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>> Announcer: TONIGHT ON
"LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS."

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE.
STAR OF "THE MARVELOUS

MRS. MAISEL," ACTRESS
RACHEL BROSNAHAN

AN ALL NEW "CLOSER LOOK.
FEATURING THE 8G BAND WITH

NIKKI GLASPIE.
AND NOW SETH MEYERS.

>> Seth: WELCOME TO "LATE
NIGHT.

COMING TO YOU FROM CAPTAIN OAK'S
DORM ROOM.

THE SHIP IS ALSO A BONG.
LET'S GET TO THE NEWS.

PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS INTERVIEWED
LAST NIGHT BY FOX NEWS

CONTRIBUTOR DR. MARK SIEGEL.
AND LIKE EVERY DOCTOR WHO'S EVER

INTERVIEWED TRUMP, HE'D LIKE TO
RUN SOME MORE TESTS.

DURING THE INTERVIEW PRESIDENT
TRUMP SAID THAT HE ASKED A

DOCTOR TO TAKE A COGNITIVE TEST

BECAUSE HE WANTED TO SHUT UP THE
FAKE NEWS AND BOY, DID HE,
BECAUSE IT JUST GOT REAL

>> PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA,
TV

>> Seth: MR. PRESIDENT, CAN YOU
ALSO POINT OUT THE OCEAN

BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO WALK INTO
IT

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE
DECOR IT HAS TO BE NEARBY.

YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GOING TO FIND IT ON MY

OWN.
THAT'S RIGHT

PRESIDENT TRUMP BRAGGED THAT HE
WAS ABLE TO PASS A COGNITIVE

TEST ADMINISTERED BY HIS DOCTOR.
SAID TRUMP, "TURNS OUT I'M A

TOTAL MIRANDA.
AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I

ASSUMED ‐‐ I THINK WE ALL
ASSUMED SAMANTHA

DURING A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL EVENT
YESTERDAY FORMER VICE PRESIDENT

JOE BIDEN SAID THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS THE FIRST RACIST TO

WIN THE PRESIDENCY AND THEN HIS
STAFF GAVE HIM A NEW COVID MASK

TO WEAR UNTIL NOVEMBER
AH, JOE.

I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT
AT LEAST TEN PRESIDENTS HAD

SLAVES AND YOU WERE IN POLITICS
WHEN NIXON WAS PRESIDENT

I'VE GOT TO SAY I'M NOT LOOK
FORWARD TO JOE'S NEW SLOGAN,

"OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT."
THE MAYOR OF PORTLAND, OREGON

WAS HIT WITH TEAR GAS EARLY THIS
MORNING AFTER HE JOINED PROTESTS

OUTSIDE A FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
OR AS FOX NEWS REPORTED IT

"CHAOS ERUPTS IN STREETS
FOLLOWING OBAMA PRESIDENCY."

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN CHIP ROY
CRITICIZED PRESIDENT TRUMP

YESTERDAY FOR HIS WELL WISHES
FOR ACCUSED SEX TRAFFICKER

GHISLAINE MAXWELL AND HE SHOULD.
YOU DON'T WISH SOMEONE WELL

WHO'S ACCUSED OF SEX
TRAFFICKING.

HELL, MIKE PENCE WON'T EVEN WISH
SOMEONE WELL WHO WAS ACCUSED OF

SEX.
THE MAYOR OF BALTIMORE ANNOUNCED

YESTERDAY THAT INDOOR DINING HAS
BEEN SUSPENDED DUE TO THE

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WHILE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA RESTAURANTS

UNVEILED A NEW SPECIAL CALLED
ALL YOU CAN TOUCH.

YOU'LL BE FINE JUST ‐‐ WE'RE ALL
GOING TO BE FINE

EVERYONE'S OVERREACTING.
TOUCH ALL THE FOOD AND THEN JUST

EAT A LITTLE BIT AND LEAVE THE
OTHER FOOD YOU TOUCH FOR

EVERYBODY ELSE
AFTER THREE MONTHS OF NO

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS, TODAY WAS
OPENING DAY OF MAJOR LEAGUE

BASEBALL
AND THIS IS COOL

THE FLORIDA MARLINS TIED THEIR
ATTENDANCE RECORD.

AND FINALLY, TAYLOR SWIFT
ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT SHE WILL

RELEASE A NEW SURPRISE ALBUM AND
NO ONE'S MORE SURPRISED ABOUT IT

THAN HER
THAT WAS THE MONOLOGUE,

EVERYBODY.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU

TONIGHT.
I'LL BE TALKING TO FORMER VICE

PRESIDENT AL GORE, PLUS FROM

"THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL"
RACHEL BROSNAHAN WILL BE HERE.
BUT FIRST "A CLOSER LOOK."

>> Seth: HELLO, EVERYONE AND
WELCOME BACK TO THE CAPTAIN'S

QUARTERS
A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING

BEFORE WE STARTED, IT HAS NOW
BEEN 136 DAYS SINCE MY LAST

HAIRCUT.
AND WHILE I MANAGED TO TAME IT

PRETTY WELL FOR THE SHOW, I
CAN'T STRESS TO YOU HOW LONG

IT'S GETTING
I MEAN, YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL

WHEN I TURN MY HEAD TO THE SIDE
LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE BACK IS

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A MULLET AND A
DUCK TAIL.

♪ DUCK TALES WOO‐OOH ♪
BUT OF COURSE, GROWING IT LONG

IS PART OF MY SUMMER PROJECT TO
GET JAMES SPADER'S LOOK FROM THE

1986 FILM "PRETTY IN PINK.
YOU KNOW, THE STEFF.

IT'S BASICALLY A THREE‐STEP
PROCESS.

ONE, GROW YOUR HAIR.
TWO, BUY A LINEN SUIT.

AND THREE, DRINK TWO TABS A DAY.
ALL THIS IS LAID OUT IN

THE 1987 VHS INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO
"THE RIGHT STEFF."

YEAH, TWO CASSETTES.
AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW

YOU HOW LONG MY HAIR IS RIGHT
NOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK AT

IT AND THINK LIKE I'M GOING
CRAZY.

>> SETH, YOU'RE NOT CRAZY.
>> Seth: THANK YOU, TALKING SEA

CAPTAIN PAINTING
SPEAKING OF COGNITIVE DECLINE.

>> SEGUE
>> Seth: AS HIS POLL NUMBERS DIP

TO NEW LOWS, THE PRESIDENT IS
SENDING MORE FEDERAL OFFICERS TO

CITIES AND TRYING TO CONVINCE
PEOPLE HE'S TAKING THE

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SERIOUSLY
OH, AND ALSO HE'S DESPERATELY

TRYING TO PROVE TO PEOPLE HIS

BRAIN WORKS.
FOR MORE ON THIS IT'S TIME FOR
"A CLOSER LOOK."

>> Seth: THERE ARE LOTS OF
THINGS YOU'D LIKE FOR THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO BE OBSESSED WITH AT A MOMENT

LIKE THIS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT, FOR EXAMPLE,

IF THE PRESIDENT WAS OBSESSED
WITH SUPPRESSING THE CORONAVIRUS

AND SETTING UP A RIGOROUS SYSTEM
OF TESTING, TRACING AND

ISOLATION.
OR IF THE PRESIDENT WAS OBSESSED

WITH ENDING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND
POLICE BRUTALITY OR ENDING

POVERTY OR ENSURING THAT THE
TENS OF MILLIONS OF OUT OF WORK

AMERICANS AND THE MANY MORE WHO
FACE EVICTION OR LOSS OF HEALTH

INSURANCE HAD THE HELP THEY NEED
TO SURVIVE

INSTEAD WE HAVE A PRESIDENT
WHO'S OBSESSED WITH PROVING TO

EVERYONE THAT HIS BRAIN WORKS.
LAST NIGHT DURING AN INTERVIEW

ON FOX NEWS HE YET AGAIN BROUGHT
UP THE COGNITIVE TEST HE TOOK

THAT HE SUPPOSEDLY ACED.
YOU KNOW, THE ONE THEY GIVE YOU
TO SEE IF YOU HAVE DEMENTIA.

>> SO THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THE
HOSPITAL, PROBABLY A YEAR AGO,

LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, I
ASKED A DOCTOR

I SAID, IS THERE SOME KIND OF A
COGNITIVE TEST THAT I COULD

TAKE
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT

IT
BECAUSE I WANT TO SHUT THESE

PEOPLE UP.
I SAID TO THE DOCTOR, IT WAS

DR. RONNY JACKSON.
I SAID, IS THERE SOME KIND OF A

TEST
AN ACUITY TEST

AND HE SAID THERE ACTUALLY IS.
AND HE NAMED IT, WHATEVER IT

MIGHT BE
AND IT WAS 30 OR 35 QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST QUESTIONS ARE VERY
EASY

THE LAST QUESTIONS ARE MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT.

LIKE A MEMORY QUESTION
IT'S LIKE YOU'LL GO PERSON,

WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV
SO THEY SAY COULD YOU REPEAT

THAT
SO I SAID YEAH

SO IT'S PERSON, WOMAN, MAN,
CAMERA, TV

OKAY
THAT'S VERY GOOD

>> Seth: OH, MY GOD.
HE CAN NAME FIVE OBJECTS IN HIS

FIELD OF VISION.
HOW DOES HE DO IT?

SEND THIS MAN HIS MacARTHUR
GENIUS GRANT

GET MENSA ON THE PHONE
THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO SEE

THIS
IT'S LIKE IF THE MINDS OF

EINSTEIN, HAWKING, KASPAROV AND
JOBS WERE ALL ROLLED INTO ONE

AND THEN STUFFED INSIDE THE BODY
OF AN ALCOHOLIC WALRUS

SERIOUSLY, DUDE, IT'S NOT A TEST
TO SEE HOW SMART YOU ARE

IT'S A TEST TO SEE IF YOU'RE
OKAY

WHEN THE REFEREE ASKS A BOXER
WHAT CITY HE'S IN, IT'S NOT A

GEOGRAPHY TEST
THIS IS A TEST THEY GIVE

GRANDPAS TO SEE IF THEY CAN KEEP
LIVING IN THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE

GOD FORBID YOU MISS A PAYMENT ON
YOUR REVERSE MORTGAGE THIS

DUDE'S GOING TO COME AND TAKE IT
AWAY

OH, I KNOW
I KNOW HE SAYS IT'S NOT A TRICK

TO TAKE YOUR HOUSE BUT ARE YOU
REALLY GOING TO TRUST A

75‐YEAR‐OLD MAN WITH A BROWN
MUSTACHE

EVEN THE INTERVIEWER HAD THE
FACE OF SOMEONE WHO HAD WANDERED

AWAY FROM A WHITE HOUSE TOUR AND
JUST WANTED TO FIND HIS FAMILY

"MARK MET THE PRESIDENT ON OUR
TRIP TO D. C.

"OH, HOW WAS THAT?
"IT WAS BAD.

I'M PRETTY SURE THE FIVE THINGS
ON THE TEST ARE HARDER THAN

PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV
EVEN THE SEA CAPTAIN COULD

REMEMBER THAT.
>> PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA,

TV
PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV

PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV
>> Seth: I'M GOING TO TEST YOU

LATER.
SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW WHO ELSE CAN

LOOK AROUND THE ROOM AND NAME
OBJECTS THEY SEE

A 2‐YEAR‐OLD
ARE YOU SURE YOU DIDN'T

ACCIDENTALLY SEE A PEDIATRICIAN?
WHEN YOU WENT IN FOR THE

APPOINTMENT DID THE DOCTOR ALSO
MEASURE YOUR HEAD SIZE AND GIVE

YOU A MEASLES SHOT
"I'M NOT SAYING I ACED THE TEST,

BUT I DID ‐‐ I DID GET TWO
LOLLIPOPS, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS."

THIS IS HOW THEY TEST PEOPLE
DURING BRAIN SURGERY TO MAKE

SURE THE DRILL DOESN'T GO TOO
DEEP

"PERSON, MAN, WOMAN, CAMEL,
CAMEL, CAMEL."

OKAY, OKAY, LET'S ‐‐ LET'S PULL

IT BACK A LITTLE
ALSO CAN WE GO BACK TO THIS
PART

>> I SAID IS THERE SOME KIND OF
A

TEST
AN ACUITY TEST

AND HE SAID THERE ACTUALLY IS.
AND HE NAMED IT, WHATEVER IT

MIGHT BE
>> Seth: HE TOLD ME THE NAME OF

THE MENTAL ACUITY TEST BUT I
CAN'T REMEMBER IT.

"IF MEMORY SERVES, IT WAS THE ‐‐
PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV

TEST."
HONESTLY, IT'S NOT THAT CRAZY TO

FORGET THE NAME OF THE TEST.
UNLESS IT'S A MEMORY TEST AND

YOU WERE PLANNING TO GO ON TV
AND BRAG ABOUT ACING IT.

HE'S LIKE AN EIGHTH‐GRADER WHO
TELLS HIS BUDDY HE HAS A

GIRLFRIEND AND WHEN THEY ASK
WHAT HER NAME IS HE SAYS I

FORGOT
YOU'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR

FOLLOW‐UP QUESTIONS, DOG
DON'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO

BRING UP A TEST YOU CLAIM PROVES
YOUR MENTAL ACUITY IF YOU CAN'T

EVEN REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT
IT'S LIKE TELLING SOMEONE, WELL,

I GUESS I'M GOING TO HARVARD
BECAUSE I SCORED A 1,600 ON MY

S.O.T.s.
BY THE WAY, HOW ARE YOU DOING,

BACK THERE, CAPTAIN?
>> PERSON, WOMBAT, VAN, SONATA,

E.T.
PERSON, WOMBAT, VAN, SONATA,

E.T.
PERSON, WOMBAT, VAN, SONATA,

E.T.

>> Seth: OH, SEA CAPTAIN
BUT TRUMP ‐‐ TRUMP JUST KEPT ON
TALKING.

OTHER QUESTIONS.
OTHER QUESTIONS.

AND THEN 10 MINUTES, 15 MINUTES
LATER THEY SAY, REMEMBER THE

FIRST QUESTION
NOT THE FIRST BUT THE TENTH

QUESTION
GIVE US THAT AGAIN

CAN YOU DO THAT AGAIN?
AND YOU GO PERSON, WOMAN, MAN,

CAMERA, TV
IF YOU GET IT IN ORDER, YOU GET

EXTRA POINTS
THEY SAID NOBODY GETS IT IN

ORDER.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT EASY.

BUT FOR ME IT WAS EASY
>> Seth: PERSON, WOMAN, MAN,

CAMERA, TV, AREN'T THOSE THE
WORDS OF A TALKING HEADS SONG?

♪ PERSON WOMAN MAN CAMERA T
HEY ♪

THOSE SOUND LIKE THE WORDS YOU
CAN'T SAY ON THE TABOO CARD FOR

"ULTRA‐SOUND."
YOU SOUND LIKE TARZAN REVIEWING

THE SEASON PREMIERE OF "THE
MORNING SHOW."

PERSON
WOMAN.

MAN.
CAMERA

TV
TARZAN GIVE FIVE STARS

THE TIMING OF THIS PSYCHOTIC
EPISODE COULDN'T BE ANY BLEAKER

BECAUSE THE MEDIA JUST SPENT A
FULL NEWS CYCLE FALLING FOR THE

SAME RUSE THEY'VE CONSISTENTLY
BEEN SUCKERED INTO FOR THE LAST

FIVE YEARS, THE IDEA
DONALD TRUMP HAS CHANGED HIS

TONE ON THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC

AND THEN USING THE WORD "RUSE"
VERY CHARITABLY HERE

NORMALLY A RUSE WOULD BE LIKE AN
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST

MASTERMIND CONSTRUCTING AN
ELABORATE PLOT TO LURE JAMES

BOND INTO HIS VOLCANO LAIR WHILE
HE PREPARES TO ATTACK THE

WORLD'S OIL RESERVES WITH A
GIANT LASER.

IN TRUMP'S CASE, HIS TEAM JUST
GETS HIM TO READ A PREPARED

STATEMENT BY SLIPPING A VALIUM
INTO HIS BIG MAC THE WAY YOU'D

HIDE YOUR DOG'S ARTHRITIS PILLS
IN HIS KIBBLE.

MEANWHILE, SECRET POLICE ARE
ABDUCTING AND ATTACKING PEACEFUL

PROTESTERS IN PORTLAND AND THE
PRESIDENT SAYS HE'S SENDING MORE

FEDERAL OFFICERS INTO CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIKE CHICAGO.

SO LET'S COMPARE HIS APPROACH ON
THE TWO ISSUES OF PROTESTERS AND

THE CORONAVIRUS.
HERE'S TRUMP YESTERDAY

ANNOUNCING HIS PLAN TO SEND
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

INTO CITIES THAT DON'T WANT
THEM, DON'T NEED THEM, AND ARE
ACTIVELY TRYING TO STOP THEM

>> TODAY I'M ANNOUNCING A SURGE
OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INTO

AMERICAN COMMUNITIES PLAGUED BY
VIOLENT CRIME.

THE FBI, ATF, DEA, U. S. MARSHAL
SERVICE AND HOMELAND SECURITY

WILL TOGETHER BE SENDING
HUNDREDS OF SKILLED LAW

ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CHICAGO
TO HELP DRIVE DOWN VIOLENT

CRIME.
THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN

THEY'RE GOING TO WANT US TO GO
IN FULL BLAST.

WE ARE READY, WILLING AND ABLE
TO GO IN THERE WITH GREAT FORCE.

>> Seth: GO IN FULL BLAST.
TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN CITIES

LIKE HE'S INVADING THEM.
FULL BLAST SOUNDS LIKE A

[ BLEEP ] ACTION MOVE AN
ASPIRING SCREENWRITER WOULD BE

TYPING UP IN A STARBUCKS
INTERIOR WHITE HOUSE

PRESIDENT BAD‐ASS LOOKS AT THE
SEXY LADY DOCTOR AND SAYS FIVE

WORDS SHE'LL NEVER FORGET.
PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV

HER TOP FALLS OFF.
SHE ASKS HIM TO STAY BUT HE

CAN'T.
BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR FULL

BLAST.
THAT'S ALSO NOT HOW YOU TYPE

IT'S CHILLING TO THINK OF TRUMP
EXPANDING THE ABUSIVE AND

UNCONSTITUTIONAL TACTICS WE'VE
SEEN IN PORTLAND TO OTHER

CITIES
TRUMP'S SECRET PARAMILITARY

FORCE HAS BEEN ABDUCTING
PEACEFUL PROTESTERS OFF THE

STREETS AND STUFFING THEM INTO
UNMARKED VANS WITHOUT

IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES OR
TELLING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE

GOING OR WHY THEY'VE BEEN
ARRESTED

THEY SHOT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IN
THE HEAD, BROKEN THE HAND OF A

NAVY VET WHO ASKED THEM TO
REMEMBER THEIR OATHS, AND USED

TEAR GAS AND BATONS TO ATTACK A
PEACEFUL PROTEST GROUP CALLED
THE WALL OF MOMS

>> FEDERAL AGENTS ARE MARCHING
THROUGH THE STREETS USING WAR

TACTICS, INCLUDING TEAR GAS ON
PROTESTERS

LAST NIGHT A GROUP OF MOMS KNOWN
AS THE WALL OF MOMS.

THESE WOMEN IN YELLOW SHIRTS
WEARING HELMETS AND GOGGLES

ALONG WITH A GROUP OF FATHERS
ARRIVED TO CHEERS.

AND THEN THEY LINKED ARMS TO
PROTECT THE PROTESTERS

>> I FEEL THAT THEY DEPLOYED
THAT SO THAT THE CAMERAS CAN'T

SEE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AND
THEN THEY UNLAWFULLY ARREST

MOMS
FOUR OF MY MOMS WERE ARRESTED.

>> Seth: IS THERE ANYTHING MORE
BAD‐ASS THAN A WALL OF MOMS?

WHAT BULLY WOULDN'T BACK DOWN
FROM THAT?

"WHERE'S YOUR LUNCH MONEY,
PUNK?"

"OH, IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE
BEHIND THE WALL OF MOMS.

"HUH
OKAY

WELL, ACTUALLY, I HAD A BIG
BREAKFAST TODAY.

SO WHY DON'T YOU KEEP YOUR
MONEY?

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE
TO BE MORE CARTOONISHLY EVIL

BUT THEN TRUMP DECIDED TO MAKE
HIMSELF THE ANTI‐MOM PRESIDENT

WHAT'S NEXT?
IS HE GOING TO FIRE BOMB AN

APPLE PIE AT A BASEBALL GAME
THIS IS THE CLEAREST SIGN YET

THAT TRUMP HAS MOM ISSUES SINCE
EVERY OTHER SIGN

SO TRUMP ANNOUNCED A PLAN TO
DISPATCH VIRTUALLY EVERY FEDERAL

LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AT HIS
DISPOSAL TO CRACK DOWN ON

PEACEFUL PROTESTS AND INVADE
CITIES THAT DON'T EVEN WANT

THEM
FULL BLAST

NOW LET'S HEAR HIS PLAN TO
ADDRESS THE RAGING PANDEMIC HE'S

NEGLECTED FOR SIX MONTHS AT THE
COST OF MORE THAN
140,000 AMERICAN LIVES

DEVELOPING A STRATEGY THAT'S
GOING TO BE VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

WE'VE DEVELOPED THEM AS WE GO
ALONG.

>> Seth: YOU'RE DEVELOPING A
STRATEGY NOW

WHAT'S THE RUSH, MY MAN?
IT'S ONLY BEEN SIX MONTHS.

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS
WHOLE TIME

STUDYING UP FOR THAT COGNITIVE
TEST

"ALL RIGHT, SHOW ME THE FLASH
CARDS AGAIN.

PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA, TV
ALL RIGHT?

I'M GOOD TO GO
LET'S TAKE THE TEST.

SEA CAPTAIN, BY THE WAY, DO YOU
STILL REMEMBER ALL FIVE THINGS

>> KFBR392
KFBR392.

KFBR392.
KFBR392.

>> Seth: YOU'RE WELCOME.
SIX PEOPLE

>> SIX
>> Seth: IN FACT, SO FAR THE

ONLY PLAN TRUMP SEEMS TO HAVE IS
ONCE AGAIN LYING AND CLAIMING

WE'RE CLOSE TO A CURE FOR
CORONAVIRUS AS HE HAS REPEATEDLY
FOR MONTHS

>> WE'RE DOING TREMENDOUSLY WELL
ON THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH AND

TREMENDOUSLY WELL ON THE
VACCINES

AND FRANKLY, THERAPEUTICALLY OR
MAYBE A WORD EVEN BEYOND THAT

WORD IS CURE WOULD BE THE BEST
OF ALL AND WE'LL SEE WHAT

HAPPENS.
BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE

COULD GO INTO THE HOSPITAL AND
JUST CURE PEOPLE

AND WE'RE AT A POSITION WE'RE
ACTUALLY ABLE TO, TO A CERTAIN

EXTENT WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW AND WE THINK IN A VERY SHORT

PERIOD OF TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO
DO THAT.

>> Seth: OH, YEAH, DID YOU COME
UP WITH ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR

INGENIOUS CURES AGAIN?
"OKAY, FAUCI, FORGET ABOUT THE

BLEACH
THE BLEACH WAS A BAD IDEA.

PENCE'S IDEA
I TOOK THE BLAME BUT PENCE

WAS ‐‐ PENCE WAS PUSHING THE
BLEACH

ALL RIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS?
YOU FILL A KIDDIE SWIMMING POOL

WITH ROBITUSSIN AND YOU JUST
ROLL AROUND IN IT NAKED AND THEN

WHEN YOU'RE DONE YOU SHINE A
FLASHLIGHT UP YOUR BUTT.

WOULD THAT WORK?
WOULD THAT WORK, FAUCI?"

ALSO YEAH, WE ALL AGREE IT WOULD
BE GREAT IF WE COULD GO INTO THE

HOSPITAL AND JUST CURE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SEARING

INSIGHT.
TRUMP'S LIKE YOUR SUPER HIGH

FRIEND WATCHING "STAR TREK."
"MAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE

COULD JUST LIKE TELEPORT LIKE
FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER

PLACE.
"YEAH, DAVE, THAT WOULD BE

GREAT.
BUT IN LIEU OF THAT, CAN I ORDER

YOU AN UBER SO YOU CAN GO HOME?"
JUST STEP BACK AND CONSIDER THE

CRUEL CONTRAST BETWEEN TRUMP'S
PLAN TO SEND SECRET POLICE TO

CITIES TO CRACK DOWN ON PEACEFUL
PROTESTS AND HIS LACK OF A PLAN

FOR A RAGING PANDEMIC THAT'S
KILLED 140,000 AMERICANS AND

LEFT TENS OF MILLIONS OUT OF
WORK

AND MANY MORE SUFFERING.
THERE'S A DEEPER PROBLEM HERE.

TRUMP IS JUST THE MOST GROTESQUE
AND URGENT MANIFESTATION OF THAT

PROBLEM IN OUR HISTORY
TOO OFTEN OUR SYSTEM USES

VIOLENCE AND INCARCERATION TO
RESPOND TO PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF

JUST MEETING THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF
HUMAN BEINGS

THAT'S WHY OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENTS HAVE TANKS BUT

NEARLY 30 MILLION PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

IT'S WHY WE HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY BUT 23 MILLION

AMERICANS FACE EVICTION.
IT'S WHY THE PENTAGON GETS

$740 BILLION A YEAR BUT THERE
ARE LONG LINES AT FOOD BANKS AND

AN EXTRA $600 A WEEK FOR
UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS IS ABOUT TO

EXPIRE
AND IT'S WHY WE HAVE SECRET

POLICE WHO FEEL PERFECTLY FREE
TO BEAT UP ANY PERSON, WOMAN,

AND MAN IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ON
TV

I DID IT
I GET TO STAY IN MY HOUSE.

SUCK IT, BROWNSTACHE
ANYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW

[ BLEEP ] UP THIS IS
WHETHER YOU CAN IDENTIFY AN

ELEPHANT ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR
NOT.

THE PRESIDENT IS A WANNABE
DICTATOR USING PARAMILITARY

FORCES AS HIS OWN PERSONAL
SECRET POLICE.

MEANWHILE, HE COULDN'T CARE LESS
ABOUT THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM AN OUT
OF CONTROL PANDEMIC HE'S IGNORED

FOR MONTHS
THAT MUCH SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO

EVERY ‐‐
>> PERSON.

WOMAN.
MAN.

CAMERA
TV

>> Seth: SEA CAPTAIN, YOU'RE UP.
>> PERSON, WOMAN, MAN, CAMERA,

TV
>> Both: WE'RE NOT CRAZY

>> Seth: THIS HAS BEEN "A CLOSER
LOOK."

♪
SO MANY NEW YORKERS ARE TURNING

TO CITY HARVEST FOR HELP FEEDING
THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY NEED

YOUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER.
THERE'S A WEBSITE BELOW TO

DONATE

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH FORMER
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE
♪

>> Announcer: FOR MORE OF SETH'S
"CLOSER LOOKS", BE SURE TO

SUBSCRIBE TO "LATE NIGHT" ON
YOUTUBE.

>> Seth: WELCOME BACK.
GUEST DRUMMER NIKKI GLASPIE HAS

BEEN SITTING IN WITH THE 8G BAND
ALL WEEK

SHE PLAYS WITH MACEO PARKER AND
HER OWN BAND THE Nth POWER

HER NOW E. P. iPHONE SESSIONS WAS
MADE COMPLETELY ON HER PHONE AND

IS AVAILABLE AUGUST 1st ON ALL
PLATFORMS.

THANKS FOR A GREAT WEEK, NIKKI
OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND WINNER

OF THE 2000 POPULAR VOTE
HERE'S MY CONVERSATION WITH

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, AL

HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M DOING GREAT

HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> Seth: I'M DOING WELL.

I CAN'T HELP BUT START BY
MENTIONING THE FACT THAT WHEN

YOU WERE ON THE SHOW IN NOVEMBER
IN THE STUDIO, IT WAS THE MIDDLE

OF IMPEACHMENT, AND YOU WERE
SAYING IT WAS AS DANGEROUS A

TIME AS WE'VE LIVED THROUGH, AND
YET IT SEEMS INCREDIBLY QUAINT

NOW.
THIS DOES SEEM TO BE A PATTERN

THAT EVERY TIME WE THINK THAT
THINGS ARE REALLY BAD, THEY

UNFORTUNATELY GET WORSE.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WELL, YEAH.

IT'S A SCARY TIME IN MANY WAYS
BECAUSE EVERYBODY, WHETHER

YOU'RE A REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRATIC OR INDEPENDENT OR

SOMETHING ELSE ‐‐ JUST ABOUT
EVERY SINGLE GROUP IS FEELING

THAT THERE'S NOBODY REALLY IN
CHARGE, OR AT LEAST NOT IN

CHARGE IN A POSITIVE WAY
AND BACK WHEN WE TALKED BEFORE,

THAT'S EXACTLY THE TIME PERIOD
WHEN THE COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE

BEEN MOVING FULL SPEED AHEAD TO
MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE

PANDEMIC ABOUT WHICH WE HAD
ALREADY BEEN WARNED.

>> Seth: YOU WEREN'T NECESSARILY
WARNED DURING THE

CLINTON‐GORE ADMINISTRATION, BUT
YOU WERE PREPARED.

UM, I'VE READ THAT
PRESIDENT CLINTON HAD READ A

BOOK ABOUT BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
AND TOOK IT SERIOUSLY, AND YOU

DID BEGIN STOCKPILING MEDICINE
YOU DID BEGIN STOCKPILING

VACCINES
HOW HARD IS IT TO WATCH AN

ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT
TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AS A THREAT?

>> WELL, IT'S HARD
OF COURSE IT'S MUCH HARDER TO

WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH SUCH

HORRIFIC EXPERIENCES
AND I WON'T RECAP THEM HERE.

WE'VE ALL BEEN GOING THROUGH
THAT, VICARIOUSLY FOR MOST,

THANKFULLY
BUT IT'S HARD.

YES.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S

CONNECTED TO CLIMATE IN THIS
SENSE.

THE SCIENTISTS WHO WARNED US
ABOUT THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDED THE

VERY BEST EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND
VIROLOGISTS IN THE WORLD, AND

THEY WARNED TO US PREPARE FOR A
PANDEMIC THAT WAS ALMOST EXACTLY

LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'RE
STRUGGLING WITH NOW.

SO WHEN WE HEAR THE CLIMATE
SCIENTISTS ARGUING FOR EVEN

LONGER THAT WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING TO STOP THE ONRUSHING

CLIMATE CRISIS, THE LESSON SEEMS
CLEARLY THAT IT'S BEST TO LISTEN

TO THEM.
ONE OTHER THING THEY HAVE IN

COMMON, BOTH THE COVID‐19
PANDEMIC AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS

HIT THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
THE POOREST AMERICANS FIRST AND

HARDEST.
AND IN THAT PROCESS REVEAL THE

REALLY STARK AND INCREDIBLE
INEQUITIES AND INJUSTICES THAT

HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO ON FOR
WAY, WAY TOO LONG.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT

>> Seth: CERTAINLY IN PARTS OF
THE UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE

IT DOES SEEM LIKE GOVERNMENTS
ARE TAKING THIS VERY SERIOUSLY

IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE ARE
MOBILIZING AGAINST POLICE

BRUTALITY IN A WAY THAT WE MAYBE
HAVEN'T EVER BEFORE.

DOES THAT GIVE YOU CONFIDENCE
THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR

CLIMATE?
>> I REALLY BELIEVE, SETH, THAT

WE ARE WITNESSING A KIND OF
GENERAL AWAKENING.

I DON'T THINK THESE THINGS
COMPETE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A ZERO SUM
SITUATION, WHERE THE MORE

ATTENTION PAID TO THE PANDEMIC,
THE LESS ATTENTION PAID TO THESE

OTHER THINGS
I THINK, FOR EXAMPLE, ABOUT THE

GAINS MADE BY THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST DECADE

OR SO.
THOSE GAINS ARE NOT GOING AWAY

THEY'RE BEING CONSOLIDATED
WE JUST HAD A SIGNIFICANT

SUPREME COURT VICTORY
CONSOLIDATING THEM

GENDER EQUITY GAINS OVER THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS

THEY'RE BEING CONSOLIDATED
AND I THINK THAT THIS AWAKENING

HAS TOUCHED PEOPLE IN CITIES ALL
AROUND THE WORLD AFTER THE

HEINOUS GEORGE FLOYD MURDER.
IT WAS SUCH A HORRIBLE EVENT AND

SUCH A CUE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE
OFF WHATEVER BLINDERS THEY HAD

ON TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE
INCREDIBLE INJUSTICE THAT WE

HAVE ALLOWED TO PERSIST FOR SO
LONG

AND BY THE WAY, THE BURNING OF
FOSSIL FUELS, WHICH CREATES THE

GLOBAL WARMING POLLUTION MAINLY,
ALSO CREATES THE AIR POLLUTION

THAT ELEVATES THE DEATH RATES
UNDER COVID‐19

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE STUDIES
SHOWING THAT COMMUNITIES AND

COUNTIES THAT HAVE MORE AIR
POLLUTION FROM BURNING FOSSIL

FUELS HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY
HIGHER DEATH RATE FROM THE

PANDEMIC
THAT'S TRUE IN OTHER COUNTRIES

AS WELL.
SO WE NEED TO ‐‐ WE NEED TO PUT

THE BLACK LIVES MATTER AGENDA IN
THE CENTER OF THE PLANS NOW

BEING DEVELOPED FOR A GREEN
RECOVERY

WE NEED A JUST TRANSITION, SO
THAT THOSE WHO ARE LIKELY TO

SUFFER ECONOMICALLY IF WE DON'T
PROVIDE THEM WITH BETTER JOBS IN

THIS TRANSITION ARE TAKEN CARE
OF

>> Seth: WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
WITH MORE FROM AL GORE

♪
>> Seth: HERE'S MORE OF MY

CONVERSATION WITH FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT AL GORE.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ‐‐ I KNOW YOU
HAVE TWO NEW HOPEFULLY

INITIATIVES IS THE RIGHT WORD.
BASICALLY THE CLIMATE REALITY

PROJECT AND CLIMATE TRACING.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU

WELL, THE CLIMATE REALITY
PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT I

STARTED BACK IN 2006 WITH ALL OF
THE PROFITS FROM THE MOVIE AND

BOOK "AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE

MIDDLE OF OUR 44th TRAINING, AND
THIS IS THE FIRST VIRTUAL

TRAINING, AND I WAS SO HAPPY
THAT 14 ‐‐ MORE THAN 14,000

PEOPLE APPLIED TO JOIN
WE COULDN'T HANDLE THAT MANY

BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MENTORS TO DO THAT BIG A GROUP

YET.
BUT 10,000 SIGNED UP

WE'RE IN THE SIXTH DAY OF A
NINE‐DAY TRAINING.

AND IN THE NATURE OF THESE
VIRTUAL TRAININGS, YOU AVOID

WHAT THEY CALL ZOOM FATIGUE BY
DOING IT TWO HOURS A DAY

BASICALLY.
IT'S A REAL THING AND ‐‐

>> Seth: I BELIEVE IT.
>> YEAH.

AND SO IT'S GOING EXTREMELY
WELL

THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM 130

COUNTRIES AND WE GIVE THEM THE
FACTS ABOUT THE SCIENCE, THE

CAUSES, THE IMPACTS, THE
SOLUTIONS AND WE GIVE THEM

ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATION
SKILLS EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT

MOST OF THEM ALREADY HAVE.
AND YOU ASKED ALSO ABOUT THE

CLIMATE TRACE INITIATIVE
THANK YOU.

THIS IS A NEW COALITION THAT IS
MADE UP OF NINE TECH

ORGANIZATIONS AND COMPANIES.
A LOT OF BRILLIANT YOUNG PEOPLE

ENGAGED IN ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE

LEARNING
AND OUR GOAL IS TO LAUNCH NEXT

JUNE
WE'LL HAVE A HARD LAUNCH AT THE

BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
BUT BY NEXT JUNE WE WILL HAVE A

REPORT ON EVERY SIGNIFICANT
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
HOW MUCH

WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT
AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE IT EVERY

SIX HOURS.
AND THE POINT IS TO MAKE THESE

FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE FIRST
TIME

THERE ARE A LOT OF GOVERNMENTS
THAT REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME

UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEIR OWN
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE

COMING FROM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPANIES

THAT WANT THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS TO
SCRUB OUT THE GLOBAL WARMING

POLLUTION.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVISTS

THAT WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S
COMING FROM.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF INVESTORS
WHO WANT TO TAKE THEIR MONEY OUT

OF COMPANIES THAT ARE BUSY AT
DESTROYING THE FUTURE OF HUMAN

CIVILIZATION AND PUT IT INTO
COMPANIES THAT ARE FACILITATING

A TRANSITION TO A CLEANER AND
MORE PROSPEROUS AND SUSTAINABLE

WORLD.
>> Seth: YOU MENTIONED ZOOM

FATIGUE.
HAVING BEEN A CANDIDATE FOR THE

PRESIDENCY, CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT
IT MUST BE LIKE FOR JOE BIDEN

RIGHT NOW, HAVING TO BASICALLY
CAMPAIGN FROM HIS HOME

IT MUST BE SO DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED

>> WELL, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A CAMPAIGN LIKE

THIS ONE GEOGRAPHICALLY FOR A
LONG, LONG TIME.

SINCE BEFORE THE DAYS OF
TELEVISION

AND I THINK THAT'S HE'S HANDLING
IT EXTREMELY WELL.

YOU KNOW, I'M FOR HIM.
AND SO YOU CAN TAKE MY REMARKS

WITH A GRAIN OF SALT
BUT I REALLY THINK HE'S DOING

EXTREMELY WELL
AND MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO SHARE

THAT VIEW.
>> Seth: YOU ‐‐ HE MAYBE WAS NOT

THE GREENEST CANDIDATE WHEN
THERE WAS A LARGE DEBATE FIELD

YET, HE SEEMS TO BE TAKING THE
ENVIRONMENT VERY SERIOUSLY ON

HIS PLATFORM NOW
ARE YOU ‐‐ YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY

CONSIDERING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT
IT AS AN ISSUE, ARE YOU

OPTIMISTIC SO FAR OF HOW HE
WOULD ADDRESS IT AS THE

PRESIDENT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND TO PUT YOUR COMMENT IN
PERSPECTIVE, IT'S TRUE THAT

THERE WERE OTHER CANDIDATES LIKE
JAY INSLEE PROMINENTLY AND

OTHERS AS WELL WHO HAD MAYBE A
BOLDER CLIMATE AGENDA DURING THE

PRIMARIES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT JOE BIDEN'S

PLAN DURING THE PRIMARIES, IT
WAS MILES AHEAD OF WHAT WE HAVE

SEEN IN ANY PREVIOUS CYCLE AND,
WISELY, HE HAS ADOPTED SOME OF

THE BEST PROPOSALS FROM HIS
PRIMARY OPPONENTS AND FULLY

INTEGRATED THEM INTO HIS NEW
PLAN

I HAVE ENJOYED MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH HIM SINCE JOE BIDEN SECURED

THE NOMINATION
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT HE HAS

PROPOSED
THERE ARE ALWAYS A FEW THINGS

THAT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, DO A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, GO A LITTLE

FARTHER AND FASTER
BUT HONESTLY, IT IS A GREAT

PLATFORM AND I THINK IT'S
GETTING RAVE REVIEWS FROM MOST

ALL THE FOLKS THAT REALLY CARE
ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS

>> Seth: OBVIOUSLY, JOE BIDEN IS
FAR AHEAD IN THE POLLS BUT WE

SHOULD STILL BE VERY WORRIED,
RIGHT?

WE CAN'T JUST REST ON OUR
LAURELS HERE AND BE HAPPY WITH A

15‐POINT LEAD IN A JULY POLL
>> WELL, I CAN CONFIRM THAT.

YES.
[ LAUGHTER ]

THE ACTUAL VOTES ARE WHAT
DETERMINE THE WINNER

HIS LEAD IS A GOOD ONE
BUT AFTER THE EXPERIENCE

SUPPORTERS OF THE NOMINEE FOR
YEARS AGO HAD WATCHING A POLL

LEAD NOT QUITE AS LARGE AS THIS
ONE BUT PRETTY BIG JUST SORT OF

DISAPPEAR, EVERYBODY KIND OF
SAYS, "WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, I'M

NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR
GRANTED.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE THE
GREAT DEPARTED JOHN LEWIS.

HE WAS A DEAR FRIEND AND SUCH A
GREAT CHAMPION

AND ALSO A CLIMATE CHAMPION, BY
THE WAY.

HE AND I INTRODUCED THE VERY
FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE BILL

30 YEARS AGO
AND WHEN HE CROSSED THE

EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE FOR THE
VERY LAST TIME LAST YEAR, PEOPLE

KNEW THAT HE HAD PANCREATIC
CANCER AND IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL

OCCASION
HE GOT TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND I

WAS WATCHING THE INTERVIEW ON
TELEVISION

AND I GOT KIND OF EMOTIONAL
HEARING HIM SAY, HE SAID, "WE'VE

GOT TO VOTE LIKE WE'VE NEVER
VOTED BEFORE."

AND I HOPE EVERYBODY TAKES THAT
MESSAGE TO HEART BECAUSE THIS

WILL BE A TURNOUT ELECTION
TRUMP SUPPORTERS WILL TURN OUT

AND THE SUPPORTERS OF BIDEN JUST
NEED TO TURN OUT IN EVEN LARGER

NUMBERS.
I KIND OF THINK THAT'S THE

DIRECTION IT'S HEADED IN RIGHT
NOW.

BUT NOBODY SHOULD TAKE A SINGLE
VOTE FOR GRANTED

>> Seth: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR TIME.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE SPEAKING
WITH YOU

AND HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME IT WILL
BE IN PERSON

>> I HOPE SO, TOO.
THANKS, SETH

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK
>> Seth: ALL RIGHT

ALL THE BEST
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH

RACHEL BROSNAHAN
♪

>> Seth: OUR NEXT GUEST IS AN
EMMY AND GOLDEN GLOBE‐WINNING

ACTRESS FOR HER WORK ON "THE
MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL.

ALL THREE SEASONS ARE STREAMING
NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO.

SHE'LL ALSO TAKE PART IN THE
ANNUAL COVENANT HOUSE SLEEP‐OUT

BENEFITING CHILDHOOD
HOMELESSNESS, WHICH WILL BE

VIRTUALLY HELD ON AUGUST 24th.
HERE'S MY CONVERSATION WITH

RACHEL BROSNAHAN
RACHEL, HOW ARE YOU?

>> HI.
I'M GOOD, THANKS

HOW ARE YOU?
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOUR FACE

>> Seth: IT'S NICE TO SEE YOUR
FACE AS WELL

I PREFER SEEING IT IN PERSON,
BUT I WILL TAKE THIS AS A SECOND

OPTION
>> ME TOO.

>> Seth: I AM ALWAYS FASCINATED
BY HOW PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TIME

IN QUARANTINE, AND I'VE SEEN
SOME PHOTOS, RACHEL.

ARE YOU ‐‐ HAVE YOU RESORTED TO
DRESSING UP YOUR DOGS?

>> I ‐‐ ONLY A LITTLE BIT
EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT THIS IS

NOT EXACTLY A NEW QUARANTINE
PASTIME.

>> Seth: GOT YOU
GOT YOU.

>> I HAVE ‐‐ I HAVE TWO DOGS,
AND ONE OF THEM ‐‐ ONE OF THEM

IS VERY PATIENT AND ONE OF THEM
LOVES CLOTHES.

SHE LOVES CLOTHES.
SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING DRESSED

UP MAKES HER FEEL REALLY
SPECIAL.

I THINK SHE JUST LIKES THE
ATTENTION.

BUT ‐‐
>> Seth: YEAH.

>> SHE IS LIVING HER BEST LIFE
>> Seth: YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND

HAVE BEEN PASSING THE TIME
WATCHING TELEVISION.

A SHOW THAT WOULD NOT HAVE
OCCURRED TO ME BUT MAKES PERFECT

SENSE.
>> WE ‐‐ OKAY.

WE WERE BIG "SURVIVOR" FANS
BEFORE QUARANTINE.

AND NOW I THINK WE MIGHT BE
"SURVIVOR" SUPERFANS

I HAD A BIRTHDAY RECENTLY AND
APPARENTLY IT'S MY BRAND NOW

EVERY SINGLE GIFT I GOT FOR MY
30th BIRTHDAY WAS

"SURVIVOR"‐THEMED.
MY BEST FRIEND GAVE US A

"SURVIVOR" BOARD GAME FROM 2000
WHERE YOU SPLIT INTO TRIBES AND

YOU PLAY IT.
I GOT "SURVIVOR" SOCKS AND A

SAINT JEFF CANDLE.
I'M LIKE I AM ALL IN

THAT'S THE ESCAPE FROM THE
REAL‐LIFE "SURVIVOR" THAT WE'RE

CURRENTLY PLAYING.
>> Seth: HOW MANY EPISODES OF

"SURVIVOR" CAN YOU BANG OUT IN
ONE SITTING?

>> NOT THAT MANY IN ONE SITTING.
YOU KNOW ‐

>> Seth: OKAY, GOTCHA.
>> MAYBE THREE, MAX.

>> Seth: OKAY.
>> BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A

LONG TIME.
WE'VE SEEN APPROXIMATELY

15 SEASONS OF "SURVIVOR" IN
QUARANTINE

>> Seth: IT IS WEIRD ‐‐ IT IS
WEIRD WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AND

PEOPLE SAY NOW LIKE, "WHAT HAVE
YOU BEEN WATCHING IN

QUARANTINE?"
AND IT'S CRAZY TO SAY TO

SOMEBODY, "WHAT DID YOU WATCH IN
MARCH?

BUT THAT'S LIKE WHAT THE
QUESTION ALSO COVERS NOW

>> YEAH.
I MEAN ‐‐ TIME ‐‐ TIME IS A FLAT

CIRCLE RIGHT NOW
>> Seth: YEAH.

>> I AM SO CONFUSED THAT IT'S
ALMOST THE FALL.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT TO
BE GRATEFUL FOR.

>> Seth: WE INDEED DO HAVE A LOT
TO BE GRATEFUL FOR

YOU ‐‐ I'M VERY GRATEFUL YOU'RE
DOING A FOURTH SEASON OF

"MAISEL.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT

NOW.
>> YES

>> Seth: I REMEMBER WHEN YOU ‐
THE FIRST TIME WE MET IT WAS FOR

THE FIRST SEASON OF MAISEL AND
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE

TALKED ABOUT WAS THE FACT THAT
YOU OBVIOUSLY DID NOT HAVE A

STAND‐UP COMEDY BACKGROUND
WELL I SHOULDN'T SAY OBVIOUSLY

I THINK YOU'D BELIEVE YOU DID
HAVE A STAND‐UP COMEDY

BACKGROUND BASED ON THE SHOW
BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT PART

OF IT ‐‐ BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS
A REALLY INTIMIDATING PART OF

IT
HAS THAT PART GOTTEN EASIER FOR

YOU?
>> NO.

NOT ‐‐ NO.
LIKE, IN SOME WAYS I SUPPOSE ‐

THEY'RE EASIER TO MEMORIZE NOW
BUT ‐‐

>> Seth: RIGHT
>> BUT AS MIDGE, YOU KNOW, AT

FIRST IT WAS KIND OF JUST A
WOMAN WHO WAS HAVING AN

EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN AND IT
HAPPENED IN A REALLY FUNNY WAY

AND SHE LEARNED THAT FUELING HER
COMEDY WITH HER EMOTIONS WAS

KIND OF HER SUPERPOWER, WHATEVER
SHE WAS GOING THROUGH IN THE

MOMENT
AND THEN AS THE SEASONS HAVE

GONE ON, YOU KNOW, NOW SHE'S
REALLY GOOD.

SHE HAS A TIGHT 10
SHE KNOWS HOW TO ‐‐ A JOKES.

SHE KNOWS HOW TO WORK AN
AUDIENCE

I FEEL LIKE I STILL HAVE TO
CATCH UP

I'M STILL CATCHING UP.
AND JUST, GOSH, JUST HOPING YOU

BUY IT
>> Seth: BUT THIS OF COURSE

MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW THAT I
HEARD IT

BUT OF COURSE THEY TELL THESE
PEOPLE, THE EXTRAS AND THE

AUDIENCE WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR
SETS AND FILMING IT, THEY DO

TELL THEM TO LAUGH
SO THAT MUST AT LEAST BE NICE.

>> YEAH.
AND YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DO ‐‐ I

HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR
BACKGROUND ACTORS BECAUSE THEY

ARE ‐‐ THEY'RE AMAZING
THEY ARE THE MOST INCREDIBLE

SCENE PARTNERS
AND SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN WITH

US SINCE THE FIRST SEASON.
AND WITHOUT THAT ‐‐ AS SOMEONE

WHO'S BEEN SO NERVOUS AND
INSECURE ABOUT THAT PART OF THE

SHOW IN PARTICULAR, HAVING THAT
KIND OF SUPPORT, I MEAN, THESE

GUYS LAUGH AT THE SAME JOKES FOR
12 HOURS A DAY

THAT IS SO GENEROUS.
[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: AND YOU ‐‐ BUT YET
THERE ARE ALSO TIMES WHERE THEY

CAN'T JUST DUE TO THE REALITIES
OF FILMING TELEVISION THEY'RE

NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY NOISE.
>> YEAH.

THAT PART IS MEAN.
TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY REALLY

GIVE IT ALL ‐‐ THEY GIVE IT
THEIR ALL IN THE MIMING.

THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE ‐‐
[ LAUGHTER ]

YOU KNOW
BUT IT'S SO AWKWARD.

NOTHING ‐‐ NOTHING ‐‐ I THINK
THE THING I HAVE LEARNED, YOU

KNOW, THIS MUCH OF ABOUT DOING
STAND‐UP IS WHAT IT MUST FEEL

LIKE TO TANK
NOTHING MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU'RE TANKING MORE THAN A
SILENT AUDIENCE.

YOU KNOW, I START DOING THAT
AWKWARD THING THAT I'VE SEEN

STAND‐UPS DO WHERE THEY START
LAUGHING AT THEIR OWN JOKES A

LITTLE
[ LAUGHTER ]

AND JUST ‐‐ THEMSELVES OUT OF
THIS HELL HOLE

BUT, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY IT'S
ALL GETTING PUT TOGETHER AND I

HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE IN POST
>> Seth: I WILL SAY FROM DOING

STAND‐UP, I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT
THE WORST THING TO SEE WAS AN

UNSMILING FACE, BUT I THINK A
SILENT LAUGHING FACE, SOMEONE ‐‐

LIKE THAT SEEMS THE MOST
PASSIVE‐AGGRESSIVE JUDGMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: I ALSO KNOW YOU HAVE A
FILM COMING OUT NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS POST‐PRODUCTION TIME
USUALLY YOU'D BE GOING INTO THE

STUDIO TO DO THINGS LIKE ADR,
YOU KNOW DOING SORT OF FIXING

SOUND.
>> YEAH.

>> Seth: AND YOU, LIKE MANY
PEOPLE, YOU'RE SORT OF MAKING IT

WORK FROM HOME
AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS FROM

YOUR HOME STUDIO HERE.
THIS IS WONDERFULLY BUILT,

RACHEL
>> IT'S VERY PROFESSIONAL.

[ LAUGHTER ]
TECHNOLOGY'S AMAZING

I'M REALLY SO ‐‐ I'M SO ‐‐ I'M
SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW ‐‐ HOW

TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY A LOT OF
THESE COMPANIES ARE GETTING IN

THIS MOMENT.
BUT YEAH, WE BUILT A BLANKET

HOME STUDIO AS YOU SEE IN THE
PICTURES TO HELP WITH THE SOUND.

BUT IN THE STUDIO ALSO, YOU
KNOW, PART OF ADR IS MATCHING

THE QUALITY OF YOUR VOICE
EXACTLY WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING

IN PRODUCTION.
AND IN THIS MOVIE I HAD A BABY

IN MY ARMS
YOU KNOW, A GOOD, LIKE,

20‐SOMETHING POUNDS FOR MOST OF
THE MOVIE.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF RUNNING AND
HEAVY BREATHING.

AND I WAS LOOKING AT MY HOUSE
GOING, "OH, MY GOD, I DON'T ‐‐

YOU KNOW, NORMALLY IN A STUDIO
I'D HAVE A WEIGHT OR SOMETHING

OR A BAR TO PUSH ON TO HELP WITH
THAT SOUND

AND I WAS LIKE WHAT'S THE
HEAVIEST THING IN MY APARTMENT

AND IT TURNS OUT IT'S MY
S. A. G. AWARD

[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Seth: THAT'S SO GREAT

>> IN THE ADR, JUST SO EVERYBODY
KNOWS, HALF ‐‐ NOT HALF.

A GOOD DEAL OF ME BOUNCING THAT
BABY IS ME CRADLING MY

S.A.G. AWARD AND WHAT I IMAGINE,
YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THINKS ACTORS

DO ALL DAY LONG IN THEIR HOUSES.
[ LAUGHTER ]

>> Seth: RIGHT
>> POLISH THEIR AWARDS AND

WHISPER TO THEM GENTLY
>> Seth: WELL, AND THE REALITY I

THINK IS VERY ‐‐ I THINK PEOPLE
SHOULD KNOW THIS ABOUT YOU, THAT

YOU ARE NOT FULL OF YOURSELF AT
ALL.

IT TOOK A PANDEMIC FOR TO YOU
EVEN PICK IT UP.

I THINK THAT'S ‐
>> IT TOOK A PANDEMIC FOR ME TO

HUG AND CARESS IT.
AND NOW I CAN'T STOP

[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Seth: UM ‐‐ IT'S ALWAYS SO

GREAT TO SEE YOU
I REALLY DO HOPE THE NEXT TIME

IS IN PERSON
THANKS FOR MAKING TIME FOR US

TODAY, RACHEL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH

♪
>> Seth: COME BACK NEXT WEEK FOR

ALL NEW SHOWS FROM HERE IN THE
CAPTAIN'S QUARTERS

WE'LL HAVE SENATOR
KAMALA HARRIS, CAMERON DIAZ,

DAVID SCHWIMMER, SEAN HAYES, AND
MUSIC FROM JASON ALDEAN.

PLUS ALL NEW "CLOSER LOOKS."
SO PLEASE COME JOIN ME, BECAUSE

I AM TALKING TO THE PAINTINGS,
AND I THINK THEY ARE TALKING

BACK
BUT WHO KNOWS?

I MIGHT JUST BE LOSING MY MIND
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

♪
>> Seth: I WANT TO THANK MY

GUESTS, AL GORE AND
RACHEL BROSNAHAN

I WANT TO THANK NIKKI GLASPIE
AND THE 8G BAND.

STAY TUNED FOR "LILLY SINGH.
STAY SAFE.

WASH YOUR HANDS.
WEAR A MASK.

WE LOVE YOU.
♪