And the American People were happy in suburban homes with their nuclear families. I like ike. Its so simple and it conveys that happiness. This idea, however, is a myth. And it is a political construction. The 1950s, in fact, it was a time wrought with racial discrimination, conflict, intense political and social pressures to conform to a suburban ideal that imposed gender hierarchies and mandated heterosexuality in the law. It was a time in which anti communism targeted the liberal reform impulses of the new deal and often anticommunists took away civil liberties. These are all areas of political pressure in terms of enforcing certain ideals and resisting against those that we will look at next week. I like ike, as a political construct, shifted attention away from those divisions and it created a sense of consensus. In many ways, again, this is a political construction. At the root of it was an innovative and transformative Marketing Campaign that transformed a military hero into a p
David chang, musical guest Lady Antebellum, and the legendary roots crew its the tonight show at home edition. And now, heres jimmy. Jimmy hey everybody, welcome to tonight show at home edition my name is jimmy fallon. Thank you very much. It is day 59 of quarantine 59, i believe. Thats the number going out there. So, almost 60. Tomorrow is 60 days in quarantine im staying at home. Im wearing my mask if i do go out, which is rare im walking my dog my dog, gary, was faking a limp today. She was she didnt want to walk as long as i wanted i go, gary, come on. This is a thing. She started, like, limping i go, all right, no problem. So, i try to walk her home really slow, stopping on the way. Then once we got home running around nothing, like Nothing Happened lets get to some jokes here guys, if things arent crazy enough, this weekend, it snowed in new york city weve been quarantined for so long, most new yorkers woke up like, holy crap i slept through the summer. Yeah what season is it . L
Number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre that weve been drawn to and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we begin let me introduce the panelists and as i introduce each of you if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to buyography. And first we have larry masslon from the tish school of arts and as particularly interested in the history of broadway and comedy and written biographies. Richard rogers and playwright george f. Coughlin in adisto other books. And the documentary film sammy davis jr. , i gotta be me. So what has drawn you to buyography. Hi. I may be different from the left of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment, youre dealing with the public persona of performers, when they sang, danced and acted and, of course, what happens offstage or behind the curtain is equally fascinating as you try to make some sense out of what a performer did publicly as to wh
Attention to the virus to aid in war against the pandemic, live tomorrow morning for special interview you dont want to miss. Do stay with us for that. This morning pointing to higher opening. Take a look at future, up better 250 points on dow industrials, s p is up 29 and nasdaq higher by 116 this morning, this after the dow, nasdaq, s p ended down last week. As you can see better in the dow and s p. Google parent alphabet, microsoft, facebook, amazon, Technology Names reporting earnings this week and at the end exxon reporting numbers. Holding china responsible. Senator tom cotton telling me the coronavirus escaping its borders was a deliberate attack by the chinese and calling for action against the Chinese Communist party. Plus questions rolling with the health of north Korean Leader kim jong un as he remains unseen. Mornings with maria begins right now. Global markets this morning are rallying, take a look at europe indices, ftse 100 up 95 points, cac quarante in paris is up 86 an
Were still getting the satellite. We need 30 seconds. Stephen okay, ill just take a nap then this sort of thing never happened at the ed sullivan theater. I wish i was there again. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen sleeping or is he weak . Plus stephen welcomes Thandie Newton, and ina garten. With a special appearance by john mulaney, featuring jon battiste and stay human. And now life from his own subconscious, its Stephen Colbert stephen hey, everybody, thank you, thank you so much, please, please have a seat. Ladies and gentlemen, everybody, in here, out there, all around the world. Welcome to the late show. I am your host, Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause . Stephen hold on a second. There you go. Folks, as you can see, i am coming to once again from the beautiful ed sullivan theater here in midtown manhattan. And i can do that because a tod, may 1, the federal stayathome order has been lifted an lift and since were governed by the federal communications c