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00:00Opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
00:04Get ready for Milano Cortina 2026.
00:08And now a sneak peek of Mariah Carey's Winter Olympics performance.
00:16All I want for Christmas is
00:30Loose
00:33Curling should be renamed boring
00:41Give me horizontal speed
00:45Thinking skating is for wussy
00:48I like games where heads can bleed
00:52I swear no one's made or lame
00:55I was letting me quit games
00:58I'll settle for a brain come true
01:06It's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
01:14Tonight, Mr. Blunderland
01:18And our final Late Show animated Christmas special
01:22Narrated by Nick Offense
01:24Plus Stephen Welcom
01:26Hugh Jackman
01:28And a special holiday performance
01:32By Louis Cato and The Late Show fans
01:35And now, live on tape from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City
01:41It's Stephen Colbert
01:44Welcome
02:00Welcome one and all to The Late Show
02:03I'm your host Stephen Colbert
02:05Folks
02:05You know, ladies and gentlemen
02:09I believe that years from now
02:11I think we'll all remember where we were
02:13When we did not watch Donald Trump's speech last night
02:15Yesterday
02:18Yesterday, old man baloney hands
02:23Somehow convinced every network
02:26To preempt their primetime programming
02:28To air a presidential address from the White House
02:31Now, usually, these only happen for something really big
02:33Like George W. Bush declaring the war on terror
02:35Obama revealing that American forces had killed Bin Laden
02:39Or Joe Biden announcing that the Amtrak dining car
02:42Now has warm cookies
02:43That was a big one
02:45That was a big speech
02:46A big speech
02:47So, what was the big national emergency this time?
02:50Tell us, Mr. President
02:52Good evening, America
02:53Eleven months ago
02:55I inherited a mess
02:56And I'm fixing it
02:58And it's gonna be great
03:00Do not be alarmed
03:03That the forest has begun to reclaim the White House
03:06And I know there's no one in this tiny room
03:09But me and the cameraman right there
03:11Who made sure to crank up this giant mic
03:14That covers my waddle
03:15Now
03:18Okay
03:19Now, now that you've got our attention
03:22Would you like to bellow any economic numbers
03:25Without pausing to breathe?
03:27Under the Biden administration
03:28Car prices rose 22%
03:31And in many states, 30% or more
03:34Gasoline rose 30 to 50%
03:37Hotel rates rose 37%
03:40Airfares rose 31%
03:42Now under our leadership
03:43They are all coming down
03:45And coming down fast
03:46Sir, based on the speed of that delivery
03:49I think you're gonna be coming down real fast
03:51Because
03:53Whatever
04:00Whatever he's on
04:02I'd like some
04:03Daddy wants speech candy
04:06I'm not sure what the emergency was here
04:10Other than his poll numbers
04:12Because he just played the old hits
04:14We had men playing in women's sports
04:16Transgender for everybody
04:18Crime at record levels
04:20With law enforcement
04:22And words such as that
04:24Just absolutely forbidden
04:26Yes
04:27Yes, words such as that
04:30Were forbidden
04:31Under Biden, you couldn't say that
04:34You had to say
04:35You had to say this
04:36But over there
04:37But under Trump
04:40Under Donald Trump
04:42We're finally saying
04:43Marry that-mus again
04:44It seems like even Trump
04:47Might have felt uncertain
04:49About his performance
04:50Because after he finished his speech
04:52He turned to the press and said
04:53You think that's easy?
04:55Giving that speech?
04:57Yeah, I do
04:58Watching it on the other hand
05:02Then
05:04Then Trump asked his chief of staff
05:06You're very kind
05:07Then Trump asked his chief of staff
05:13Susie Wiles
05:13How he had done
05:14And she said
05:15I told you 20 minutes
05:16And you were 20 minutes
05:18On the dot
05:19What a glowing review
05:21It's like
05:23It's like asking your parents
05:25What'd you think of my flute solo?
05:26Well, I know I'm your dad
05:27But I thought it was exactly
05:29Three minutes and 14 seconds
05:31Even people in MAGA world
05:35Thought it was a bad speech
05:36One Trump supporter posted
05:38He seems panicked
05:39I've never seen him like this
05:41And I have attended
05:4242 of his rallies
05:43Move over, Hemingway
05:47We have a new saddest story ever
05:50For sale
05:51Baby shoes
05:52I've been to 42 Trump rallies
05:54Now, one big-time MAGA podcaster
05:58Said of the speech
05:59The charisma was gone
06:01The aura was gone
06:02The swagger was gone
06:04Yeah, but he still has the riz
06:06In fact, rumor has it
06:08He wears absorbent undergarments
06:10For when he rizes himself
06:11Gotcha, I beat you to it
06:17Beat you to it
06:18Thank you
06:19To make everyone forget
06:21How bad last night was
06:23He did something worse today
06:24Just before taping
06:26We learned
06:27That Trump's hand-picked
06:29Kennedy Center board
06:30Voted to rename
06:31The Kennedy Center
06:32To the Trump
06:33Kennedy Center
06:35I have a feeling you just found out too
06:49Yeah, it's true
06:52The official name is now
06:53The Donald J. Trump
06:54And the John F. Kennedy
06:56Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
07:04He can't have his name on a memorial
07:06He's alive, or so his doctors claim
07:10Did she
07:12White House press
07:14Gremlin Caroline Levitt
07:16Dropped the news in a tweet saying
07:19I have just been informed
07:20That the highly respected board
07:22Of the Kennedy Center
07:23Just voted unanimously
07:24To rename the Kennedy Center
07:26To the Trump Kennedy Center
07:27Adding
07:28Congratulations to President
07:30Donald J. Trump
07:31And likewise
07:32Congratulations to President Kennedy
07:34What?
07:36Congratulations to President Kennedy?
07:39Did she tweet that on her phone
07:42Or a Ouija board?
07:46Now
07:46Legal experts say
07:49This is
07:49Up
07:50The
07:50The name
07:52I don't want to get technical
07:57I don't want to
07:59The name can only be changed
08:01By an act of Congress
08:02Plus
08:02The Kennedy Center
08:03Is more than just a name
08:04Former Kennedy Center
08:05President Michael Kaiser
08:06Explained
08:07We always called it
08:08A living memorial
08:09To President Kennedy
08:10We would have a hard time
08:12Imagining the Washington Monument
08:13Or Lincoln Memorial
08:14Named for someone
08:15Other than Washington
08:16Or Lincoln
08:17Well I've got a few ideas
08:19So
08:22Buckle up America
08:23Before this is over
08:25He's going to rub his balls
08:26On everything
08:27I mean
08:29He's just
08:30Everything
08:30He's just going to
08:31Why not just replace
08:32The Liberty Bell
08:33With Trump?
08:34I mean
08:34He's got a bigger crack
08:35There you go
08:40You know what I'm thinking?
08:46I'm thinking
08:46All of this nonsense
08:48Is just to change the subject
08:49Because legally
08:50The DOJ
08:51Must release
08:52The Epstein files
08:53By tomorrow
08:54Yes
08:55Oh yes my friends
08:57Oh yes
08:59It's Epstein files eve
09:02Don't forget to leave Santa
09:03Some cookies
09:04And a barf bag
09:06The DOJ specifically
09:09Has to release
09:09Searchable and downloadable copies
09:11And here's the kicker
09:12The law says records
09:14Can't be withheld
09:15Delayed or redacted
09:17Due to concerns
09:17About embarrassment
09:18Reputational harm
09:20Or political sensitivity
09:21Okay but what if
09:23And hear me out here
09:24What if this is the end
09:26Of the road for you
09:27And you've wriggled out
09:28Of everything else
09:29But for some reason
09:30This is the one
09:31They won't let go of
09:32No matter how many
09:33East wings you tear down
09:34You can see the end
09:36Is in sight
09:36Which is crazy
09:37Because you've always believed
09:38That nothing bad
09:38Could ever happen to you
09:39Because the world's an illusion
09:40And you're the only one
09:42That's real
09:42How about that?
09:44Do I still have to release them?
09:46Yes?
09:47Okay then how about this one?
09:48Joe Biden was Epstein
09:52The whole time
09:52How about that?
09:54Anything?
09:55Anything?
09:57Hoo-ah!
09:58Hoo-ah!
09:58Hoo-ah!
09:59Oh ladies and gentlemen
10:00The award winning grunt
10:01Of Al Pacino
10:02Only means one thing
10:03There's Oscar news
10:05It's just been announced
10:07That the Oscars
10:08Will move to YouTube
10:09In 2029
10:11Yeah
10:12It's surprising
10:13But you know
10:13What was bound to happen?
10:14We all remember
10:15Sally Field's
10:16Famous acceptance speech
10:17And I can't deny
10:18The fact
10:19That you like
10:20And subscribe
10:21This agreement
10:25This agreement
10:26Ends an exclusive run
10:28On ABC
10:28That started in 1976
10:30Yeah
10:31Back then
10:32The show was famously
10:33Hosted by cocaine
10:34But have no fear
10:37Because ABC
10:38Will continue
10:39To broadcast
10:39The ceremony
10:40Through 2028
10:41A year that will mark
10:43The 100th Oscars
10:44I can't believe it
10:46There have been
10:46There have been
10:46100 years of Oscars
10:48And I haven't been
10:49Nominated for one
10:50Yeah
10:52Wow
10:53That all
10:55That all changes this year
10:57Thanks to my moving
10:58Performance in Hemnet
10:59Where I play
11:00The Ham
11:01This deal
11:04This deal with YouTube
11:06Is a major turning point
11:07In entertainment
11:08As it marks the first
11:09Of the big four award shows
11:11To completely jettison
11:12Broadcast television
11:13And that's just beginning
11:14I hear soon
11:15The Grammys will be on TikTok
11:16The Emmys will be on Reels
11:19And the Tonys
11:19Are going to be on
11:20Those little TVs
11:21At the gas station
11:22We've got a great show
11:24For you tonight
11:24My guest is Hugh Jack
11:27And when we come back
11:28Our final animated
11:30Holiday cartoon
11:32Narrated by
11:33Sir Nick Offering
11:35Stick around
11:36The Late Show
11:45With Stephen Colbert
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11:50You're in good hands
11:52Welcome back everybody
12:01Give it up for
12:02Louis Kato and the band
12:04Right over there
12:05Hello everybody
12:06Merry Christmas
12:06Folks
12:09I just want to say
12:10That tonight
12:11Was the last broadcast
12:12For John Dickerson
12:13As co-anchor
12:15Of the CBS Evening News
12:16John has been
12:18One of our most frequent
12:19Guests here
12:20On The Late Show
12:21We looked it up
12:21Like 18 times
12:23I think he's been
12:23On the show
12:24He's got this
12:25Extraordinary ability
12:26To explain clearly
12:28Both the state
12:28And the stakes
12:29Of our politics
12:31As well as placing
12:32The concerns
12:32Of our time
12:33In historical context
12:34He is a journalist
12:36Of sterling integrity
12:37Whose work stands
12:39On the foundational
12:40Values and principles
12:41Of his profession
12:42Plus
12:43He's a gentleman
12:44Whom I greatly admire
12:46And I want to thank him
12:48For his example
12:49And I want to say
12:49Mr. Dickerson
12:50You are welcome here
12:51At the Ed Sullivan
12:52For as long as I am
12:53I'll meet you at the bar
12:56Folks
12:59The holiday season
13:08Is here
13:08And one of my favorite
13:09Annual traditions
13:10Is huddling around
13:11The TV with loved ones
13:12To watch The Late Show's
13:13Animated Christmas special
13:15Since this is our
13:16Last animated special
13:17We made sure to sprinkle
13:18It with extra holiday magic
13:20By inviting a celebrity
13:22Narrator
13:22And Santa's long lost
13:24Brother
13:24Jolly St. Nick Offerman
13:26This is Colbert's
13:32Canceled Christmas
13:33The Last Noel
13:34T'was the last Christmas special
13:44And all through DC
13:46Folks were drinking
13:48Their feelings
13:49Especially
13:50Me
13:51Remember
13:54It's not a drinking
13:56Problem
13:57If you're a cartoon
13:58While Christmas had once
14:03Been a season of giving
14:04This year
14:05In the White House
14:07King Jag Bag
14:09Was living
14:09No inch of that fellow
14:12Was nice
14:13Kind
14:14Or thankful
14:14From his weird
14:16Rotting hand
14:17To his large
14:19Swollen
14:20Kankles
14:21He hated
14:23Kris Kringle
14:24Giving gifts out
14:26For free
14:26Why's Christmas
14:28About him
14:29When it should be
14:31About me
14:32While up in his workshop
14:37Just minding his business
14:39St. Nick
14:40Got a letter
14:41They're canceling
14:43Christmas
14:43What?
14:45But
14:45We're the number one
14:47Holiday
14:47I simply don't get it
14:49Sir
14:49How can this be?
14:50I'll take one wild guess
14:53No, no
14:54Wasn't me
14:55But I absolutely love
14:58That Santa got fired
15:00The North Pole's a war zone
15:02That gassy Grinch foamed
15:04On Miller
15:05On Bobby
15:07On Hexer
15:08On Knopf
15:09Oh
15:09Invading my workshop's illegal
15:12Good luck
15:13The Supreme Court allowed it
15:17Really?
15:18Oh
15:19F***
15:19Hands off my workshop
15:25You sick bag of weirdos
15:27Sorry
15:28No rule
15:30No fatties
15:31No beardos
15:32Bumble
15:34You joined ice
15:36Bumble saw commercial
15:38During football game
15:40Round up the elves
15:42They're foreign invaders
15:44Throw them in Spreaking
15:46And surround it with gators
15:49Stop it at once
15:51You're acting insane here
15:53Yum yum
15:55Christmas dinner
15:56It's rice for a kill reindeer
15:58Don't eat me
16:00Don't eat me
16:00I take toilet off
16:01This workshop you've got here is ugly and old
16:06So I'll make it my ballroom and fill it with gold
16:11They ripped down the workshop, chimney and all
16:15They left only one thing
16:17Wait
16:18I need his sack
16:21For my ball
16:23While locked in detention
16:28As his elves hit the gym
16:30Santa and friends
16:32Sang a new Christmas hymn
16:34The last Noel
16:37We refunded
16:40Detained
16:42Maybe we can get hardened
16:45If we sell cocaine
16:49Nice
16:50You're a little off-key, Elmo
16:52Elmo, keep practicing
16:55Santa
16:56Are we really gonna spend Christmas in the clink?
17:00We won't be able to bring everyone presents
17:02Oh, don't fret, my elves
17:05Christmas goes on
17:07Even in the darkest places
17:09Here, Bumble
17:11Merry Christmas
17:13Ah
17:14La boo-boo
17:17Live from the Donald J. Trump Christmas ballroom
17:23It's a Chris-merican Trumpmas
17:27Sponsored by Paramount Plus
17:29The makers of Rush Hour 4
17:30Never in Fear
17:31Beasles, greetings, America
17:34Time to come sit on Daddy's lap
17:36And tell me what I'm getting for Christmas
17:40All right, little Marky Sucks
17:42What would you like to stuff in my wrinkled red sack?
17:46Six, seven?
17:48New Santa, please
17:50Don't mind if I do
17:52Hey
17:53Vamos, Tiny Tim
17:55Such selfishness
17:58Joy level low
18:00Shake belly
18:01What's wrong, Santa?
18:03He's filling my sack up with greed and with gold
18:08When you injure my sack
18:10I feel it tenfold
18:13That's a spicy Santa be surprise
18:16Santa, we gotta convince everyone
18:20I'm gonna stop giving presents to Trump
18:22But how?
18:23Wondered Santa
18:24He slumped to the floor
18:26And that rang a bell
18:28I've seen this before
18:31Broken camera
18:33Book titled
18:34How to Fate Your Own Death
18:35This cell belonged to Donald Trump's best and only friend
18:40Jeffrey Elfstein
18:42Geoffrey Elfstein
18:43Look, Santa
18:44What do you think this is?
18:47By the Nog
18:49The Elfstein list
18:52The naughtiest list of all
18:56Quick, I've got to bring this to the ballroom by Jiminy
18:59But how?
19:00Hmm
19:01What is a toilet
19:03But a little wet chimney
19:05That's right, keep shoving them in
19:12Ooh, Qatari guy
19:14A whole jet?
19:16Sure, try it
19:17Santa burst from the sewers
19:20Soiled but swift
19:22While back at the ball
19:24Trump neared maximum grift
19:27Merry Christmas to me
19:30And to me a good night
19:33Not when you see
19:38Who was on Elfstein's flight
19:41Uh oh
19:43Quick, redact it, Necky
19:46What the?
19:52Whoa
19:53You should really get that checked out
19:55Nope, my MRI was perfect
19:58Now let's keep it going, Bobby
20:00Brazzam, brazzam
20:01Whoa
20:02Whoa
20:05Oh
20:07Santa
20:07Great level, critical
20:11Douche, douche, douche
20:13You get me on the naughty list
20:15My whole life, Gringo
20:17Well
20:18Looks like night skies
20:21Finish last
20:23Then Trump
20:25Heard a signal
20:26Rising over the snow
20:28Huh?
20:28It started in low
20:30Then it started to grow
20:32That's not Lee Greenwood
20:34They're free
20:44They're free
20:45But how?
20:46But how?
20:47Bumble
20:48Put that down, Piggy
20:52You're supposed to be ice
20:54Bumble, not ice
20:57Bumble, ice
21:00Thank you, Sylphies
21:02Thank you, Sylphies
21:03Thank you
21:04Joy levels
21:05Restored
21:06My sack
21:08Is back
21:10Hoo, hoo, hoo
21:11No
21:13They're stealing my stolen presents
21:17Donald
21:18You're cancelled
21:20Back to work
21:35Hey Santa, what are you going to do now that you lost your workshop?
21:40I don't know
21:41Maybe a podcast?
21:43I heard you're doing a show with Rachel Maddow on Netflix
21:46Stephen
21:47Hop in, big guy
21:49Let's go find some jobs
21:50But first
21:51Merry Christmas to all
21:54And to all
21:56We'll be right back with Hugh Jackman
21:59Hey everybody, welcome back
22:11Ladies and gentlemen, my guest tonight is a Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winning actress
22:17You know from Les Miserables, The Greatest Showman
22:19And as Wolverine in the X-Men series of instructional videos
22:24He now stars in the new movie Song Sung Blue
22:27For these occasions, I have created a persona
22:33It's like a superhero of rock and roll
22:37I mean, I got no cape or nothing, I got no mask
22:40But I got a bolt
22:43You know why I got a lightning bolt
22:45Because they call me lightning
22:49Oh yeah
22:52Lightning is a star
22:55Please welcome back to The Late Show, Hugh Jackman
22:58There you go
23:22What a great
23:25Thank you
23:26So nice to see you
23:27What a great way to end the year
23:30With Hugh as our final guest
23:31We call this the getaway day
23:33This is the last show before a two-week break
23:37When I came in, I was like, wow, everyone's really, really happy to see me
23:41This is so lovely
23:42No, then it's like, awesome, we're out of here, let's go
23:45No, no, listen, the holiday's coming up
23:48Have you had a chance to prepare?
23:50Are you ready for the holidays?
23:50Because you've been on this press tour
23:52I'm a famously last-minute, like, up all-night rapping
23:56But I actually am doing okay
23:57Now, what about holiday traditions?
23:59Do you have any of those that you particularly enjoy every year?
24:02When I grew up, I grew up in Australia, so it's hot
24:05Yeah, I got that much
24:06Yeah
24:06But it was, for me, every year it's Elf, it's Home Alone
24:12Oh, sure
24:12And weirdly, it's not a Christmas movie at all
24:14But I first saw, I was given the VHS of Singing in the Rain on Christmas
24:19When I was 18, so I watch that every year, because it's a perfect movie
24:22Sure, it's as happy as Christmas
24:24It's fantastic
24:24Right, what about you?
24:26Oh, for me?
24:26Yeah
24:27Oh, well, I mean, Lord of the Rings is always fun
24:29That's always good
24:31Iron Giant, Iron Giant is a holiday movie for us
24:35When the kids were little, I still enjoy that
24:37It's a great one, I'm going to bring that one back, thanks
24:38I want to get to your new movie
24:41But first, I want to ask you about something else you did this year
24:43You started a company called Together
24:45Yeah, a theater company
24:46Yeah, it says, it focuses on, quote
24:48Offering audiences a chance to experience theater in a fresh and engaging way
24:52Well, I'll bite, what's that mean?
24:56Well, first of all, we do it in a relatively small space
24:59We did it at the Audible Theater down in Mineta Lane
25:01So there's like 390 seats
25:03It was nice and everyone was close
25:05Not a lot of set
25:06It's really focusing on the word, the play, and the actor
25:09And I wanted to take away all the obstacles
25:12So I really wanted to make it affordable for people
25:14And do these become things available on Audible?
25:17Yeah, and then you can, so you can listen to it
25:19So we did a season last year
25:22We're going to do another season
25:23But a quarter of our tickets are free
25:24Another quarter of them were 35 bucks
25:26And so pretty much everyone got to see it if they wanted to
25:29Well, what inspired this?
25:30I'm just curious
25:31That's great
25:32You know, this
25:33During the Depression, this theater, which was built by Hammerstein
25:39Was taken over by the WPA
25:41It was taken over, it was part of the Federal Works Project
25:45Really?
25:45And you can see a play here for 25 cents
25:47Wow
25:48Yeah
25:48I want people to see theater
25:51I grew up going to the theater
25:52You know, it wasn't crazy expensive
25:54So, listen, I also wanted to make it, for me, easy to go and do
26:00So, we have two or three plays in rep
26:02So, it's not eight shows a week
26:04It's four shows a week
26:05And we do it
26:06It's just nice and easy and relaxed
26:09And I love it
26:09So, it'll be next March, April
26:12If anyone's in town, come
26:13If anyone's coming to New York, come and check it out
26:15Alright, excellent
26:16We have to take a quick break
26:19We're right back with more Hugh Jackman, everybody
26:21Stick around
26:22Hey, everybody
26:32We're back with the star of Song Sung Blue
26:35Hugh Jackman
26:36The internet
26:37You know the internet
26:39You know the internet
26:40The interweb
26:40The interweb, exactly
26:41The World Wide Web
26:42The information superhighway has been buzzing
26:45Over a sneak peek that was released of you
26:48As Robin Hood
26:52Right
26:52There you are
26:53First of all, you do Grizzled very well
26:56Thank you
26:57You actually make it look good
26:59When I first put it on
27:00Sean Flanagan, who created that
27:02All the hair and the thing
27:04He put it on and he goes
27:05Hello, Hot Santa
27:07But that's
27:09That's kind of bad boy Santa right there
27:12That's some memorable hair
27:16I assume this is not body hair
27:18This is the jacket right here
27:19But you've got a series of pretty memorable hair
27:22And let's go through some of your famous haircuts here
27:26Here you are
27:27This is you with a mullet
27:29In Chappie
27:30Okay, you make a mullet look good
27:32There you are
27:33As a black beard, right?
27:35Black beard
27:36And pan
27:36There you go
27:38Of course, Van Helsing had the fantastic locks
27:40And your most famous hair of all
27:43There you are
27:44There you are
27:45You've all got a
27:48Wolverine
27:49A lot of hairspray there
27:50You've done
27:51I've done it all
27:52You've had some famous hair
27:53Oh yeah
27:54What is that like?
27:55No one ever gives me a haircut
27:56Other than this
27:57This is
27:57That's it?
27:58You've had that since you were nine
27:59Pretty much
28:00Pretty much
28:01I remember going down to
28:02John's Barbershop when I was 13
28:03And saying
28:04Make me look like an adult
28:05And
28:06What about
28:07So do you enjoy the wigs and everything?
28:09I love it
28:09Really?
28:10Yeah
28:11My favorite of that was pan
28:13Because I got to shave my head
28:14Everyone should do that one point in your life
28:18Like just jump in the ocean with a shaved head
28:20Or have a bath
28:21Yeah
28:21Oh, it's the greatest
28:22I shaved my head once
28:23I took the show
28:24The old show
28:25We went and did a USO show
28:26In Baghdad for the troops
28:28Yeah
28:28And President Obama commanded General Odierno to shave my head on air
28:33Okay
28:33So he shaved my head on air
28:35And when I came back after a week over in Baghdad
28:37Evie said
28:38My wife said
28:39It's like sleeping with a stranger
28:41But she didn't say whether that was a good thing or a bad thing
28:46The voice you gave just then
28:48Yeah
28:49Made it sound like it was a good thing
28:50Yeah, I think so
28:50Maybe a little bit
28:51That's what I got
28:51Yeah
28:52So
28:52It's never a pain in the butt to have the long hair
28:55Van Helsing was like
28:56It was extensions
28:57And it took like
28:59They said the extensions are going to be a lot easier than doing a wig
29:01So it was like
29:02It took 12 hours
29:03And I got to tell you
29:04They would like weave it into the hair?
29:05Yeah, they weave it in
29:06And I got to tell you
29:08When you wake up in the morning
29:09And there's an extension on the pillow
29:11That is not hot
29:12That's not
29:13I'm like
29:15That's not sexy
29:16At all
29:16No
29:17Well, you're now starring in the new movie Song Sung Blue
29:21Which I can't wait to see
29:23But tell the people what it's about and who you play
29:25So some people think it's a Neil Diamond biopic
29:28But it's not
29:29It is a true story about Mike and Claire Sardina
29:32And here they are right there
29:33That's you and Kate Hudson
29:35That's me and Kate Hudson
29:35Yeah, Kate Hudson plays Claire
29:37So in the mid-90s in Milwaukee
29:38They were
29:39They met
29:40He was a Neil Diamond interpreter
29:42She was a Patsy Cline impersonator
29:44And they were sort of struggling to get by
29:46And they came together
29:47And they were magic
29:48His name was Lightning
29:49Hers was Thunder
29:50They were Lightning and Thunder
29:51They opened for Pearl Jam
29:53They were the bomb
29:54And then
29:55And their story
29:56It's just a beautiful, true love story
29:59About this working class couple
30:01Struggling with this crazy dream
30:03That one day they might get to a casino
30:05Or maybe perform on a cruise
30:07They weren't thinking of Madison Square Garden
30:09They were just
30:09They just wanted to get up
30:10And their life just goes
30:12Into places you cannot believe
30:14Like if you wrote it as fiction
30:16It would be thrown out
30:17But their story
30:17Ultimately
30:18For all the left turns
30:20They show up for each other
30:22They rescue each other
30:23And their whole community comes together
30:25And it's just a beautiful, true love story
30:28That is inspiring
30:29And hopefully
30:30This time of year in the holidays
30:31Gives everyone a lift
30:33Now, I was wondering whether
30:35Did you grow up listening to Neil Diamond?
30:37Because Hot August Night
30:39One of the greatest album
30:40One of the greatest live albums of all time
30:42Right
30:42You couldn't ride your bike
30:43Down a street in Australia
30:44Without hearing it
30:45Every third house
30:45Hot August Night
30:46So that was it
30:48And so I thought I knew Neil's music
30:50But when he gave
30:52By the way, Neil loved the movie
30:53And he knew
30:54Sorry, this movie's based on a documentary
30:56Which he'd seen
30:57So he gave his catalogue to us
30:59Which was incredible
31:00Because he doesn't give that away
31:01And he just
31:03That's when I got to really know his music
31:06That's when I got to listen to so many songs
31:08That I didn't know
31:09I mean, I knew Sweet Caroline
31:10I knew, you know, the hits
31:12But I just am such a fan
31:15He's a beautiful, beautiful songwriter
31:17Do you have a favorite, Neil Diamond?
31:18I love I Am I Said
31:19I Am I Said
31:21To no one there
31:24And no one heard at all
31:27Not even the chair
31:30Leaving me lonely still
31:34Why did I have the lyrics of everything?
31:37You've got to
31:38You've got to
31:39I'm jealous of something
31:41I don't often get jealous of my guests
31:43But I'm a huge Neil Diamond fan
31:44You did karaoke with Neil Diamond
31:47I did
31:47How did that happen?
31:49Because I invited myself to his house
31:51I did
31:52Did you just knock on the door?
31:54Kate Hudson went
31:56They're neighbors
31:57So she went over
31:57And she sent me a little thing
31:59Of her and Neil on the porch
32:00And literally an hour later
32:02Neil rang me
32:03It was a phone call
32:04And I picked it up
32:05It was Neil who'd seen the movie
32:07And was crying
32:07And he and his wife Katie
32:09Just loved it
32:10So I went
32:11I just got bowled
32:12And I said
32:12Hey I'd love to come over
32:13For like a cup of tea
32:14And there was a bit
32:16Of an awkward pause
32:17And Neil's like
32:18Um okay
32:19Yeah
32:19And Katie gets on the phone
32:22And Katie's like
32:22You know we live in Colorado
32:23I'm like
32:24Yeah
32:25That's cool
32:26I'll still come
32:27She goes
32:27So you want to
32:28Sleep the night?
32:29And I was like
32:30That'd be great
32:31Thanks
32:31So
32:31We had dinner
32:33And we sat down for dinner
32:35And I'll never forget it
32:37Neil Diamond
32:37Sitting at the head of his family
32:39He goes
32:39You want to do karaoke?
32:40I'm like
32:41Hell yeah
32:42Fantastic
32:43We did
32:43He sang I Dreamed a Dream
32:45It was the first song
32:46Solo
32:46Beautiful
32:47I asked him
32:47Why did you sing that song?
32:49And he goes
32:49That's such a pretty tune
32:50And then we sang
32:52Can't Help Falling in Love
32:53And then we sang
32:54Sweet Caroline
32:55Extraordinary
32:57Yeah
32:57Okay
32:57It was cool
32:59We're going to take another
33:01A little break here
33:02But stick around
33:03There is more Hugh Jackman
33:05To come everybody
33:05We're about two hours now
33:12Okay
33:13Hey everybody
33:14We're back
33:14With Hugh Jackman
33:16His new film is
33:17Song Sung Blue
33:18Your character in the film
33:20Says there's more to
33:21Neil Diamond
33:21Than Sweet Caroline
33:22Right
33:23And yet that's the most
33:24Popular Neil Diamond song
33:25Yeah
33:26And I'm
33:26What do you think
33:27It is about Sweet Caroline
33:29That makes it
33:30So powerful
33:31For so many people
33:31It's just such an
33:32Anthem
33:33It's like
33:33I don't know
33:34It's been adopted
33:35By the Red Sox
33:35But also the English
33:37Yeah
33:38They're the English football
33:39Soccer team
33:40Like you go to Germany
33:41You go to the races
33:42In Australia
33:42120,000 people
33:44Are singing it
33:44As though they've made it up
33:46And you can't go to a karaoke bar
33:48Without someone
33:49Singing it
33:50I just
33:50You know what
33:51You can't even say the words
33:54Without wanting to sing it
33:54Have you got a microphone
33:55I just
33:55I just
33:56I'm going to give you a mic
33:56I'm going to give you a mic
33:57Oh
33:58Oh
33:59Lewis
34:01Hey Lewis
34:05Hey Lewis
34:06You ready?
34:07Oh yeah man
34:08So I thought I might
34:09I thought I might sing
34:09Now I know what happens
34:11I've sung this song before
34:12In concerts
34:13And everyone wants to
34:14And you're going to
34:15Want to sing along
34:16But do me a favour
34:17Don't
34:17okay no it's just you're gonna ruin it you know okay you're not gonna ruin it's just i've got
34:23this is a surprise for you and i've got a few little lyrics changed but you're still
34:29gonna come in you know when to come in right i mean you know when to come in
34:36where you belong right here behind this desk sir
34:42you monologue at the best it's true yeah
34:52nights full of laughs
34:57even when time's get heavy and if we're lucky we get heavy too
35:04jokes oh yeah jokes
35:14telling jokes
35:18joking jokes
35:22joking me
35:25joking
35:27come on
35:37oh why do you have to go
35:41hey can i swear
35:46i just love this
35:48show
35:53and now performing have yourself a merry little
36:23christmas ladies and gentlemen our very own lewis cato and the late show band
36:37christmas past is past
36:43christmas present is here today
36:49bringing joy that may last
37:07have yourself a merry little christmas
37:19let your heart be the light
37:24from now on
37:25from now on our troubles will be out of sight
37:31from now on our troubles will be out of sight
37:35have yourself a merry little christmas
37:39a merry little christmas
37:40make the euletide
37:41make the euletide
37:42in a year our troubles will be miles away
37:52here we are
37:57here we are as in olden days
38:01happy golden days
38:05we are as in olden days
38:10faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us
38:18here we are as in olden days
38:25i know that in a year we are
38:27we will be together
38:29if the fates allow
38:33Until then we'll just have to muddle through somehow
38:41And have ourselves a merry little Christmas now
39:03In a year we all will be together
39:25If the faith allows
39:31Until then we'll just have to carry on somehow
39:42And have ourselves a merry little Christmas now
40:01Happy holidays, Laura
40:12Lewis Cato and the Late Show Band, everybody
40:16That's it for the Late Show in 2025
40:19Merry Christmas, happy holidays, good night!
40:27Thank you
40:29Thank you
40:30Thank you
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