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00:01The number two official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Greg Phillips, claimed
00:07that he has been involuntarily teleported twice, once to a Waffle House.
00:12I was with my boys one time and I was telling I was going to go to Waffle House.
00:18And I ended up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was.
00:22I said, that's not possible, you just left here like a long way to go.
00:27Do you love waffles and teleportation?
00:29Wish you could combine them both?
00:32Introducing Greg Phillips Teleportation Waffles, made with whole milk, vanilla and other stuff.
00:37Here's how they work.
00:39Simply enjoy your teleportation waffles and then about two hours later, you'll be instantly
00:43transported to someplace new, like the back of a cop car or in your underwear on a trampoline.
00:50Scientists don't know how these waffles work, they just know they're a good time.
00:54So pick up Greg Phillips Teleportation Waffles today and we'll see you in the space-time continuum
01:00or at the Waffle House.
01:01It's the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
01:07Tonight, April Fuels, plus Stephen Welcomes, Meryl Streep, and musical guest Maggie Rogers.
01:21Featuring Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine.
01:25And now, live on tape from the Ed Sullivan Theatre in New York City, it's Stephen Colbert!
01:54Welcome, welcome one and all in here, out there, Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.
02:01Welcome to the Late Show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
02:03Here, folks, it was a big night on all the broadcast networks.
02:09Donald Trump, at 9 o'clock, gave a national primetime address.
02:14It was concise, intelligent, and brought the nation together with shared purpose.
02:26April Fools.
02:27Trump, way ahead of you.
02:32Way ahead of you, Chief.
02:35Trump gave his speech tonight on the first night of Passover.
02:41So whether you're Jewish or not, I recommend having had four glasses of wine.
02:48Now, I haven't seen the speech yet.
02:50One, because we actually taped the show a little before 6 o'clock.
02:53Also because I put lamb's blood around my TV so the speech would pass me by.
03:08In teasing his remarks, the administration promised an important update on Iran.
03:13My fellow Americans, my fellow Americans, we are ending our war in Iran.
03:20Actually, let me back up a second.
03:22We're doing a war in Iran.
03:25I forget why.
03:27Is it part of Venezuela?
03:31Where'd that go for?
03:32Trump's been all over the map when it comes to Iran.
03:35First, he said he wouldn't leave until the Strait of Hormuz is open.
03:39Yesterday, he said he doesn't care about the Strait of Hormuz.
03:42And this morning, he said unless Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz,
03:45he'd bomb them into the Stone Age.
03:47But all that flip-flopping is just part of his plan,
03:50according to an unnamed member of his administration, who said,
03:54this isn't 3D chess.
03:56It's 12-dimensional.
03:58He contradicts himself regularly so nobody knows what he's thinking.
04:02It's on purpose.
04:04Yes, it's cunning.
04:06No one knows what Donald Trump is thinking.
04:09Not even Donald Trump.
04:10Because...
04:11Think about it.
04:12No, follow me down the rabbit hole here.
04:14No.
04:15Oh.
04:16Gears within gears.
04:17Because if he knew what he was thinking, he might let it slip.
04:21That's why he keeps his mind perfectly blank.
04:25Like nature's most cunning opponent, the goldfish.
04:32While Trump may be close to ending the bombing campaign of Iran,
04:38he's still hell-bent on blowing up the Constitution.
04:40And this morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Trump's
04:45executive order to end birthright citizenship, which the 14th Amendment
04:49has guaranteed for more than 150 years.
04:51Yes, birthright citizenship.
04:53Yes, thank you.
04:55I didn't do it, but thank you.
04:59Birthright citizenship is as American as mom, apple pie, and baseball,
05:04literally, because 150 years ago was also when Major League Baseball
05:08played its first game.
05:10Fun trivia, that first game?
05:13Almost over.
05:17Today's...
05:18Today's hearings...
05:21They didn't have that pitching rule back then.
05:23Today's hearings were a little spicier than normal,
05:27because Trump personally went to the hearings, making him the first sitting U.S. President
05:32to attend Supreme Court arguments.
05:34Well, that is just mob boss-level intimidation.
05:37In fact, is this...
05:39We actually...
05:39I've been told we actually have footage of Chief Justice Roberts waking up this morning.
05:44Ah!
05:46Ah!
05:48Ah!
05:50Trump...
05:51There you go.
05:52Trump announced...
05:54The horse is fine.
05:56The horse is fine.
05:58Trump announced that he would be attending the hearing yesterday in the Oval Office.
06:03The Supreme Court tomorrow is going to hear arguments about your executive order trying to get
06:08rid of birthright citizenship.
06:10And I'm going.
06:11You're going to go to the Supreme Court tomorrow?
06:13I do believe.
06:14So, fair warning, the Supreme Court knew he was coming.
06:19I wonder how the justices prepared for that.
06:22We drank beer.
06:24Good.
06:25I recommend it.
06:27That would be nice.
06:27Now, if you're wondering...
06:34If you're wondering how President Adderall could sit through a whole day of legal proceedings,
06:40the answer is that he couldn't.
06:41The justices did not buy any of his administration's arguments.
06:45So, midway through the morning...
06:51So, midway through the morning, a humiliated Trump stormed out of the catastrophic Scottish
06:57hearings.
07:06Humiliated or just confused?
07:08Well, that was awkward.
07:10All nine of them were the same black moomoo.
07:14The worst production of Sister Act I've ever seen.
07:18Whoopi was terrible.
07:19Whoopi was absolutely awful.
07:27Despite Trump's best efforts, there is some good news.
07:38NASA is back, baby, and I'm psyched like a bike, because if everything goes according
07:43to plan, tonight, NASA launched their Artemis II moon mission, okay?
07:49And, shh, if you're really quiet, you can hear the sound of every dad in the country going,
07:54shh, honey, they're successfully loading the liquid hydrogen into the propellant tank.
07:59This is the happiest day of my life.
08:01I love you, Jim Lovell.
08:05Am I a Steliite missile man?
08:10This is a huge deal, because Artemis II is NASA's first manned mission to the moon since 1972.
08:17That one...
08:18I remember that one.
08:20I'm old enough to remember that one.
08:22That one was Apollo 17, when the crew consisted of Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot
08:30Harrison Jack Schmidt, and the entirety of Fleetwood Mac.
08:35Yeah.
08:36They went to the moon, and they did not get along.
08:40Now, Artemis II won't land on the moon this time, but it will slingshot around the moon
08:45before heading home, just like in that Frank Sinatra song.
08:49Fling me to the moon, and throw me like an angry bird.
08:58Now, it's a slingshot.
09:00It's a slingshot.
09:06Yeah, low gravity, that's how I can jump so much.
09:09On this mission, the four astronauts on board will travel farther from Earth than any human
09:14before, setting the stage for the Artemis III test flight in 2027, and the Artemis IV moon
09:20landing in 2028.
09:22Ooh, I love a good franchise.
09:25After Artemis IV, we'll see Artemis V, the way of water.
09:29Artemis VI, money never sleeps.
09:31And Austin Powers III, the Artemis who shagged me.
09:36They...
09:37You know, you need a lot of Velcro and a bungee cord.
09:40You need Velcro and a bungee cord for that.
09:43The four astronauts on board are Commander Reed Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover,
09:48Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen.
09:54Wait, hold on, wait, wait.
09:56That isn't right.
09:56I don't see Katy Perry in there.
10:00Is it really a space mission if Jeff Bezos hasn't welded a terrified Gail King into a metal tube?
10:09Gail.
10:10The...
10:12Fly me to the moon, and let me play...
10:16The Artemis II mission is full of historic firsts.
10:19The crew includes the first woman, first person of color, and the first Canadian on a lunar mission.
10:26And...
10:29Guess what?
10:30They were all on my show when they first announced the launch in 2023.
10:36Wow.
10:362023.
10:38Man, remember that?
10:39That was great.
10:40Yeah.
10:412023.
10:42A lot can happen in three years.
10:43They're going to the moon, and I'm going to...
10:47Watch them go to the moon.
10:48Everybody...
10:49Everybody wins.
10:51Once the rocket has left Cape Canaveral, the crew will spend ten days in a spacecraft with
10:56about as much interior space as two minivans, and they'll eat from a menu including couscous
11:01with nuts, barbecue beef brisket, and broccoli au gratin.
11:06That could have used some better planning.
11:08Hey, guys!
11:09Who's ready to gorge themselves on nuts, beef, and cheesy broccoli while sharing as much interior
11:14space as two minivans?
11:19Can we crack a window?
11:21Is it okay to crack a window?
11:30There's a new controversy from the White House, and it's extra crispy stupid, because
11:36back in November, yeah, of course it was November, it was Thanksgiving, they did their annual
11:40turkey pardoning, and they took some photos like they always do.
11:44It was barely news at the time, and it wouldn't be news now if it weren't for the fact that
11:48a wire service removed a photo of Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt because it was reportedly
11:54unflattering.
11:55Okay.
11:57Come on.
11:59We're all adults here.
12:01How bad could it possibly...
12:05Okay.
12:12Admittedly...
12:13Admittedly, not a great angle for her.
12:16Or the turkey.
12:18Or really, that angle's not good for anybody.
12:21Here, I'll show you.
12:22Can we go to this camera right here?
12:24Hi.
12:27Hi.
12:29Hey.
12:41Am I pretty, Daddy?
12:45But...
12:48That's why this guy always shoots me from the top a little bit, a little bit there.
12:51But then, uh, them's the breaks, you know, when you're photographed all the time.
12:55Things didn't get weird until shortly after the photo was released when the image was scrubbed
12:59from the Getty Images Library.
13:01Now, while the photo company claims that they weren't directly ordered to remove the picture,
13:07they were made aware the White House did not approve.
13:11Oh, my God, the White House pulled a mother-in-law.
13:13Oh!
13:14Oh, that's what you're wearing to Easter brunch?
13:17Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
13:19It's not a...
13:19It's me.
13:20It's just me.
13:21I'm...
13:22I'm from an older generation where people tried.
13:27Uh-huh.
13:34I have to say, those pants are, uh, brave.
13:40Bottom line, the administration does not want you to see that photo.
13:44Which photo, you ask?
13:46This photo right here.
13:50And if any of the people here in the Ed Sullivan can't see the screens,
13:54we went ahead and put it up in the dome.
13:58Remember...
14:01Remember, everybody, you're on your honor.
14:04Do not look.
14:06We got a great show for you tonight.
14:09My guest is Meryl Streep, and when we return,
14:12I will show you something much cuter than puppies.
14:16Stick around.
14:38Welcome back.
14:39Give it up for Lewis Kato and the Great Big Joy Machine.
14:42Right over there, y'all.
14:44I love it.
14:46Folks, you, um, you may be familiar with the segment we do here on the
14:50show called Rescue Dog Rescue, where we help find homes for real
14:54rescue dogs, and I'm proud to say that we have a perfect record of
14:57every single puppy getting adopted.
15:03And as the show's coming to an end, I thought maybe I could do the
15:06same for my staff, who'll soon be looking for jobs.
15:09This is Rescue Staff Rescue.
15:19Hey, everybody.
15:22Here's how she works.
15:23On Rescue Dog Rescue, we make up incredible and flattering lies
15:26about little puppies to maximize their chances of being adopted by you.
15:31But on Rescue Staff Rescue, I'm going to tell you about actual, insane,
15:36humiliating, and wonderful things my staff had to do in service of comedy
15:40and the show to help make them even more hireable.
15:43Here we go.
15:47This, this here, good to see you.
15:53This is my producer, Jonah Meyerson.
15:56Jonah had the distinct honor of once being my butt double for a mock-up.
16:01Jonah, what do you have to say about this honor?
16:03Uh, my wife has always said I have the ass of a 61-year-old man.
16:09Enjoy.
16:11This is Scott Sonata, one of our accountants.
16:15Good to see you, Scott.
16:17Scott is, uh, the one who has to go through all our receipts for random props,
16:21like sex toys for sketches and sex toys for the monologue.
16:25Pretty much just sex toys.
16:27Scott, how many dollars would you say the show has spent on sex toys?
16:32Well, I don't know, but the teleprompter says 69.
16:37Nice. Very nice.
16:38Nice to have done.
16:42This young lady is Rachel Whitaker.
16:45Nice to have you here, Rachel.
16:47Rachel is an exceptional editor who has added more fart sound effects
16:51into serious historical footage than she can possibly count.
16:55Rachel, tell the folks where you went to college.
16:57I went to Harvard.
17:00I'm sorry.
17:01I'm sorry, you went where?
17:04Hartford.
17:06That's right.
17:07That's right, you did.
17:10Veritas.
17:12This is my great producer.
17:14Hi, Carly.
17:15Hi.
17:15This is Carly Hillman back in 2015 for one of our test shows.
17:19For reasons that must have made sense at the time,
17:21Carly had to spend a day supervising an actual live chicken name
17:25Vindaloo.
17:26Here's a pic of Carly with Vindaloo's eggs.
17:30And I bet that 11 years later, Vindaloo is living a happy life
17:32with Carly and her family.
17:33Right, Carly?
17:35Well...
17:35Say, Carly.
17:38Just got to ask, where did you go to college?
17:40Also, Hartford.
17:42Thanks, Carly.
17:43This is...
17:47This is...
17:48This is RJ Sackdev from our cold open department.
17:51Good to see you, RJ.
17:52RJ had to sit shirtless in a hot tub with a raw turkey on camera
17:58for a cold open sketch.
18:00What happened after that?
18:01My doctor says I have something called super double salmonella.
18:07And I hear you're now in several textbooks.
18:09Good for you.
18:12This...
18:18This is Brandon Marianacci, my head of research,
18:21which means all these years, every day,
18:23he's had to put on a snorkel and swim through the sewer of the news.
18:26Like last year when Trump first attacked Iran during Pride Month
18:29and Brandon had to field questions about Iran's nuclear program
18:33while also, the same day, weighing in on whether
18:36we could say the word twink on TV.
18:40So, Brandon, I got to ask you...
18:42Thanks for asking, Stephen. I'm holding up okay.
18:44No, no, no.
18:45I, uh, I want to ask, can I say twink on TV?
18:49Depends on the context, but maybe not for long
18:50because it seems like we're headed into a bear market.
19:00I don't, um...
19:02I don't follow that.
19:04I know.
19:09This...
19:09This young lady is...
19:11is Maya Lani.
19:13Maya is our very funny writer's assistant
19:16who, among other things, has been tasked with helping to clear
19:19the idiotic things that we write with the network,
19:21which means she has to send actual professional texts
19:24that say things like,
19:26okay to say, sit on your own balls here.
19:30Okay to say, go to hell, you dead pervert.
19:34And, hi, can we say, big old...
19:39Maya...
19:41Is there anything, Maya, that you'd like to say now that the show is ending?
19:46Yeah, just that I'm going to miss my colleagues tremendously.
19:49This has been among the greatest honors of my life.
19:52And also, big old...
19:55Thank you, Maya.
19:58This is just some of my staff.
20:03They are the best in the biz.
20:05They are the pros from Dover.
20:07Ladies and gentlemen, grab them now for a late night show, or whatever else.
20:13Maya.
20:13Take all the...
20:14Take all the...
20:15This is my...
20:16...Bernard Streep.
20:30Hey!
20:34Yes, sir.
20:36Welcome back.
20:38Everybody.
20:39Folks!
20:42You know my guests tonight, and if you don't, I don't want to know you.
20:45Please welcome Meryl Streep.
21:12Nice hoist.
21:17Hi.
21:28Hi.
21:29Hi.
21:29Hi.
21:30Yeah, people are very excited to see Meryl Streep, as you can tell.
21:38Well, thank you.
21:39Thanks for being here.
21:40I know you don't do a ton of this, and we just love having you here.
21:43I've spoken to you once before during COVID over Zoom.
21:46In my house.
21:47Yeah, yeah.
21:48And I didn't get the same reception.
21:51No.
21:52They were...
21:53You got...
21:56Yeah.
21:57For those 15 months, we got a lot of respectful silence.
22:02Wow.
22:02And I love your sweater.
22:05Well, yeah.
22:06That's a very beautiful blue.
22:07Yeah.
22:08I realize I match your chairs.
22:10Yes.
22:11You're just a floating head right now.
22:14This is...
22:15That's how I feel all the time, really.
22:17Lately.
22:18Yeah, no, this is Annie Hathaway's outfit from the first Devil Wears Prada.
22:24Yeah.
22:27That's not any blue.
22:29No, that's cerulean, cerulean blue.
22:33Well...
22:35Okay, people are very excited about Devil Wears Prada 2 to come out.
22:38But before we get to that...
22:41Before we get to that, you're already in the number one movie of the year right now,
22:48because you have one uncredited line in Project Hail Mary.
22:53Yeah.
22:53And I got to say, if you haven't seen it, she nails it.
22:58And how did that...
22:59It's fantastic.
23:00It's a really great little moment there.
23:01How did that come about?
23:03I don't know, because I haven't seen the movie.
23:04Oh!
23:05I don't know.
23:06Oh, you're going to laugh.
23:06No, it was...
23:08I'm...
23:09Amy Pascal is a friend.
23:11She produced lots of wonderful movies, including Little Women that I was on.
23:16That's why I...
23:16I mean, I've known her for a long time, and she's the producer of that.
23:19She asked me if I would do it.
23:21We were working on another film in London, and I said, sure.
23:25Ryan Gosling's in it?
23:26God!
23:28Yeah.
23:29And it's just the two of you there.
23:30Yeah.
23:31He said that you made quite an impression on him.
23:36Uh...
23:36Uh...
23:36Oh.
23:37In 2017, when you adjusted his tie...
23:40Yeah.
23:40...at an awards show.
23:42Look at that.
23:43Ladies, find yourself a man who looks at you the way Ryan Gosling looks at her street.
23:50Oh, my God.
23:53It's so sweet.
23:54There you go.
23:55I know.
23:55Did he make an impression on you?
23:57He did.
23:58He was with his mother, and she didn't fix his tie.
24:01And I pointed that out to her.
24:05Yes.
24:05She was lovely.
24:06And he said she's very nervous about her hairdo.
24:10And her hair looked way better than mine, as you can say.
24:16And I told her so.
24:17I just really, we had a nice evening.
24:20Sometimes those things are weird, you know, the award shows.
24:23You're sitting next to people you don't know, and I'm sort of shy, believe it or not.
24:28And so, yeah.
24:29And then there are those nights that you lose, you know.
24:32Nineteen of those nights.
24:34Nineteen of those nights.
24:35Yes.
24:35Yeah.
24:36I'm not counting, but...
24:37And then you think, these things are stupid.
24:39Why do we do this?
24:41Let's go back to the Devil Weights Prada, the OG, the original one for 20 years ago.
24:47Yeah.
24:47When you first were making this movie, even when it first came out, did you have any sense of just
24:52the absolute grip it would have on the cultural zeitgeist for 20 years?
24:57It's never let it go.
24:58I mean, there's no moment in which I don't want to say, why is no one ready?
25:04Did you know?
25:05Did you have a sense of it at all?
25:06No, we didn't.
25:07No?
25:07No.
25:08I mean, I was just basically imitating Mike Nichols that whole time.
25:12Okay, I want to talk about that, because everybody thinks you're doing Anna Wintour, okay?
25:17Yeah, no.
25:17But I found out, we had a conversation someplace else years ago, and you said, no, it's Mike Nichols.
25:22What is it about Mike that you grabbed for that?
25:25It's a cross between Mike Nichols and...
25:28If Mike Nichols and Clint Eastwood had a baby, it would be Miranda Priestley.
25:32I'd watch that movie.
25:35It would be that, because they, just the command on the set of, and Mike would do it sort of
25:41with a sly humor.
25:43And Miranda has, she knows that what she's saying is sort of snide, but she knows it's kind of funny,
25:49too.
25:49Yes.
25:50And that little way of doing things is, people take as mean, but it's funny, you know?
25:56Right.
25:59I think it's funny.
26:00Yes.
26:00Yes.
26:01And also, strangely calm the whole time.
26:04And Clint never raised his...
26:04Calm, yeah.
26:04Because Clint never would raise his voice.
26:07He would direct, and people had to lean forward to hear what he was saying.
26:12Oh.
26:13And he'd say, well, that was all right.
26:15I think...
26:18I think let's move on.
26:19And everybody...
26:20You know, they'd...
26:21Wow.
26:22He'd often shoot the rehearsal.
26:25Yeah.
26:25And then move on.
26:26So his crew was like, you know, on the edge of their seats.
26:30Wow.
26:30I mean, on the balls of their feet.
26:32They were...
26:33No one was sitting down.
26:34Except me.
26:36Did you ever tell Clint that...
26:39No, but I told Mike, and he was thrilled.
26:44We have to take a quick break.
26:45Oh.
26:45We're right back with more Meryl Streep, everybody.
26:58Hey, we're back.
26:59We're back, friends, with Meryl Streep from The Devil Wears Prada 2.
27:07I'm just curious, what...
27:08As, you know, as a great actress, what do you expect from a great director?
27:12What do you want?
27:13To be left alone.
27:16Really?
27:17I've learned my lines.
27:18I have an idea.
27:19You'll see?
27:21No, but the idea that if they're coming in, they're watching, and they go,
27:27and cut, and you can just tell by the way they're getting up that there's like five things, and your
27:36confidence just erodes and just...
27:41Oh, wow.
27:41Dribbles off into the...
27:43Even yours.
27:43You can be undermined.
27:45Yeah.
27:45Yeah.
27:46And if on the first few, this is like a little tip to directors, the first few, you just sit
27:52there and you go, oh, that's fantastic.
27:56Please, another one.
27:58You know.
28:01Write that down.
28:02I know.
28:03I'm gonna write that down.
28:05Please.
28:06Another one.
28:10No, no.
28:11The ones who, you know, setting it up and who they assemble in the cast and who they put together,
28:17that's where the chemistry happens.
28:18Yeah.
28:19And if you trust the script, and the script is great, you know, these get good actors together, and they're
28:26happy, and they feel trusted with the material.
28:30They play.
28:31And play is what you want to see.
28:33Even in a drama.
28:34Yeah.
28:35Yeah.
28:38Okay.
28:40So, back to the present.
28:42The whole gang is back together.
28:44Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep.
28:47The movie takes place 20 years later.
28:50And we actually have a clip here.
28:53Do you need to set this up?
28:54Is it clear what's about to happen?
28:56Yeah.
28:56Yes.
28:58Okay.
29:01It's been 20 years.
29:03And Andrea has gone, I can't call her Andy.
29:06It drives me Andy.
29:08I can't say that.
29:10Andrea has gone off and done good work in journalism.
29:15She has worked for a sort of an investigative journalistic outlet, a paper.
29:24And at the beginning of the film, all of the media, all of the, even runway, is under siege by
29:33our new digital overlords.
29:36Yeah.
29:36What's that like?
29:49And so, she's out of a job.
29:53Some things disintegrate in this new atmosphere.
29:55And so, she needs a new job.
29:58And series of circumstances lead her to this moment, where she comes back to runway.
30:04And I was not aware that she had been hired.
30:09Got it.
30:10All right.
30:10Yvonne?
30:14So, he said that runway needs to take control of the narrative of the Speed Pass story and restore credibility.
30:25And he thought someone with my expertise would be a good idea.
30:29But I thought that for sure you had approved and were excited.
30:33And that's why I came in here all like, ow!
30:41Amari?
30:42Yes?
30:42Get Ashley on the phone, please.
30:47Hi. Good morning, Miranda.
30:49Yes, Ashley. Flag on the play.
30:50We don't need you this morning. Or ever.
30:53So, pack up your things.
30:55And HR will be in to see you shortly.
30:59Happy?
31:00You just cost Cornell summa cum laude her job.
31:05First in her family to go to college, I believe.
31:08Anyway, come along.
31:10Come on.
31:15Some things don't change.
31:16That was my line.
31:18That was so exciting.
31:23That's exciting.
31:32So, Miranda is just as sweet as ever, clearly.
31:35Now, when this was being shot here in the city, paparazzi was all over the place.
31:40Trying to figure out who was coming.
31:41Everybody was coming back.
31:42What the guest stars were and everything.
31:44That must have been a little bit hairy at times.
31:47Yeah.
31:47I think the production was trying to put people off the scent of that.
31:51Yeah.
31:51I'm just curious.
31:52Imagine it wasn't that way the first time, 20 years ago, was it?
31:54No.
31:55No.
31:56I mean, 20 years ago, it was categorized as a chick flick.
32:01And that designation has kind of not worn well, you know?
32:07After Barbie and Mamma Mia and other films that completely catch the studios by surprise.
32:19That people want to see them.
32:21Because they have girls in the center of the story.
32:24Women in the center of the story.
32:26So, they were not.
32:27We had to scrabble for our budget.
32:30Yeah.
32:30And that was true.
32:32I think I've talked to Greta about it.
32:33But that was true with Barbie a little bit.
32:36Um, in comparison to what they spend on other films.
32:39This one, honey, they spent the money.
32:47Well, we have to take another break here.
32:49But we will be back with more Meryl Streep.
32:52Please join us.
32:59Friends, we're back with the star of The Devil Wears Prada 2.
33:03You know her.
33:04You love her.
33:05She's Meryl Streep.
33:07Well, you brought it up.
33:09You brought it up.
33:10Legally, I am required to ask you about Mamma Mia.
33:14Here we are.
33:16I've had basically all of your co-stars on the show.
33:22I've asked Christine Baranski and Randall of Cy Fred and Stellan Skarsgård and everybody else if they would do Mamma
33:28Mia 3.
33:29And since I have you here, Meryl Streep, would you be into doing Mamma Mia 3?
33:36Damn, yes.
33:39There it is.
33:43There it is.
33:44You know, I don't think Colin Firth has ever recovered from this moment in spandex.
33:57And I remember when Pierce Brosnan and he came out of the dressing rooms and looked at each other up
34:05and down and Colin said, I need socks.
34:13Some dignity.
34:15Some dignity.
34:17Oh.
34:20Meryl, I don't know how to put this.
34:22Yeah.
34:22But this is the interview.
34:24We've had the interview.
34:25I'm excused?
34:25No.
34:26Oh.
34:27No.
34:28I don't want it to be over.
34:30Oh.
34:30Is there anything that I did not ask you that you would like to touch upon having to do with
34:34the world of entertainment or movies or the world in general?
34:37Oh.
34:40Well, yes.
34:41I hope that the Save America Act, if that passes, all the married women that have changed their names are
34:56going to have to go to the registrar and prove that they are who they are.
35:02In other words, to your voting registrar.
35:06This is what I understand.
35:07Otherwise, when you get to the voting booth in November, you might be disqualified because your name doesn't on your
35:15birth certificate doesn't match your name on the voting rolls.
35:19So everybody has to get and you and this is such a pain in the neck because you have to
35:30go.
35:30But do it because otherwise you'll be turned away.
35:33And I think that women need to be heard, especially when you're trying.
35:43Thank you, Meryl.
35:46The Devil Wears Prada 2 is in theaters on May 1st.
35:50Meryl Streep, everybody.
35:52We'll be right back with a performance by Maggie Rogers.
36:00We'll be right back with a performance by Maggie Rogers.
36:13Performing a cover of the classic One For My Baby, ladies and gentlemen, Maggie Rogers.
36:47We'll be right back with a performance by Maggie Rogers.
36:48I think you should know, we're drinking my friends to the end of a sweet episode.
37:04Oh, to make it one for my baby and one more for the road.
37:21Got the routine to put another nickel in the machine.
37:33Oh, I'm feeling so bad, wish you'd make the music so dreamy and sad.
37:48You could tell me a lot, but it's not in the gentleman's court.
38:01Oh, let's make it one for my baby and one more for the road.
38:16Oh, you may not know it, but you're a kind of poet and you've had a lot of things to
38:26say.
38:30And when I'm gloomy, you always listen to me until it's torn away.
38:46Well, that's how it goes.
38:50Stephen, I know you're getting ready to close.
39:00So thanks for the cheer.
39:04I hope you didn't mind me bending your ear.
39:15For all of the tears, for the laughs, for the cheer, for the class that you should make.
39:31One for my baby and one more for the road.
39:52Oh, let's go to the side of the road.
39:53Oh, that road.
40:08Oh, that road.
40:19Maggie Rodgers, everybody.
40:22Good night.
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