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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A VERY OLD
FRIEND.
HE IS THE CREATOR AND STAR OF
NETFLIX'S NEW SERIES "SPACE
FORCE."
PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE
SHOW," STEVE CARELL!
 (  LAUGHTER  )
HEY!
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW YOU HOLDING UP?
>> Stephen: IT'S OKAY, IT'S
OKAY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE
KNOW HOW LUCKY WE ARE HERE AT
"THE LATE SHOW"" TO HAVE A JOB
THAT YOU CAN DO UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT PEOPLE
LIKE YOU ARE WILLING TO COME ON.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE,
EVEN UNDER-- OR ESPECIALLY UNDER
THESE STRANGE CONDITIONS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE
SHOW.
I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT
IN THE WORLD.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
NOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK AT
HOME A LOT RIGHT NOW-- WHICH IS
EVERYBODY-- PEOPLE ARE DOING
CHORES THEY HAVEN'T DONE IN A
LONG TIME.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE BEEN
ENJOYING A CHORE THAT YOU JUST
HAVEN'T HAD TIME FOR IN A WHILE.
>> YES.
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK I GOT A
POWER WASHER FOR POWER'S DAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE
ULTIMATE-- THAT'S A GREAT
FATHER'S DAY GIFT.
>> IT'S THE 1,500 P.S.I.
IT GETS BETWEEN THE GROUT.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> Stephen: IT GETS THE JOB
DONE, MAN.
>> IT REALLY DOES, YUP.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT ANY
BLACKHEADS?
HOLD STILL.
>> NO, THAT'S-- ACTUALLY, THAT
WAS-- THAT WAS FROM, LIKE, 8:00
UNTIL, LIKE, 2:00 IN THE
AFTERNOON TWO DAYS AGO.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID YOU DO?
WHAT DID YOU HIT?
>> I WAS-- YOU KNOW, I WAS
HITTING SOME PATIO, SOME PATIO
FURNITURE, YOU KNOW, BLAST AGO.
>> Stephen: ARE WE TALKING,
LIKE, MILDEW, GRIME?
WHAT ARE WE GETTING OFF THERE.
>> MILDEW, GRIME, COB WEBS.
IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT DOESN'T TAKE OFF THE PAINT.
IT TAKES OFF JUST ENOUGH.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE PHOTOS?
DID YOU TAKE PHOTOS.
BEFORE AND AFTERS?
>> NO, I'LL SEND SOME TO YOU, IF
YOU LIKE.
>> Stephen: PLEASE.
>> THOSE ARE VERY PERSONAL TO
ME.
>> Stephen: A LITTLE POWER
WASHING PORN.
OH, YEAH, BABY.
TAKE IT OFF!
TAKE IT ALL OFF!
>> CHECK THIS ONE OUT, STEPHEN!
>>
>> Stephen:  MMM-HMMM.
>> YOU LIKEY?
>> Stephen: WHO CHOOSES--
PEOPLE ARE WATCHING A LOT OF
THINGS TOGETHER.
I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE HITTING ALL
THE STREAMING SERVICES.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: INCLUDING NETFLIX,
WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A
MOMENT.
WHO PICKS?
WHO GETS TO PICK WHAT MOVIES?
IS THAT, LIKE, A VOTE OR WHAT DO
YOU WANT?
>> WE KIND OF GO AROUND.
YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS TAKING
A FILM CLASS RIGHT NOW IN
SCHOOL, AND SHE'S STILL TAKING T
IT ONLINE, OBVIOUSLY.
SO THERE ARE SOME MOVIES THAT
SHE HAS TO TAKE-- SHE'S TAKING A
"SATIRE IN FILM" CLASS, AND ONE
OF THE FILMS ON THE LIST WAS
"BLAZING SADDLES."
THE FOUR OF US SAT DOWN AND
WATCHED THAT.
WE WATCHED "GROUNDHOG DAY."
I GOT THEM TO WATCH "CITIZEN
KAIN F " FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> Stephen: A PRETTY GOOD
MOVIE.
>>UN WHAT, THAT HOLDS UP.
THAT ONE REALLY HOLDS UP.
IT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU SAY THIS,
"WAIT UNTIL YOU FIND OUT WHAT
THE SLED IS!
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING
AWAY!
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANYTHING
AWAY.
>> THE SLED THAT HE'S ON?
THAT WILL COME BACK LATER.
>> Stephen: REMEMBER THAT.
AND REMEMBER WHAT IT'S NAMED?
 (  LAUGHTER  )
BUT ENJOY.
ENJOY THE FILM.
>> IT'S A VERY SUBTLE THING, BUT
I WANT TO YOU NOTICE IT.
BUT I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF ON
CERTAIN-- CERTAIN SHOTS, LIKE
"OH, LOOK AT HOW THE CAMERA IS
GOING OVER THE TOP AND THEN IT
PUSHES DOWN IN.
THAT'S AMAZING!"
AND THEY ACTUALLY HAD A
BREAKAWAY CEILING THAT OPENED,
AND THE CAMERA WENT DOWN.
ANYWAY, ENJOY THE REST.
BUT I KEPT, LIKE-- THINGS THAT I
KNOW ABOUT THE MOVIE THAT I WAS
KIND OF DROPPING IN.
>> Stephen: SURE, SURE.
I'M THE WORST, THE SAME WAY.
THE SAME WAY.
WE DID-- I RECOMMEND THIS-- WE
DID, LIKE, A FULL TESTOSTERONE
RUN.
WE DID "TOP GUN."
>> OH, WOW!
>> Stephen: THEN WE DID-- WHAT
DID WE DO NEXT?
"THE RIGHT STUFF."
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
>> Stephen: AND THEN WE DID
"POINTBREAK"
WE DID THOSE THREE IN A ROW, ONE
NIGHT THE NEXT.
IT WAS-- WE HAD TO HOSE OUT THE
TESTOSTERONE OUT OF THAT ROOM.
>> WERE PEOPLE, LIKE, CHEST
BUMPING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> Stephen: EVIE AND I WERE.
EVIE AND I WERE CHEST BUMPING AT
THE END OF THE NIGHT.
WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO PLAY A
CHARACTER NAMED JOHNNY UTAH?
>> OR A CHARACTER NAMED CHESTY
BUMP.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU WERE
YOUNG AND YOU NEEDED THE MONEY.
>> EXACTLY.
THAT-- I DIDN'T THINK TWICE
BEFORE I SAID THAT, SO... THAT
CAME OUT ALL WRONG.
OH, WELL.
>> Stephen: AMERICA THANKS
YOU.
>> IT'S OUT THERE.
WHAT CAN I DO?
 (  LAUGHTER  )
>> Stephen: YOU'LL NEVER GET
IT BACK, AND NOW WE'RE EACH JUST
MINUTES CLOSER TO DEATH.
KEEP IT LIGHT.
 (  LAUGHTER  )
KEEP IT LIGHT, COAL-BERT.
NOW, YOU HAVE GIVEN-- YOU HAVE
GIVEN ALL OF US YOUR GIFT TO THE
WORLD IS THAT YOU AND GREG
DANIELS, OF COURSE, CREATED "THE
AMERICAN OFFICE," HAVE GIVEN US
SOMETHING NEW TO BINGE ON
NETFLIX.
IT'S "SPACE FORCE" WHICH I WANT
TO WATCH BECAUSE OF THE TITLE.
I KNOW NOTHING ELSE.
>> WELL, NEITHER DID WE.
>> Stephen: HOW DID IT COME
ABOUT?
>> IT'S FUNNY YOU SAY THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT CAME
ABOUT.
NETFLIX HAD A MEETING OF THEIR
EXECUTIVES, AND ONE OF THEIR
EXECUTIVES SAID-- THIS WAS RIGHT
AROUND THE TIME OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE REAL SPACE
FORCE, AND ONE OF THE EXECUTIVES
THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A FUNNY
IDEA FOR A SHOW, BASED ON
NOTHING BUT THE TWO WORDS.
STOW THEY CALLED ME AND SAID,
"IS THIS A SHOW YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING?"
AND I SAID, "YES."
AGAIN, BASED ON NOTHING.
AND THEN I CALLED GREG DANIELS,
WHO HAD DEVELOPED THE AMERICAN
VERSION OF "THE OFFICE," AND I
SAID, DO YOU WANT TO DO A SHOW
CALLED "SPACE FORCE?"
AND HE SAID YES.
AGAIN, BASED ON ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING BUT THE TITLE.
>> Stephen: FUN FACT: THAT'S
HOW ORSON WELLS CAME UP WITH
CITIZEN CAIB.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SOMEONE SAID WOULD YOU WANT
TO MAKE A MOVIE CALLED CITIZEN
KANE, AND HE SAID YES.
>> HE BACKED INTO IT.
>> Stephen: WHO ARE YOU IN
"SPACE FORCE?
>> ?
>> I'M FOUR-STAR GENERAL MAKER
NAIRD.
AT THE BIG PRESENTATION I'M MADE
AWARE I'M STARTING SPACE FORCE,
THAT I'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH
THE BEGINNINGS OF THAT.
I'M NOT TOO HAPPY TO BEGIN WITH,
BUT I END UP, YOU KNOW, TAKING
ON THE RESPONSIBILITY AND GOING
FOR IT.
>> Stephen: HEY, WOULD YOU
I'VE WANT TO GO TO SPACE?
>> NO.
>> Stephen: COME ON.
>> NOT --
>> Stephen: YOU WOULDN'T WANT
TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?
>> NOT A TINY BIT OF ME WOULD
EVER WANT TO DO THAT.
I LIVE IN FEAR OF DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THAT I UNDERSTAND
YOU WOULD LOVE TO GO TO SPACE.
>> Stephen: I WOULD.
LISTEN, I'M TERRIBLE WITH
HEIGHTS.
AND I'M NOT GREAT WITH-- I'M NOT
GREAT WITH, LIKE, ACCELERATED
FLYING.
I FLEW WITH THE THUNDERBIRDS.
>> REALLY.
>> Stephen: I FLEW WITH THE
THUNDERBIRDS, AND I'M STILL
WAITINGINAR TO FEEL LIKE A GOOD
IDEA.
>> I DON'T-- YEAH, THAT WOULD
NOT BE FOR ME.
NO.
AS FAST AS, THERE'S ONE SCENE--
THERE'S A WHOLE EPISODE WHERE I
WEAR A SPACESUIT QUITE EIGHT
BIT.
IT WAS PROBABLY A SPACESUIT FROM
A 1953 SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
IT WASN'T ONE OF THE MNDERS
SUITS.
>> Stephen: YOU CRAWLED INSIDE
ROBBIE THE ROBOT.
>> IT BASICALLY WAS THAT.
THE ARMS SORT OF ARTICULATED,
BUT NOT REALLY.
AND IF YOU MOVED TOO HARD, YOU
WOULD PINCH YOUR ARM INSIDE T
THE-- OF IT.
AND THEY HAD TO LOWER YOU INTO
IT VIA A SMALL CRANE BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO WAY TO JUST SNAP IT
ON.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS
CLAUSTROPHOBIC.
>> AND THEN THEY LOWER THE TOP
ON TO YOU.
AND THERE WAS A FAN THAT YOU
COULD TURN ON, BUT ONLY-- ONLY
IF YOU WERE STATIONARY.
>> Stephen: IF YOU MOVED YOU--
>> IF YOU MOVED YOU HAD TO
DISCONNECT IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO
BE HOOKED UP TO SOMETHING.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> SO YOU COULDN'T OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DESERT RUNNING,
SORRY, NO FAN.
WHICH SEEMS COUNTER-INTUITIVE.
>> Stephen: THERE ARE VERY FEW
DESDESERTS IN SPACE, THAT'S WHY.
>> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: STEVE, THIS BEING
A NETWORK.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
STICK AROUND.
WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE STEVE
CARELL.
