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Featuring the 8g band with greg clark jr. [ cheers and applause and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers. This is late night. We hope youre doing well tonight. And now, if you dont mind, were going to get to the news the white house today announced new initiatives to combat junk fees sounds like somebody tried to see frankie valli. Convenience fee [ laughter ] get janet yellen on the phone House Republicans today nominated majority leader Steve Scalise to be the next speaker, while next weeks speaker is anyones guess. [ laughter ] federal prosecutors accused republican congressman George Santos yesterday of stealing Campaign Donors identities but if you donated money to George Santos, youre probably looking for a new identity anyway [ laughter ] thats right federal prosecutors filed 23 charges against republican congressman George Santos, including two counts of aggravated Identity Theft, two counts of wire fraud, and numerous counts of trying to make this look a thing [ laughter ] a group of House Republicans who call themselves ok for only kevin are reportedly planning to nomimate House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy for the speakership. Unfortunately, a group that calls themselves fk wont let them [ laughter ] at a Campaign Rally earlier this week, former President Trump said that he believes former president barack obama is in control of the white house yeah, right. You wish [ light laughter ] and also, we wish. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause in a new interview, viceek president Kamala Harris said that she loves her job, though it was a little concerning that she said it in response to every single question. [ laughter ] according to a new report, the superpac affiliated with robert f. Kennedy jr. Raised 11 million in the 24 hours after he announced he was running for president as an independent. Wow, kennedy hasnt made millions of dollars that fast since the day he was born. [ laughter ] when asked to identify him yesterday in court, disgraced ftx ceo sam bankmanfrieds exgirlfriend reportedly took nearly 30 seconds to recognize him because he finally tried conditioner. [ laughter ] a library in scotland recently received a book that was nearly 50 years overdue the person would have returned it sooner, but they were waiting for a sunny day. [ laughter ] yeah well [ bleep ] burn scottish weather. [ laughter ] if not this week, when [ laughter ] according to a new report, apple ceo tim cook starts his day by reading hundreds of Customer Feedback emails before going to the gym. Oh wow, sounds like tim cook and i have something in common we both like to lie. [ laughter ] and finally, a cruise ship in the Pacific Ocean recently rescued a naked man who was clinging to a capsized boat. The man was able to get a hot meal, some clean clothes, and covid. [ laughter ] and that was the monologue, everybody were off and running. [ cheers and applause weve got a great show for you tonight. She is an actress, a grammywinning artist, a coach on the voice, and a member of the Country Music hall of fame her new album and book, both titled not that fancy right now, the one and only Reba Mcentire will be here [ cheers and applause how about that he is a legendary filmmaker with more than 70 features and documentaries. His memoir, every man for himself and god against all is on sale now. Werner herzog will also be joining us [ cheers and applause and they almost always appear together, the two of them. [ laughter ] theyre touring. [ laughter ] and back on the show, we will have music from a singer, a songwriter, tom odell, everybody. How about that [ cheers and applause glad to have him back. Also, quick plug my brother and i, during the writers strike, we started a podcast called family trip with the meyers brothers. Thats me and my brother we talk to celebrities about people we respect and like about trips they took with the kids, its a lot of fun. Another fun thing, tonight, i was on the tonight show with jimmy fallon but we tape this show first, so i havent done it yet. [ laughter ] so this is the rare case where everybody watching at home knows more about something than i do [ laughter ] this is like a scifi movie. [ applause ] youre in a future, i havent lived yet. [ laughter ] im going to do some [ bleep ] crazy. [ laughter ] so when people watch, theyre like, why is he not talking . [ laughter ] how can he just do his show like that thing didnt happen [ laughter ] all right, moving on i got real bad at transitions, guys [ laughter ] republicans chose congressman Steve Scalise as their partys nominee for speaker of the house today, but its still not clear if he actually has enough votes to become speaker. Many republicans have criticized the partys chaotic process, calling it absurd and a mess also, one of those republicans, George Santos, just got charged again with even more alleged crimes for more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth after deposing nowformer House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy last week and setting off a chaotic chain of events, the house gop has finally selected a new nominee for speaker. But that doesnt mean hell actually become the next speaker of the house because, as weve learned many times, republicans can definitely still screw things up. There was a big vote among republicans in the house today to determine a new speaker and the gops nomination for speaker has gone to Steve Scalise, the republican congressman from louisiana, winning the gops nomination for speaker on a secret ballot this is no guarantee that Steve Scalise will be the next speaker of the House Republicans are still divided as to how to take this process to the floor of the house of representatives. Already there are members of the republican conference telling my colleague ali vitali they will not vote for Steve Scalise on the floor of the house if and when this speaker nomination actually makes it to that stage so the math is still a problem for these republican candidates. Seth yes, math is still a problem for republicans. [ light laughter ] for example, theyre still not sure if 306 is more than 232 [ laughter and applause and as weve seen before, winning winning the gop nomination for speaker definitely does not mean you will actually become speaker its kind of like an actor getting a callback for a bit part on succession. You didnt actually get the part yet, and even if you do, youll probably just get yelled at and [ bleep ] by the end of the episode. [ laughter ] by the way, scalise voted to overturn the 2020 election and in interviews, hes refused to state without equivocation that joe biden won and the election was not stolen he has also refused to say that donald trump was responsible for the coup attempt and insurrection on january 6th. When you met with the former president , did you ask him to take responsibility . Did he take responsibility well, jonathan, i was in florida doing some fundraising throughout a number of parts of florida, ended up at maralago, and the president reached out and we visited seth no one just ends up at maralago thats like telling your spouse after a guys trip, we just went to a movie, got dinner, and then one thing led to another and we ended up at the playboy mansion, it happens. [ laughter ] maralago is a place you go to for one of three reasons kiss up to trump a real bad wedding or if youre a foreign spy looking to overhear our Nations Nuclear secrets at the dinner buffet [ laughter ] side note what a plum gig to be a spy sent to maralago. I mean, you dont have to know how to break into a safe or avoid those crisscross lasers. Never have to put on a Mission Impossible mask just walk in the front door and say, anyone here know anything about submarines . And then the next thing you know, i actually know quite a lot, ive got pictures of them, id love to show you, id love to show them to you. [ applause ] before, i just want to make sure, you are an american . Yes, he is from cincinnati. [ laughter ] go bengals. [ laughter ] and as if things couldnt get any more chaotic for republicans, congressman and, according to him, taylor swifts real boyfriend, George Santos, just got charged again for allegedly stealing Campaign Money and lying about basically every part of his life federal prosecutors hit embattled congressman George Santos with an array of stunning new criminal charges including wire fraud and Identity Theft the new accusations were made in a 23count superseding indictment republican congressman George Santos now faces more criminal charges these include wire fraud, falsifying records, and Identity Theft. Thats among other crimes. Prosecutors now accusing santos of being involved in a credit card scheme where the campaign would charge contributors credit cards repeatedly and above the federal contribution limits seth he illegally charged their credit cards hes less like a member of congress and more like a telemarketer scam your grandpa would fall for the man said if i gave him my credit card, hed send me gold bars in the mail [ laughter ] i believed him because hes a star volleyball player who would lie did about such a thing . Is there a crime George Santos hasnt been accused of im just waiting for the day you watch the news and prosecutors say santos illegally charged donors credit cards, stole their identities, and refused to pick up his dogs poop and also, it wasnt his dog, it was a cat dressed as a dog, which he used to pretend he was blind to get preferential seating on an airplane, which he paid for using fake bills that he printed at a kinkos, a kinkos which he broke into at night using a golf club he claimed was a gift from tiger woods but which he, in fact, stole from a child at a puttputt course [ applause ] and it wont surprise you to learn that santos did not want to discuss these latest charges. Here he is once again being chased down the halls of congress by a group of reporters claiming he didnt even know about the charges because he didnt have access to his phone. No comment. I was i did not have access to my phone. Prosecutors say you defrauded the american public, will you resign i have no idea what you guys are talking about. No, i will not, excuse me, pardon me. They said that you stole peoples identity. Did you steal peoples identities did you commit Identity Fraud . Are you still going to vote in the speakers election . Will you step down . What do you have to say to your constituents . I will not. I have no comment. I was in conference like everybody else without my phone so i have nothing to talk about. I didnt even take a look did you commit wire fraud no, i did not seth first of all, when this is over, santos is either going to be in jail or running the last leg on the u. S. Relay team. I mean no member of congress has ever gotten so much cardio out of the job second, theres no way thats a real phone call. The screen does look like a phone call, but when you zoom in, it says, fake call to ignore reporters. Nothing sums up George Santos more than claiming he didnt have access to his phone while talking on his phone unless thats not his phone and he stole it from someones grandpa. Jokes on you, ill just buy a new one when i get my gold bars thank you, volleyball man [ applause ] also, not having access to your phone is a lame excuse its a 23count indictment, not a text from your mom maybe one of your aides could, i dont know, come up, give you a headsup ive been interrupted during meetings for way less important things one time i was in the middle of a meeting about our shows budget, and someone from wardrobe came in to ask me if i wanted to try on the cicada headpiece. [ laughter ] and then i turn on cspan and [ bleep ] George Santos is wearing it [ laughter ] so one of the gops members has been indicted again as republicans imbark on yet another chaotic fight over their next speaker it hasnt even been a year since republicans won a very small majority in the house, and in that time, theyve seen indictments and humiliating scandals and nearly broken out into physical fighting multiple times. You might recall that in january, one republican member of congress had to be restrained by his face from lunging at a republican colleague during a latenight vote for speaker. And then a fellow republican explained that moment in a way that made it even more embarrassing again, this is a republican member of Congress Talking about his fellow republican congressman. Quote, people shouldnt be drinking, especially when youre a redneck, on the house floor. [ laughter ] interesting fact, rednecks are the only members of congress legally allowed to drink on the house floor. This is true, if you bring a bourbon on the house floor, youll be ordered to leave unless you know the first names of both duke boys and the car they drove [ laughter ] the member from kentucky is out of order, unless he can name the main characters from the dukes of hazzard. Bo and luke and the general lee. Whoo, them boys was crazy [ laughter ] you may proceed. Seriously, calling republicans drunk rednecks is the kind of thing even i couldnt say about republicans. Like, if we put that in an early draft of a closer look and then read through it, id get a note from one of our producers saying, that joke might be insensitive to alcoholics, republicans, and rednecks. And look, im not going to say who that producer is, but her name rhymes with blemily blerotas whos very sensitive because shes from indianapolis. Which doesnt mean shes a redneck, it just means theyre definitely within driving distance [ laughter ] so that was back in january then last week, republicans erupted in chaos again and deposed their shortlived speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, and again, they nearly came to blows. Jake, ill be really candid i think if we had stayed together in the meeting last night, i think that you would have seen fists thrown and im not being dramatic when i say that theres a lot of raw emotions right now. Seth booze, fighting, and raw emotions is this congress or an irish wake you think you miss seamus i miss seamus more than you, boyo now lets take it outside and remember, no grabbing of the face this isnt congress [ laughter ] i cant imagine another workplace where youre allowed to say, good thing we ended that meeting because we were about to beat the [ bleep ] out of each other. [ light laughter ] like again, i know i would immediately get a call from hr if i said Something Like that after a pitch meeting with my writers. Although, if my writers land a punch like they land a joke, then i got nothing to worry about. [ laughter ] dont take their side, ill take em all on [ laughter ] the depths of the gops insanity were on full display yesterday when South Carolina congresswoman nancy mace showed up to the house gop meeting wearing a shirt with a giant letter a on it mace voted to oust mccarthy last week, and she said she was wearing the shirt as a response to all the attacks against her congresswoman nancy mace, she had a new letter wearing a tshirt with the big red letter a. She was one of the republicans who ousted Kevin Mccarthy. Im wearing the Scarlet Letter after the week that i just had last week, being a woman up here and being demonized for my vote and for my voice. Seth did republicans also ban the book the Scarlet Letter . Because clearly you havent read the book the a stands for adulterer, not, as i presume youre using it, ahole. [ laughter ] also, if memory serves, the a was a mark of humiliation, not a fashion statement. Hester prynne wasnt Walking Around boston with a Scarlet Letter pinned to her chest going, ooh, check me out. I just had an illicit affair during puritan times jealous much . [ light laughter ] and look, i know people didnt have that accent in the 1600s, but isnt it fun to think they did . [ light laughter ] all great literature that took place in new england can be enhanced if you imagine people talking like that. The crucible this town is [ bleep ] crawling with witches, kid [ laughter ] little women whats up with bed, she looks peaked. [ laughter ] ethan frome . Look who the cat dragged in, ethan [ bleep ] frome ive never read that book, so i dont [ laughter ] oh, ethan seriously though, nancy mace, you look like you just walked out of a school play or a football game. Somewhere theres a group of packers fans missing an a who are very upset [ laughter ] and even anchors are having a hard time taking republicans seriously. Heres cnns jake tapper reacting to maces pr stunt. Congresswoman nancy mace walked in with the letter a on her shirt as she walked in the closed doors she was asked by her colleague andy graham what that was about. She said it was a Scarlet Letter jake okay. Thats not making me convinced that they have their act together [ laughter ] seth damn, you just got sassed by jake tapper. Aka, you just got tapped [ laughter ] tapped [ laughter ] seth i do wish news anchors were more sarcastic. Its fun to imagine Walter Cronkite using that same tone to report on apollo 11. American astronauts successfully landed on the moon, which Scientists Say is almost as charmless and dusty as yo mama. [ laughter ] and the dysfunction isnt just paralyzing the gop conference, its threatening to paralyze the entire u. S. Government again, here is a republican member of congress explaining the stakes of this gop leadership dispute funding the government is part of our fundamental duty, and we cant even do that. So, and now, here we are at the 11th hour with the clock ticking and we cant even seat a speaker. Man, that says volumes at first, it was somewhat comical. Now its bordering on the absurd seth bordering on the absurd one of your members is Walking Around like a [ bleep ] sesame street character who hangs out near oscars trash can selling drugs. Hey, elmo, you want to get high the a stands for amphetamines [ laughter ] now even republicans are admitting in public that they are incapable of governing again, thats not me saying this im sure there are some viewers who accidentally tune into the show and think, oh, theres meyers ranting about how republicans suck at their jobs. But this time, its not me saying it, its a republican saying it. In fact, im going to repeat those exact words you just heard from that republican congressman, but im going to do it like its the intro a closer look in a segment were calling, see if you can tell the difference between seth talking about republicans and republicans talking about republicans. [ laughter ] all right, here we go. Funding the government is part of the republican partys fundamental duty, and they cant even do that so now here we are at the 11th hour with the clock ticking, and they cant even seat a speaker, which says volumes at first it was somewhat comical, now its bordering on the absurd for more on this its time for a closer look. Nancy mace, what grade do we get for that bit yes [ laughter and applause so republicans have by their own admission paralyzed one chamber of congress because of their ineptitude and dysfunction theyre admitting to the world theyre not a serious governing party. And still no one can predict when this pointless melodrama will end on the bright side, maybe theyll finally have enough down time to read that book they love about a woman named Scarlet Letter. [ laughter ] seth this has been a closer look. Well be right back with Reba Mcentire [ cheers and applause for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. Is an accomplishment. Concerns of getting screened faded away to my astonishment. My doc gave me a script i got it done without a delay. I screened with cologuard and did it my way. Cologuard is a oneofakind way to screen for colon cancer thats effective and noninvasive. Its for people 45 plus at average risk, not high risk. False positive and negative results may occur. Ask your provider for cologuard. I did it my way [sfx oven ding] we make sitdown chicken. Standup chicken. Backyard chicken. Oops chicken. And allsmiles chicken. If theres one thing we know, its chicken, chicken and chicken. More choices. 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[ cheers and applause i want some tots before we go yeah, lets do it i want some tots. I am retiring rebas tot cart rebas team is full, yall. [ cheers and applause this is my first season on the voice. Ive had a blast filling my team, and i cant believe how quickly it passed by and thats what happens when youre having fun. Ill just be over here with my tater tots if yall need me seth please welcome back to the show the one, the only Reba Mcentire, everybody [ cheers and applause seth welcome back, reba. What an honor to see you again so long since ive seen you seth well, it was last night. Oh, was it . Thats right [ laughter ] time flies when youre having fun. Seth a little event at town hall for your book last night. Yeah. Seth right here in new york city and my goodness, your fans were out in full force. The people that love you, they love you very much i hope you felt it last night i did seth cause that was a special evening. I thought it was a lot of fun. You did a great job. Seth thank you im very glad i did it, because now im going to make you tell another story you told last night. Okay, okay. Seth this book is a very wonderful collection of stories and anecdotes. You can tell how much your family means to you. Generations of the mcentires but you were talking about your mama i think it was a story about your grandmother needed a drink, is that right . No, mama. Seth it was your mama, okay. Yeah, we were at her house and all the family was there the grandkids and kids and everybody was running around and mamas nerves had just gotten to about right to here. And i looked at over and i said, mama, you need a shot of who hit him . [ light laughter ] its either a shot of who hit him or a shot of who done it seth okay. [ light laughter ] and she said yeah she told lu casey her granddaughter. She said, lu come here. I want you to go in my bedroom, go in the bathroom, look in bottom of the dirty clothes haver and bring me a bottle of crown out here. [ light laughter ] she said got it. And i said, mama, why do you put your crown in the bottom of your dirty clothes hamper . She said, do you think my grandsons are going to go in there checking for crown in my dirty clothes . [ laughter ] seth i love it shes one step ahead of them im telling you seth she stays one step ahead of them. [ applause ] absolutely, always. Seth we were talking about the voice last night as well are you i mean, obviously theres a great camaraderie between you and the other judges but do you have is there one of them you have your eye on as the toughest competition john. Seth yeah. John legend, yeah johns got a great knack for picking great singers. When were with our backs to the singers that come on to audition, im always kind of going, that away, looking at john see if johns going to hit his button well, johns really sneaky he wont do anything hell just be, hm, hm, hm. Like that. [ laughter ] and were like, oh, man. Seth yep but its fun. Seth you seem like youre having a fun time. I really am seth its lovely you also i hope you had fun writing this book. Because like i said, it is a collection of a lot of things. Its recipes its selfhelp its your own story. And while youre writing it, and youre also this is a collection of songs youve done before some new but mostly just a reimagining some wonderful songs. Both of them are a real gift to your fans and people who maybe are going to be a fan after they read it. But i of these recipes, can you just tell us real quick your tater tots recipe . Cause that is one that im the most confident anyone can do thank you very much, yes. You get in your car. Seth yeah. And you put it in reverse, get out of the garage, and drive down the road. Seth yep and you find your nearest sonic. Seth yep [ light laughter ] pull in the entrance, not the exit seth yep and pull in one of them little slots and you push that red button and you say, can i have me some tater tots . [ light laughter ] and i hope they dont say, were out. Seth you hope they dont say theyre out. Thank you for putting, go in the entrance, not the exit cause i think thats the one part i always get wrong about the recipe well, yeah, ive done that. Seth you do have this wonderful new restaurant called rebas place uhhuh. Seth atoka am i saying that right atoka, oklahoma. Yes seth thats also a music venue . Yeah, its got a little bitty stage. Seth little bitty stage. But, you talk about how you kind of go in there every now and then i do. Seth i would imagine its called rebas place, youre reba, you walk in people get excited right away but you were saying sometimes they just dont even notice its you . Yeah we did a surprise appearance and pake my older brother was up playing and he kind of got down. My band snuck up there, three or four of them and i came through the kitchen, and hopped up on the bandstand and started singing can you get the blues . And nobody said anything [ light laughter ] i mean, they didnt even look up from their chicken fried steak [ light laughter ] they were serious about it and all of a sudden i went, ahem they went, whats that . They go seth thats pretty exciting. Yeah. Seth i guess they just couldnt believe reba would actually be at rebas place, but there you go i guess they thought it was, you know, playing over the speakers or something. Seth you do it does speak to the quality of the food, they wont even look up from their chicken fried steak. Im going to use that seth there you go. [ light laughter ] thank you seth you have some farmers that are showing their love for you in the launch of this book and this album i dont even know how you go about this, but i will say its incredibly impressive. These are i guess theyre just using some real good lawnmowers i have [ applause ] seth von thun farms . Ive asked, how do they do that seth heres another one. Thats a very good reba as well. I mean how about that. Seth i mean, its worth getting a small plane just to go up and fly around this country to see where your face is turning up, right . Do they put a computer chip in the tractor or something . How do they do that . Seth i think they might. I was trying to figure it out. But youre right, theres probably computers now yeah. [ laughter ] seth every time you see something, how did they do that . Its a computer, yeah seth its not they found a guy who really knows what you look like, put him behind a tractor. Theyre like, do your best. Yeah, go for it. Seth do you have fun rerecording old songs . I do. Dave cobb, he and i worked on this album to strip it down and get just to the meat of the song and not a big production, which i had done originally for these songs. And so it just really brought out the heart and soul of the song, i think. Like, for instance, consider me gone is one of the songs on it. Thats rexs Favorite Song and it just i like the song more now when i get to sing it, because its softer. Seth it is really wonderful. You know, i got to see you do a few songs last night i cant wait to listen to the whole album start to finish. Thank you seth and it is such a joy to have you here, thanks so much for stopping by reba my pleasure, my pleasure. [ cheers and applause seth thats Reba Mcentire, everybody. Not that fancy, the book and the album are on sale now. The voice airs mondays and tuesdays right here on nbc well be right back with Werner Herzog. [ cheers and applause [ am pm by notd begins ] how welcomes morefeel seasonal style for less . When you can save on good gather groceries in all the fall flavors. And when Quality Ingredients bring more to the table. When you get low prices on the latest trends. When rewards come with quality and coziness. And when youre serving up taste they love at low prices. Thats totally target. Kinder bueno. Its crispy. Its creamy. 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Right now, only at red lobster. Welcome to fun dining. [ cheers and applause seth our next guest is a prolific writer, legendary filmmaker, and Academy Awardnominated director of more than 70 features and documentaries. His memoir, every man for himself and god against all is on sale now. Please welcome back to the show our friend Werner Herzog [ cheers and applause seth welcome back, werner. Thank you, i like to be back here seth it is wonderful to have you here im so enjoying reading your memoir but when you write a memoir, and i have a question uniquely for you. What is Werner Herzogs relationship with the truth . Well, when you go into the memoirs, you have to verify whats what happened. So and some people are dazed and confused because i lived such a wild life. As if i had lived five lives so, but i sent the manuscript to my brothers, who are very critical, and they said, yeah, okay, go ahead. And then people doubt you. Did he move a ship over a mountain yes, i did, its documented. Did he hypnotize an entire cast . Yes, i did, its its all in a way verifiable for example, there was doubt i staged an opera once in italy. And i wanted to have some stage work falling from high up and through the stage floor. And everybodys wondering what the hell happened here so and the theater wouldnt give me a stuntman so i tested the stunt myself from Something Like [ laughter ] Something Like 45 feet down into an air cushion and so people say i made it up no, i didnt there are a series of photos, i can show them to you whatever i was shot during an interview it sounds like, yes, he made it up no, its caught on tape. It was a bbc interview so you better be careful when you do Something Like that if you write poetry, you just invent if you write fiction, you invent completely but here, of course, what is an inventive element is a style, the way im telling the story. The wild sort of content needs a certain style. Seth and there is, of course, a lot of documentary evidence about the things youve done, either on film or just in photographs. You chose the photo for the cover of this book this is you on the edge of a volcano. Right and i had a protective suit. Seth yes but i notice you took off this protective part for the picture. Yeah. Because [ laughter ] it was at the end of it. I was will a vulcanologist the volcano was spitting out slabs of glowing, hot, sort of lava and it came raining down you better look up, where does it come . You dont duck, you have to look and step aside so and we were too close. And all of a sudden some unexpected burst and it came raining down and some of these slabs or blobs, 1,000 degrees celsius, they come raining down so you better run. You get out of there seth yeah. [ laughter ] you have and i dont mind to be a coward seth yes in such a moment. Seth but it did seem in that moment you also said, should we get a picture . [ laughter ] um i dont recall. But no, i never asked for a picture. Im not so important the film is important, the writing is important but id taken off my helmet because i was sweating and i had soot in my face somehow. And actually, this photo was done by the vulcanologist, clive oppenheimer. He had his photo camera and he said, stand still, i take a few photos. And i kind of like the photos, because my life has been on foot digging in the jungle. And moving a ship. And doing things like that seth you talk about how and this is fascinating to me. You can see a whole film before you start writing it sometimes yes seth you talk about writing aguirre, the wrath of god which is a movie its hard to imagine conceiving this whole story, then sitting down to write it when i pictured where you wrote it, i would never have guessed it was where you said you wrote it in the book well, it was written in two and a half days. I saw an entire film and i was on a bus with my soccer team. And we went to italy we had two huge barrels of bavarian beer for our hosts. We tried to make them drunk and win the game so [ light laughter ] but what happens, our team started to open a bottle a whole barrel and they were drunk within two hours. And i was sitting at that time a little typewriter on my knees and writing the screenplay and even by goalie leans over to me and he says, what are you doing . Then vomits over my typewriter [ laughter ] so what can you do i threw out a few pages from the window, and i forgot what was on it i forgot, so i had to type on it and i wrote the screenplay i dont need a quiet island where im all alone and things are serene i can write on a playground for children who are throwing toys at each other and screaming, the dog is barking at me it doesnt matter. I can write any place. Seth you you wrote something very funny in the book that i would really like you to do you wrote, you were talking about seeing the auctioneers at a livestock auction. And you wrote, i always wanted to direct a hamlet and have all the parts played by exchampion livestock auctioneers. [ light laughter ] i wanted the performance to come in at under 14 minutes. [ laughter ] yes well still unfinished project. [ laughter ] and you know, you know these livestock auctioneers, they speak with a speed that is unimaginable for me, the last poetry of capitalism, so to speak. And i really want anyone knows basically whats happening in hamlet. And i want to bring it down under 14 minutes yeah. Unfinished business seth there you go. Well, you have a lot and i would like to there was a film you did last time you left i so regretted im a fan of so many of your films bad lieutenant port of call new orleans you mentioned in the book as well it is, again, a career of fine performances it might be my favorite nicolas cage performance and you concur and nicolas cage had been interviewed about it what is your favorite performance . And he says, bad lieutenant with me. And theres nothing and nothing, and then comes the performance that won him the Academy Award i think leaving las vegas. Seth leaving las vegas, yes. It was so wonderful to work with him such a such a great, great actor. And i loved every minute with him, and it was wonderful. Seth well, it shows up on the screen it is a fantastic it shows. Seth yes its a fantastic book. And i know youre as prolific a writer, youve already written another book, which means you get to come back here again soon okay, thank you very much seth thank you very much Werner Herzog, everybody [ cheers and applause every man for himself and god against all available wherever you buy your books [ cheers and applause my rhythm. With skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, im getting into my groove. uplifting music along with significantly clearer skin. Skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. And is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. 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Subscribe to the late night podcast, featuring a closer look and more available on apple, spotify, google, or wherever you listen to podcasts. [ cheers and applause seth i wanna thank my guests Reba Mcentire, Werner Herzog, tom odell, everybody. [ cheers and applause i wanna thank greg clark jr. And the 8g band. Thank you all for watching we love you. [ cheers and applause