's do it. >> hey fish, how's it feel to be the part of the mermaid no one likes? >> oh mama, that's a fish burn! >> stephen: that is cold. >> betafish, i bet you never laid-a-fish. >> stephen: i can try? okay. hey, yellow perch, you know where i perch? on your mom! >> burn, comma, fish! >> stephen: this is good. this is fun. >> you know what they say about small mouth bass? small penis bass! >> one fish, two fish, red fish, burn fish! >> stephen: hey, clams, guess what? >> that's not a fish burn, that's a clam slam! >> oh! oh! hey, grouper, you're so ugly that when you're on the menu, people order chips and chips! >> what time is it? it's fish burn o'clock! >> stephen: wow, we really said s

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the late show with stephen colbert is next with lawrence fishburn. >> thanks family and sleep well. >ephen colbert! >> stephen: thank you, everybody! captioning sponsored by cbs thank you so much. ( cheers and applause ) thank you! thank you! >> stiffen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen. >> stephen: thank you, sir. thank you. boom! ( cheers and applause ) boom!

>> stephen: what are they called westbrook frames. >> stephen: that will do it. do you have any suggestions because i will go with yours. >> let me see. let me look. >> stephen: really? >> the green ones. they are call the the venice. >> stephen: venice? >> the venice. let me see. (cheers and applause) >> looking good, looking good. stephen, the first thing somebody said is you look hot. that is-- that's a good thing. >> stephen: let me try this one on. i like this. >> okay. >> stephen: i don't think i have enough skull to pull this one off. it looks like i'm going to start welding. >> those are even bigger. >> stephen: you want to try one? >> okay, i will go with these. (laughter). >> stephen: i think i look a little bit like mid '80s sally jessie rafael. those are nice because those are actually camo pattern cuz you can wear those and no one will know you have them on. >> not at all. >> stephen: where do you get these? westbrookframes.com. >> stephen: and you also have your own line at barnies. >> i do. >> stephen: are these the kind of clothes that would look

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. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: thanks, everybody! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: thank you very much. welcome to the show, in here, out there, all over. i'm going to choose to believe that you wanted to applaud for me and were not just fighting the frost bietd. welcome to the late show. i'm stephen colbert. everybody okay? everybody feeling all right? (cheers and applause). >> stephen: you guys get through it okay? stayed warm the whole time. >> jon: feeling good. >> stephen: count your fingers and toes, they could snap off like a graham cracker. what an incredible weekend. you know, a little dangerousk a little fun, kind of exciting, winter storm jonas slammed the east coast, some places got up to three feet of snow, more than 12,000 flights were cancelled so for the airlines, it was business as usual. (laughter) >> stephen: aniff's got to say, after a really warm december, this was kind of a relief, you know, climate change has not ended winter, it just packed the whole damn thing into one weekend. new york city got 26.8 inches

. >> after news 6 at 11:00, stay tuned for "the late show with stephen colbert" >> colbert thinks many people are misunderstanding what donald trump meant when he said this. >> i have the most loyal people. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. okay? it's incredible. >> to explain how impressive that sounds for those of you who don't live in new york, fifth avenue is an extremely crowded street in manhattan where it is illegal to shoot people. >> here's a guy who ran for president proudly to promote his reality show or his mattress brand or his line of premium ex-wives and now it looks like he might actually win. and no matter what he says or does, criticizing women, attack mexicans, banning muslims, saying john mccain is a loser for being a prisoner of war, none of it affects his popularity. shoot someone and still be elected president," he may be saying "i can shoot someone and still be elected president." because donald trump can't possibly really love to be president. it's the hardest job in the world. he knows the presidency,

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>> yeah, they call me fishburne because i like to burn fish. >> stephen: so it's a nickname? you burn fish. >> you've played the dozens before. >> stephen: i know what it is. >> the dozens. >> stephen: i've heard of it. i know what that is. >> it's that. burns!" ( cheers and applause ) you ready to burn some fish, stephen? >> stephen: please, let's do it.