Name: John Lithgow Recruited Friends Like Meryl Streep To Read Poems From His "Trumpty Dumpty" Book
Uploaded: 2020-10-23T18:43:20.000Z
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MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS A TONY AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR YOU

KNOW FROM "BOMBSHELL," "THE CROWN," "TERMS OF ENDEARMENT,"

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW" MY FRIEND AND YOURS, JOHN

>> Stephen: IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

IT'S JUST SITTING DOWN AND CHATTING WITH SOMEONE.

>> Stephen: SORRY, LET ME GET A LITTLE COFFEE.

BEFORE-- BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER, AS I SAID IN YOUR

INTRO, I NAMED THREE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU HAD DONE AT

YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON YOUR C.V. TO PICK FROM.

WHAT WORKS OF YOURS-- WHAT ROLES YOU'VE PLAYED, WHAT SHOWS YOU'VE

BEEN IN WOULD YOU SAY, "THOSE ARE THE DEFINITIVE LITHGOW

>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT MY PERFORMANCE OF THE

CAMPAIGN PRESS RELEASE OF NEWT GINGRICH ON "THE COLBERT REPORT"

THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MY FINEST PERFORMANCE EVER.

>> Stephen: I URGE EVERYONE TO GO TO WHATEVER WEB SITE THEY'VE

STORED THAT STUFF ON THESE DAYS, AND FIND IT.

AND I'M STOPPED THREE, FOUR TIMES ON EVERY BLOCK RECALLING

SO THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD PICK, AND I DON'T BLAME YOU.

WHAT DO PEOPLE-- LIKE, WHEN PEOPLE WALK DOWN THE STREET AND

YOU REALIZE OH, THEY RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT

TO COME OVER TO YOU AND SAY I LOVE "X," "Y," OR "Z" WHAT

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S USUALLY THE MOST RECENT.

RECENTLY IT'S BEEN A LOT OF "THE CROWN," AND "BOMBSHELL."

IF SOMEONE COMES UP TO ME WITH A HAMMER AND WANTS ME TO AUTOGRAPH

>> Stephen: YOU KNOW TO GET AWAY QUICKLY.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF AUTOGRAPHED HAMMERS OUT THERE.

>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND-- AND I WAS-- THIS IS ACTUALLY KIND OF

A NICE-- NICE THING IS THAT I FOUND OUT THAT YOU'RE MISTAKEN

AND JON APPEARED ON "THIRD ROCK FROM THE SON" WITH US, AS MY

>> WHEN THEY ASK FOR MY AUTOGRAPH, I DUTIFULLY SIGN.

>> YOU KNOW, WHAT ELSE AM I GOING TO SIGN, STEPHEN.

>> Stephen: TO YOU AFFECT A BRITISH ACCENT FOR THIS?

>> NO, IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING, IT PROLONGS THE

SO-- ANYWAY, I'M A HUGE FAN OF JOHN CLEASE.

>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT WITH YOU,

>> Stephen: MY WIFE AND YOUR WIFE AND ALL GO TO DINNER.

H BOUGHT A VERY EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF WHITE WINE, AND IT WAS

VERY LOVELY, AND NOW I HAVE TO COMPARE DINNER.

>> OH, I-- AS A MATTER OF FACT, I-- BY AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE,

JUST LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO, LIKE, A BEST FRIEND OF MY OLDER

SISTER, TWO YEARS OLDER THAN I, A WOMAN NAMED JESSICA ANDREWS.

SHE SENT ME, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, A PHOTOCOPY OF A PAGE

FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM 1955, WHICH I HAD SIGNED FOR

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John Lithgow Recruited Friends Like Meryl Streep To Read Poems From His "Trumpty Dumpty" Book

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