>> JAMES: WELCOME TO THE
SHOW.
I HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD DAY.
EVERYONE IN THE STUDIO IS
REMAINING -- ARE YOU OKAY,
ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR
MASK?
>> Reggie: YES, I WAS TAKING
IT OFF AND REALIZED I HAD THE
WRONG SEQUENCE.
>> James: YOU WENT TOO LATE
WITH THE MASK REMOVAL AND HAD
YOUR EARS IN.
>> Reggie: YES.
>> James: THESE ARE THE THINGS
WE HAVE TO GET USED TO.
WE'RE ALL DOING IT SOCIALLY
DISTANT.
>> Reggie: WE'RE DOING IT.
>> James: MEAN WHILE, IAN, I
FEEL YOU AND
I HAVE BECOME EMOTIONALLY
DISTANT.
I FEEL YOU DRIFTING AWAY, IAN,
WHY IS THAT?
>> I'M AFRAID IF WE GET ANY
CLOSER WE MIGHT BE TOO
VULNERABLE AND YOU WILL HURT ME.
>> James: I'LL NEVER HURT YOU,
IAN.
>> CONTINUE YOU LIE TO ME.
>> James: LOOK AT ME.
I'LL NEVER QUIT YOU.
WHAT'S THAT NOISE?
YOU'RE POURING A DRINK.
WE'VE LITERALLY JUST STARTED!
WE'VE STARTED THE SHOW AND
THAT'S -- WHAT WERE YOU POURING?
WHAT WERE YOU POURING?
DRINK IT OUT OF THE CAN!
JUST DRINK IT OUT OF THE CAN!
( LAUGHTER )
WE HAVE A FUN SHOW TONIGHT.
WE'LL BE CHATTING WITH JOSEPH
GORDON-LEVITT.
LATER WE'LL HAVE A MUSIC
PERFORMANCE FROM THE AMAZING
JEREMY ZUCKER.
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE
BMY MOTHER, BUT IT'S TOO HOT NOW
THERE'S NO WAY OF SAYING IT
WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE YOUR MOM.
BUT IT'S TOO WARM FOR ME.
IT'S ALL ANYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
IS IT'S TOO WARM.
I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS THIS
MORNING AND THEY DID A WHOLE
SECTION ON HOW TO FRY AN EGG ON
THE HOOD OF A CAR.
IS THAT WHERE WE ARE WITH
WARMTH?
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SHOW
PEOPLE AT HOME IT'S TOO HOT, THE
FRYING OF FOOD ON A CAR?
>> Reggie: YEAH.
>> James: IT DIDN'T WORK.
NO ONE'S EATING THAT EGG.
>> IT'S ALWAYS AN EGG,ETH ALWAYS
A CAR.
IT'S SO HOT, YOU COULD MAKE
LASAGNA IN A WHEELBORO.
>> James: THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE
TO SEE.
>> Reggie: YES.
>> James: IT'S HOT BUT IS IT
LASAGNA WHEELBARROW HOT?
>> Reggie: YES.
>> James: BUT THE HEAT IS
PUTTING A LOT OF STRESS ON THE
ELECTRICAL GRID.
SO THE UTILITY COMPANIES HAVE
ISSUED A "FLEX ALERT."
WHICH IS ACTUALLY, IRONICALLY
WHAT I USED TO BE CALLED BACK IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
"FLEX ALERT CORDEN," THEY CALLED
ME.
HEAR HE COMES, FLEX ALERT.
( LAUGHTER )
IT MEANS WE'RE HAVING ROLLING
BLACKOUTS.
OUR ELECTRICITY COULD GO OUT AT
ANY TIME.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING.
"HOW CAN MY LIFE CARRY ON IF I
CAN'T WATCH THE SHOW?"
BUT DON'T WORRY.
THE CAMERAS ARE ALL ON
GENERATORS, AND WE'VE GOT A
CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR THE LIGHTS.
WE HAVE A PLAN, DON'T WE, GANG?
>> YEAH!
>> James: FORGET "THE LATE
LATE SHOW,"
WE'RE "THE PREPARED PREPARED
SHOW."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
NOW, EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
CONVENTION THAT KICKED OFF
LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT OF A
CAREFULLY ORCHESTRATED
FOUR-NIGHT EVENT DESIGNED TO
RAMP UP EXCITEMENT TO A LEVEL
WHERE DEMOCRATS GO, "YEAH, I
GUESS I'M OKAY WITH BIDEN.
FINE.
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
SURE."
( LAUGHTER )
"YEAH, YEAH, I'LL DO IT."
BUT MICHELLE OBAMA ABSOLUTELY
BLEW UP SOCIAL MEDIA WITH HER
SPEECH.
REG, DID YOU SEE IT?
>> Reggie: WHOO, IT WAS
INSANE.
I WAS CRYING.
>> James: IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
HERE'S ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
HAVE A LOOK.
>> SO LET ME BE AS HONEST AND
CLEAR AS I CAN,
DONALD TRUMP IS THE WRONG
PRESIDENT FOR OUR COUNTRY.
HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME
TO PROVE THAT HE CAN DO THE JOB,
BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN OVER HIS
HEAD.
HE CANNOT MEET THIS MOMENT.
HE SIMPLY CANNOT BE WHO WE NEED
HIM TO BE FOR US.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> HUH...
>> JAMES: IT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND WHAT IT IS, IS A SICK BURN.
WHEN I SAY "IT IS WHAT IT IS,"
I SOUND LIKE A DAD WHO DOESN'T
REALLY KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT.
WHEN SHE SAYS IT, IT'S LIKE
"YES!
IT IS!
ONE: OH, MY GOD, I MISSED
MICHELLE OBAMA.
AND TWO: IT WOULD SUCK TO GET
DUMPED BY MICHELLE OBAMA.
>> Reggie: OH, YES.
YOU CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS
IT IS WHAT IT IS."
( LAUGHTER )
SHE SAID, "HE HAS HAD MORE THAN
ENOUGH TIME TO PROVE THAT HE CAN
DO THE JOB, BUT HE IS CLEARLY IN
OVER HIS HEAD."
AND THEN MELANIA TRUMP WAS LIKE,
"YOU HAVE TO LET ME PLAGIARIZE
THIS ONE."
( LAUGHTER )
AND SHE CONCLUDED HER SPEECH
BY HAVING THIS TO SAY:
>> SO IF YOU TAKE ONE THING FROM
MY WORDS TONIGHT, IT IS THIS: 
IF YOU THINK THINGS CANNOT
POSSIBLY GET WORSE, TRUST ME,
THEY CAN, AND THEY WILL, IF WE
DON'T MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS
ELECTION.
IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF ENDING
THIS CHAOS, WE HAVE GOT TO VOTE
FOR JOE BIDEN LIKE OUR LIVES
DEPEND ON IT.
>> JAMES: I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE
INSPIRED OR TERRIFIED IN MY
LIFE.
I WAS WATCHING IT, LIKE, YEAH...
LET'S -- OH, I HOPE SO!
ALSO, I THINK SHE CAME UP WITH A
PRETTY APPROPRIATE SLOGAN FOR
TRUMP'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
"IF YOU THINK THINGS CAN'T GET
WORSE, TRUST ME, THEY CAN."
( LAUGHTER )
BUT THE SPEECH TRENDED ALL DAY
ON TWITTER, AND FOR GOOD REASON.
EVERYONE LOVED IT.
EVERYONE HAS BEEN SAYING THE
SAME THING, THAT IT STRUCK THE
PERFECT TONE TO KICK OFF THE
CONVENTION.
EVEN JOE BIDEN WATCHED THE
SPEECH AND WAS LIKE, "WELL
SHE'S GOT MY VOTE."
( LAUGHTER )
HERE'S HOW EFFECTIVE MICHELLE
OBAMA'S SPEECH WAS: EVEN FOX
NEWS LIKED IT.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THE NIGHT,
THE FIRST VIRTUAL CONVENTION OF
OUR HISTORY, I THINK THEY WOULD
SAY MICHELLE OBAMA STRUCK THE
LANDING.
>> SHE FLAYED, SLICED AND DICED
DONALD TRUMP, TALKING ABOUT THE
CHAOS AND CONFUSION AND LACK OF
EMPATHY ESPECIALLY COMING FROM
THIS PRESIDENT AND THIS WHITE
HOUSE.
>> JAMES: THAT WAS FOX NEWS.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
FOX NEWS!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
FOX NEWS!
2020 JUST GETS WEIRDER AND
WEIRDER.
FOX NEWS LIKED MICHELLE OBAMA'S
SPEECH?
THAT'S LIKE THE DISCOVERY
CHANNEL COMING OUT AS STAUNCHLY
ANTI-SHARK WEEK.
THAT'S A SHAME.
( LAUGHTER )
THAT'S A SHAME.
THAT'S A SHAME.
WE WERE ON A RIGHT RUN THERE,
GUYS.
WE CAME OFF CLIFF BIG, AND THEN
WE JUST -- WE WENT WITH THE
SHARK WEEK.
>> REALLY HAD HIGH HOPES FOR
THAT ONE, SHARK WEEK JUST
HAPPENED, TOO.
THOUGHT IT WAS A ZEITGEIST.
NOTHING.
>> James: NOT EVEN CLOSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
THAT JOKE?
>> WHAT'S THAT?
>> James: IT IS WHAT IT IS.
>> Reggie: COULDN'T MEET THE
MOMENT.
>> James: COULDN'T MEET THE
MOMENT!
>> Reggie: BURN!
>> James: IMAGINE THAT'S THE
MOMENT REREALIZED NONE OF THAT
HAD BEEN NAILED DOWN.
( LAUGHTER )
HOW DID HE DIE?
WE DID THIS SHARK WEEK JOKE
BECAUSE IT HAD JUST BEEN SHARK
WEEK, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS
FUNNY.
IN HIS DEFENSE, BEN DIDN'T LIKE
IT, BUT THEN REGGIE SAID HE
DIDN'T MEET THE MOMENT, AND HE
FELL, AND IT'S A 100-FOOT DROP!
( LAUGHTER )
LOOK HOW HIGH WE ARE!
LOOK HOW HIGH UP WE ARE!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT'S A
STRAIGHT DROP!
AND THAT WAS IT.
YEAH, GONE NOW.
GONE NOW.
>> FIVE GOOD YEARS.
FIVE GOOD YEARS.
>> James: NO, I HAVE TO ON THE
AIR FOR FIVE AND A HALF, THREE
YEARS.
>> THREE GOOD YEARS.
THREE GOOD YEARS.
( LAUGHTER )
>> James: OF COURSE, NOT
EVERYBODY LIKED WHAT MICHELLE
OBAMA HAD TO SAY ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP, NAMELY DONALD TRUMP.
>> SHE GETS THESE FAWNING
REVIEWS.
IF SHE GAVE A REAL REVIEW IT
WOULDN'T BE AS FAWNING.
>> James: FOX NEWS JUST
PRAISED THE SPEECH FROM MICHELLE
IF ANYTHING, THE COUNTRY HAS
NEVER BEEN MORE UNITED.
IT WAS AN AMAZING SPEECH.
THE CONVENTION CONTINUED WITH
JILL BIDEN.
I HOPE MICHELLE OBAMA WROTE
LINES FOR THEM, TOO.
DON'T THANK ME.
IT IS WHAT IT IS.
( LAUGHTER )
>> THERE'S A SHARK WEEK JOKE IN
THERE YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE.
>> James: JILL, GO WITH THE
SHARK WEEK STUFF.
IT'S BLOWING UP RIGHT NOW.
THEN ON WEDNESDAY, WE'LL HEAR
FROM BARACK OBAMA.
HE WAS IN THE NEWS TODAY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA JUST RELEASED A
NEW PLAY LIST OF SONGS.
DID YOU SEE THIS IN?
TO HELP HIM GET THROUGH 2020.
YEAH.
THE PLAY LIST INCLUDES MUSIC
FROM
BILLIE EILISH, CHILDISH GAMBINO,
SHERYL CROW, AND MEGAN THEE
STALLION'S "SAVAGE" REMIX WITH
BEYONCEEÉ.
I'M GOING TO SAY IT, I LOVE
BARACK OBAMA.
I THINK HE'S INCREDIBLE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS HIS
ACTUAL PLAYLIST.
( LAUGHTER )
YEAH, I SAID IT.
( BOOING )
I BELIEVE SHERYL CROW, AND
CHILDISH GAMBINO, BUT I DON'T
BELIEVE HE'S WALKING AROUND
LISTENING TO "SAVAGE."
THE REMIX!
HE'S 59 YEARS OLD.
IF YOU HAD AN UNCLE WHO DID THAT
, PICKED YOU UP FROM THE AIRPORT
AND YOU GOT IN AND HE WAS
LISTENING TO THAT, YOU WOULD BE,
LIKE, UNCLE ROGER, THIS IS
REALLY WEIRD.
I JUST THINK BARACK OBAMA WAS,
LIKE, THIS IS COOL AND I GET IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM MY
ACTUAL PLAY LIST.
I WON'T GIVE THEM ACT ONE OF
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.
I MIGHT PUT ONE IN THERE.
AND THEN MIX IT UP.
WHAT WOULD BE A REAL PLAY LIST
AND WHAT WOULD BE A FAKE PLAY
LIST?
>> Reggie: I GUESS THE REAL
PLAY LIST WOULD BE LIKE "TEEN
AGE DREAM" BY KATY PERRY.
( LAUGHTER )
>> James: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
>> Reggie: IT'S A PERFECT POP
SONG.
>> James: AS PERFECT POP SONG.
>> Reggie: BUT FOR REAL, I
WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE "ALIEN
SEX FIENDS."
>> James: YOU WOULD HAVE ACTS
NO ONE WOULD KNOW AND WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO QUESTION.
WE WOULD BE, LIKE, THEY'RE
BRILLIAT, YES.
>> GABORA.
>> James: I WOULD BE I LOVE
IT.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TRACK?
OH, I LIKE ALL OF THEM.
IF I HAD TO BE PUSHED, TRACK 3.
BUT ALSO, WE LOOKEDT AT BARACK
OBAMA'S LIST.
ARE THOSE THE RIGHT SONGS TO GET
YOU THROUGH 2020?
I THINK WE NEED A MORE ACCURATE
PLAY LIST.
IN FACT, WE PUT ONE TOGETHER
RIGHT HERE.
R.E.M.'S "IT'S THE END OF
THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT."
"WORK FROM HOME" BY FIFTH
HARMONY AND TY DOLLA SIGN.
"DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME" BY
THE POLICE.
SIX FEET AT LEAST.
AND OF COURSE, "HELP!" BY THE
BEATLES.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
THAT'S OUR LIST.
IT'S REAL.
IT'S REAL.
MOVING ON, WE'VE ALL SEEN THOSE
PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADS ON TV
WHERE AT THE END IT SAYS "SIDE
EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE" AND THEN
THEY LIST A LONG SET OF SIDE
EFFECTS.
WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT SIDE
EFFECTS AREN'T JUST FOR DRUGS
( SOUND )
WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> ROLLING BLACKOUT!
>> James: GO TO THE
CONTINGENCY PLAN!
EVERYBODY, CONTINGENCY!
GET READY, GUYS!
♪ SO HOT ♪
>> James:
♪ IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES
♪ I AM GETTING SO HOT
IM GONNA TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF
♪ IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES
♪ I AM GETTING SO HOT
I'M GONNA TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF
♪ IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES
♪ I AM GETTING SO HOT
I'M GONNA TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF
♪ IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES
♪ I AM GETTING SO HOT
 ♪
>> James: OKAY, WE'RE GOOD!
THE POWER'S BACK!
CHECK IT OUT!
YEAH!
WERE YOU FLOSSING DURING THE
BREAK?
>> Reggie: I WAS FLOSSING.
>> James: GIVE US YOUR BEST
FLOSS.
THERE IT IS!
NOW HE'S FLOSSING!
HA HA!
HE'S STILL GOING!
>> ROLLING BLACKOUT!
>> James: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF
"THE LATE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY!
LET'S GO! ♪
♪ IT'S GETTING HOT IN HERE
SO TAKE OFF ALL YOUR CLOTHES
♪ I AM GETTING SO HOT
I'M GONNA TAKE MY CLOTHES OFF
>>> BACK WITH MORE OF "THE LATE
LATE SHOW"!
