WELCOME TO THE "LATE, LATE SHOW."

IAN, YOU ARE NOT, YOU ARE NOT INTO THAT SRART OF THE SHOW.

YOU WERE NOT INTO THE START OF THE SHOW THERE IN ANYWAY.

>> I'M SORRY, THERE WAS BREAKING NEWS SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE

OUT IF SHE FOOD FINNING A EL IT INTO THE MONOLOGUE.

>> James: WHAT HAPPENED, TELL US THE NEWS SHOULD WE FINAGLE IF

IN.

>> THE GSA SETTER SPHIED MICHIGAN SO THE BIDEN TRANSITION

TEAM CAN START TRANSITIONING.

>> James: LOOK AT THAT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, WHAT, WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> James: NEVER LET IT BE SAID WE ARE NOT AT THE FOREFRONT OF

BREAKING NEWS, BABY.

>> THE BLEEDING EDGE AND IF THIS IS GOOD ENOUGH I DON'T HAVE TO

GO WRITE JOKES ABOUT IT.

>> James: I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE COVERED IT.

I FEEL LIKE IT IS AS FUNNY AS ANYTHING WE NORMALLY DO ON THE

SHOW.

BUT LOOK AT, THAT RIGHT ON THE FOREFRONT, WE HAVE JUST GIVEN

YOU BREAKING NEWS YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT.

SEVEN HOURS AGO.

>> FRESH.

>> James: BUT STICK AROUND CUZ THERE IS A GOOD SHOW FOR YOU.

TONIGHT WHAT A LINE-UP.

TONIGHT WE'LL BE JOINED BY THE INCREDIBLE MICHAEL J FOX IS

GOING TO BE ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, ON TOP OF ALL THAT, AND THIS IS

EXCITING, BTS WILL BE PERFORMING THEIR NEW SONG, LIFE GOES ON,

TONIGHT.

MICHAEL J FOX, BTS, LIKE IT'S, THIS IS HUGE FOR ME.

WHERE WERE YOU, DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU FELT WHEN YOU WATCHED

BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

>> Reggie: OH MY LORD, YEAH, I WAS LIKE THE PERFECT AGE FOR IT

IT BLW MY MIND, I LOVE TIME TRAVEL ALREADY BUT THAT WAS

JUST-- .

>> James: WHAT WOULD YOU DO, WHERE WOULD YOU GO BACK TO IF

YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, LIKE WHERE WOULD YOU GONESS WITH

MAYBE LIKE 1977, NEW YORK CITY, LONDON.

>> James: THAT WHOLE VIBE.

>> YEAH.

>> James: IAN, WOULD YOU RATHER GO BACK TO THE FUTURE OR

FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.

>> I WOULD GO BACK BUT NOT LIKE SUPERFAR, I WOULD GO TO LIKE

1996.

>> James: WHY, WHAT HAPPENED IN '96.

>> I THINK THAT IS WHEN AMERICA PEAKED.

I THINK THAT IS WHEN WE PEAK PEAKED T IS NEVER GETTING

BETTER, SEINFELD, MICHAEL JORD ARCH, WE THOUGHT SNAP EL WAS

HEALTHY-- SNAP EL.

>> James: ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY WRITE ABOUT SNAPPLE.

WE ALL THOUGHT IT WAS A HEALTH DRINK.

>> SKIP THE SODA AND THEN JUST DRINK JUST SUGAR.

>> James: BUT LET'S GET INTO SOME HEADLINE, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S

LEGAL TEAM IS STILL FIGHTING THE ELECTION RESULTS BUT THEY APPEAR

TO BE LOSING SUPPORT AMONG REPUBLICANS.

IN FACT WHEN FORMER REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS

ASKED ABOUT IT THIS WEEKEND HE DID NOT MINCE HIS WORDS.

>> IS IT FINALLY TIME FOR THIS TO END?

>> YES, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS QUITE FRANKLY THE

PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM HAS BEEN A NATIONAL EMBARRASSED.

>> James: AS OPPOSED TO THE LAST FOUR YEARS WHICH HAD REALLY

GONE OFF WITHOUT A HITCH, YOU KNOW.

I WILL SAY, I DO THINK CHRIS CHRISTIE IS WRONG ABOUT THIS

BEING A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT, I REALLY, REALLY DO.

I TALK TO A LOT OF FRIENDS OF MINE AND FAMILY BACK HOME, AND I

CAN TELL YOU IF ANYTHING, THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL

EMBARRASSMENT.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNIER, I THINK THAT WAS MY DELIVERY, I

DIDN'T TAKE THE BREATHE.

BLEEP WHREEP SHOULD I HEAR IT AGAIN OR PLOW ON.

>> I THINK YOU RUN IT BACK AND PUT ALL THE SAUCE ON IT.

>> Reggie: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> James: WE'RE GOING TO RUN IT BECOME AND PUT ALL OF THE

SAUCE ON IT.

I WILL SAY THOUGH, CHRIS CHRISTIE IS WRONG ABOUT THIS

BEING A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT THOUGH, HE IS, YOU KNOW, I TALK

TO A LOT OF PEOPLE BACK HOME, IF ANYTHING, THIS IS MORE OF AN

INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT.

(LAUGHTER) AND YESTERDAY ONE OF TRUMP'S

LAWYERS SIDNEY POWELL WAS FIRED FOR PROMOTING A CONSPIRACY

THEORY THAT WAS TOO WILD EVEN FOR TRUMP.

APPARENTLY SHE MADE BASELESS CLAIMS THAT REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS

HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A PAYOFF SCHEME TO MANIPULATE VOTING

MACHINES.

HERE'S HOW BIG OF AN EMBARRASSMENT SHE WAS TO THE

TRUMP TEAM.

THE GUY WHO HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT TO A SEX SHOP,

AND LAST WEEK HAD HAIR DYE RUNNING DOWN HIS FACE AND WHO

WEARS LOAFERS THAT LOOK LIKE CLOWN SHOES, THAT GUY, STILL ON

THE TEAM.

BUT I SAW THIS COMING.

I DID.

ANY GOOD CONSPIRACY THEORIST WOULD TELL YOU IF YOU REARRANGE

THE LETTERS IN SIDNEY POWELL, YOU GET NEEDY PILLOWS WHICH IS

OBVIOUSLY A NOD TO THE MY PILLOW C.E.O. WHO INVENTED CORONAVIRUS

TO DE STABILIZE THE NECK SUPPORT INDUSTRY.

(LAUGHTER).

>> James: I GOT TO BE HONEST, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE

INTERNET THIS WEEKEND.

AND WHILE IT'S STILL NOT CLEAR WHETHER TRUMP WILL EVER CONCEDE

THE ELECTION TO JOE BIDEN, TWITTER HAS WEIGHED IN AND

ANNOUNCE THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER THE POTUS ACCOUNT TO

BIDEN ON INAUGURATION DAY.

BUT THAT CAN'T STOP TRUMP FROM CHANGING THE PASSWORD AT THE

LAST SECOND TO BIDEN SUX69.

I MEAN TRUMP MOSTLY TWEETS FROM HIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT ANYWAY.

HE ONLY USES THE POTUS ACCOUNT FOR IMPORTANT PRESIDENTIAL

BUSINESS LIKE RETWEETING EVERYTHING FROM HIS PERSONAL

ACCOUNT.

MEAN WHALE TRUMP IS STAYING PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT

WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING HE TYPICALLY DOES.

IN FACT TRUMP AVERAGED ABOUT 48 MINUTES ON CAMERA EVERY DAY IN

2020, BUT HAS ONLY SPENT ROUGHLY 50 MINUTES TOTAL ON CAMERA SINCE

THE ELECTION.

I'M SURE THE PRESIDENT, HE IS BUSY, PUTTING THE FINISHING

TOUCHES TO HIS DETAILED PLAN FOR THE PANDEMIC.

HE WANTS IT TO BE PERFECT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK HE IS DOING, HONESTLY, BINGE WATCHING

THE CROWN, I THINK IS HE IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW GOING I

LOVE DINAH, PERFECT TEN.

YOU SEE HER ON ROLLER SKATES, WOW.

WHAT ARE YOU WEARING FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW?

YOU LOOK LIKE THIS SHOW IS AN INCONVENIENCE TO YOU ON THE WAY

TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.

(LAUGHTER) WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?

WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING?

LIKE-- HANG ON, JUST TALK ME THROUGH IT, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO GET DRESSED FOR THE SHOW.

RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED I SAID HEY MAN, ARE YOU GOING TO WEAR

THAT JACKET.

>> James: SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I WERE HERE AND THEN THEY WENT OH, THE SHOW STARTING AND WERE

YOU LIKE OH, WELL, I'LL GO WITH IT, I'M GOING TO GO WITH THIS

WHOLE DAD ON THE-- LINE ON A MIDDLE LEAGUE GAME.

>> YEAH, THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

>> James: WELL, GOOD FOR YOU, GOOD FOR YOU.

MEANWHILE PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN IS MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS

TRANSITION INTO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND HAS ALREADY

BEGUN TO NAME CABINET MEMBERS.

TODAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE NOMINATING HIS LONGTIME FOREIGN

POLICY AIDE ANTHONY BLINKEN AS SECRETARY OF STATE.

THIS IS THE RETURN TO NORMALCY WE NEED, A REGULAR BORING GUY

WHOSE NAME I CAN BARELY PRONOUNCE.

YOU KNOW?

HERE'S ANTHONY BLINKEN HERE, LOOK AT THAT.

IF NOTHING ELSE, NOW WE AT LEAST KNOW WHAT JACH BRAFF IS GOING TO

LOOK LIKE IN 15 YEARS TIME.

I LIKE SEEING THIS.

I DO.

FINALLY A MEMBER OF THE CABINET WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE VILAN

IN AN '80S KIDS MOVIE.

YOU KNOW, INSTEAD HE LOOKS LIKE A GUY WHO HAS GOT ONE LINE IN AN

EARLY 2,000 POLITICAL DRAMA.

SIR, IT'S TIME TO GO.

AND DID YOU GUYS SEE THIS, THIS MORNING, SEVERAL NBA PLAYERS HAD

AN UNPRECEDENTED MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS TO DISCUSS SOCIAL

JUSTICE ISSUES.

I MEAN THIS FEELS LIKE THAT EPISODE OF SCOOBY DOO WHERE HE

HAD THEY HAD THE HARLEM GLOBE TROARTS, ARE YOU LIKE THIS IS AN

UNEXPECTEDDED COMBO BUT I'M DOWN TO SEE WHERE IT GOES.

THE NBA PLAYERS APPARENTLY DISCUSSED AMERICAN SOCIAL ISSUES

WITH THE POPE.

SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CAN'T REALLY

DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO I THINK IT IS STARTING TO SEEMIC LOO THE POPE JUST WANTED

TO MEET SOME NBA PLAYERS.

LIKE I NEVER SAW THIS, DID YOU HAVE THE POPE DOWN AS A

BASKETBALL FAN, IAN?

>> I DON'T KNOW, I'M PRETTY JEWISH SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF

OPINIONS ON THE POPE IN GENERAL.

>> BUT YOU SEE-- WHAT IS HIS TEAM, WHO IS THE POPE GOING TO

SUPPORT?

>> UTAH JAZZ?

WITH.

>> YEAH?

I KNOW WHO HE HIS NFL TEAM IS.

>> WHO IS THAT.

>> James: CARDINALS.

>> COME ON.

OFF THE TOP OF THE DOME, OFF THE TOP OF THE DOME I DON'T EVEN

FOLLOW FOOTBALLK I ONLY KNOW ABOUT THE CARDINALS BECAUSE OF

JERRY MAGUIRE WITH.

>> WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CARDINALS PLAY THE SAINTS.

>> >> James: I DON'T KNOW, WHAT

DOES HAPPEN WHEN THE CARDINALS PLAY THE SAINTS.

>> IT IS PROBABLY A NARROW CARDINALS WIN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A

24-21 SITUATION.

COULD GO THE OTHER WAY TOO THOUGH.

>> James: HARD TO KNOW.

BUT THEY, THIS IS TRUE, THE POPE, THE PUMP, THE POPE AND THE

NBA PLAYERS EVEN PLAYED A PICKUP GAME AND THE POPE WAS INCREDIBLE

ON DEFENSE THANKS TO HIS BRAND NEW HAT.

AND WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS.

A BELGIAN CITY IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION FOR THEIR CHRISTMAS

DECORATIONS BECAUSE THEIR LIGHTS LOOK LIKE, WELL, SEE FOR

YOURSELF I MEAN LOOK, WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE HOLIDAY.

WE NEVER DISAPPOINTMENT WE LOVE A GOOD PENIS STORY AT THE "LATE,

LATE SHOW," THAT IS A FACT.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT VAGUELY LOOKS LIKES A

PENIS, WE WILL FIND IT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT.

>> THAT'S OUR LANE, SORRY, SORRY JON OLIVER, IF YOU WANT A PENIS

JOKE.

>> YEAH, WE'RE NOT AS GOOD AS REALLY DECENT A HUGE PIECE OF

SOCIAL INJUSTICE PENIS STORIES, WE ARE OUT IN FRONT.

>> WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, ALL RIGHT.

>> OH.

>> 100 PERCENT.

CAN WE SEE THE PHOTO AGAIN?

I MEAN LOOK IT'S NOT EVEN THANKSGIVING YET, LIKE THAT IS A

CLASSIC CASE OF PREMATURE DECORATION.

I MEAN THESE DECORATIONS GIVE A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE

BLOWOUT THE CANDLES.

AND FINALLY IF YOU THINK YOU'RE IN THE GUTTER NOW, YOU'RE NOT,

YOU'RE NOT, I KNOW YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS AS LOW AS WE COULD

SCRAPE, IT IS NOT.

WE GOT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO, BABY.

BECAUSE FINALLY AN ONLINE FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE RELEASED AN

ADVERTISEMENT WITH A RATHER EMBARRASSING PUNKATION ERA

PROMOTING A RON DONE RESTAURANT NAMED ANU'S KITCHEN.

AND THEY LEFT OUT A CRUCIAL APOSTROPHE AND THEY SPELT IT

LIKE THIS.

(LAUGHTER) AND ON THE ONE HAND IT IS CALLED

ANUS KITCHEN, ON THER HAND 15% OFF.

I MEAN BASED ON THE NAME, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A RESTAURANT THAT IS

ONLY OPEN ON BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.

THEY HAD ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH THEIR NAME, EVEN WORSE, THESE

ARE THE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS OUT FRONT.