MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR AND

COMEDIAN YOU KNOW FROM "THE DAILY SHOW," "BALLERS," AND "THE

UNICORN."

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

MR. ROB CORDDRY.

HELLO, CORDDRY.

>> OH, MAN!

WHAT'S UP.

>> Stephen: IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Stephen: TALKING TO YOU IS LIKE A VACATION.

I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN A REAR.

I HAVE NOT SEEN YOU IN A YEAR.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN.

IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

>> HAS IT BEEN A YEAR.

OH, MY GOD.

>> Stephen: CATCH ME UP.

>> I'VE BEEN LOCKED DOWN.

THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING ME AWAY FROM YOU.

I'VE BEEN LOCKED IN MY HOUSE.

>> Stephen: THIS HAS ALL BEEN AN ELABORATE RUSE SO I WOULDN'T

HAVE TO SEE YOU.

I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.

>> IT'S ALL ABOUT ME AND YOU.

>> Stephen: YOU WERE AN EAGLE SCOUT, RIGHT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Stephen: WERE YOU PREPARED?

A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR COVID.

DID YOU HAVE THE TOILET PAPER AND THE EXTRA BAGS OF RICE AND

CHICK PEAS.

WERE YOU PREPARED FOR THIS.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF TOILET PAPER.

THE EAGLE SCOUT BADGE DOESN'T QUITE-- IT'S NOT REALLY

APPLICABLE TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH.

BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF YOU RECOGNIZE THIS SURVIVAL

IMPLEMENT.

>> Stephen: THAT IS A "DAILY SHOW"--" ARE THOSE BINOCULARS?

WHAT IS THAT?

OH, THAT'S THE RADIO!

>> THAT'S THE RADIO!

IN 2003 WE WERE GIFTED A RADIO.

>> Stephen: THIS WAS A HAND-CRANK RADIO.

>> THE HAND CRANKER.

YES, SO THIS IS, LIKE, THE ONLY WAY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF IT ALL GOES DOWN, WE'RE NO

INFORMATION ANYWHERE.

>> Stephen: IF THERE'S NO GRID, IF THERE'S NO GRID TO

POWER YOUR RADIO, SOMEHOW "THE DAILY SHOW" THOUGHT THERE WOULD

STILL BE RADIO STATIONS.

>> IT WAS SUCH AN OMINOUS GIFT.

>> Stephen: IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.

IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.

>> IT WAS RIGHT AFTER 9/11.

>> Stephen: RIGHT.

>> THERE WAS A BLACKOUT JUST HAPPENED.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

SO I-- I JUST DUG INTO THE INSTRUCTIONS, THOUGH.

THEY'RE FASCINATING.

>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'RE PART OF-- HOW ARE THEY FASCINATING?

ARE THEY FASCINATING IN THAT IT SAYS,"CRANK IT, SCBTS IT WORKS.

>> IT'S A SHORTWAVE RADIO.

>> Stephen: YOU CAN TALK TO RADIO MOSCOW WITH THAT THING.

>> YEAH, LIKE, I SMELL ANOTHER OBSESSION COMING ON FOR ME.

THIS THING HAS BEEN COLLECTING DUST FOR YEARS.

>> Stephen: I'VE USED MINE.

I'VE USED MINE.

YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT, NO BIG DEAL.

>> Stephen: YEAH, HEY, WELCOME TO THE CBS FAMILY.

I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR, BUT WELCOME BACK, I

GUESS, TO THE CBS FAMILY BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE FINALLY BACK ON THE

AIR.

I'M SO THRILLED THAT WE HAVE SOME PRIME TIME FOR US.

SOME LEAD-IN HERE.

TELL US ABOUT THE "THE UNICORN."

HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING IT?

>> IT'S BEEN GREAT, MAN.

IT WAS A WEIRD TRANSITION AT FIRST.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WEIRD TO--

>> TRANSITION TO-- YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COVID

PROTOCOLS.

>> Stephen: SURE YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE MASKS.

>> MASKS AND FACE SHIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT-- WHO YOU CAN

TALK TO AND WHAT-- EVERYBODY'S DIVIDED UP INTO ZONES.

SO IT'S PRETTY-- THEY'VE GOT IT PRETTY-- PRETTY TIGHT.

BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GREAT.

>> Stephen: GOOD TO HEAR IT.

GOOD TO HEAR THAT IT'S BEEN GREAT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS-- THERE'S AN EPISODE THAT YOUR CHARACTER

IS ACTUALLY-- FEELS BAD ABOUT HIS WHITE PRIVILEGE AND ACTUALLY

IS TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR IT BY GIVING-- GIVING YOUR FRIEND'S

SON?

>> ARE YOU ANSWERING THE QUESTION YOU ASKED ME THE WAY

YOU WANTED ME TO ANSWER IT?

>> Stephen: YEAH.

I'M JUST GOING AHEAD AND ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AT THIS

POINT.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO CUT ALL THIS PART OUT, AREN'T YOU?

>> Stephen: NO, THIS IS THE PART WE'RE KEEPING.

THIS IS THE-- >> THIS IS TV GOLD RIGHT HERE.

>> Stephen: IT STARTS RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE A CLIP.

SET UP THIS CLIP WE'VE GOT HERE.

WHAT' GOING ON.

>> YEAH, SO I BROUGHT A CLIP, IS WHAT ACTORS SAY.

AND -- >> Stephen: I'M JUST

STERILIZING.

>> AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE FOUGHT, OMAR AND I-- WE

DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT BUT WE THOUGHT WE WOULD.

"THE UNICORN" IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED COVID, WHICH I

THOUGHT WAS GREAT BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT THERE TO BE

A SENSE OF ESCAPISM, YOU KNOW.

THESE ARE STORIES YOU CAN ENJOY --

>> Stephen: OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

>> AFTER TAKING YOUR MASK OFF AND SITTING ON YOUR COUCH.

>> Stephen: SURE.

>> BUT THERE IS-- BUT THE RACIAL STRIVE WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO US.

SO ON, MAR MILLER AND I WENT TO THE PRODUCERS AND SAID THIS IS

IMPORTANT TO US.

AND IMMEDIATELY, ONE OF THE WRITERS, HOWARD, HAD AN IDEA FOR

A STORY, AND THIS IS FROM FROM THE CLIP, YOU KNOW, THE CLIP

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS FROM THAT EPISODE.

IT'S NEXT WEEK'S EPISODE, I BELIEVE.

>> Stephen: JIM, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> YOU BOUGHT NOAH A $300 GAMING SYSTEM.

>> $350.

WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY.

I GOT THAT BECAUSE HE'S SO CLUMSY.

>> YOU'RE DOING TOO MUCH, MAN.

>> I DON'T THINK I'M DOING ENOUGH!

I MEAN, TELL ME, WHAT BOOKS CAN I READ?

WHAT ORGANIZATIONS CAN I JOIN?

I WANT TO DO BETTER.

>> BUT THIS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW, THIS ISN'T BETTER.

COME ON, MAN!

YOU'RE PUTTING ALL YOUR GUILT ON ME BECAUSE YOU WANT ME TO MAKE

YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE THINGS I HAVE TO DEAL WITH!

>> I WOULDN'T PUT IT EXACTLY LIKE THAT BUT...

( LAUGHTER ).

>> Stephen: THAT'S NOT EASY TO MAKE THAT FUNNY.

>> YEAH, YEAH, AND THE REST OF THE SHOW, LIKE, THAT EPISODE

IS-- IT'S SOMETHING I'M-- I FELT REAL RESPONSIBILITY, A REAL

RESPONSIBILITY TO HAVING PITCHED-- YOU KNOW, HAVING

REQUESTED IT.

>> Stephen: WELL, YOU AND I WORKED FOR "RESPONSIBILITY

CENTRAL" FOR MANY YEARS.

>> WE SURE DID, YUP, YEAH.

WE SURE DID.

( LAUGHS ).

>> Stephen: OMAR WAS ON "C.S.I.: MIAMI."

YOU EVER TALK TO HIM ABOUT WHETHER HE CAN DO ALL THAT LAB

STUFF?

DID HE LEARN ANYTHING?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> Stephen: HE CAN DO ALL THAT.

>> OH, YEAH, HE WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT IT.

NO, HE IS A TRAINED LAB TECHNICIAN IN REAL LIFE AS WELL,

AND HE KNOWS ALL THOSE-- ALL THOSE TERMS HE SAID ON THE SHOW,

ALL THOSE THINGS IT'S REAL.

HE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING.

>> Stephen: ROB, IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU.

>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO.

>> Stephen: HAVE A HAPPY THIS IS.

>> YOU, TOO, MAN.

>> Stephen: ROB CORDDRY, EVERYBODY!

"THE UNICORN" AIRS THURSDAY NIGHTS AT 9:30 ON CBS.

WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL BE UP ON THE ROOF COOKING WITH JOSEÉ

ANDREÉS.

JOIN US, WON'T YOU?