off script. lisa, who played the oldest said she got kicked out of school in canada for taking too much time filming the movie. williams wrote a letter to the principal asking him to reconsider. she said the principal framed the letter but still expelled her. the home is still a big draw for tourists. >> guys, it's a house. >> don't ruin it! >> co >> pizza hut is offering goodbye pies to help soften the blow of a prevalentine's day breakup. >> basically the restaurant will send your boyfriend or girlfriend a free hot honey pie to break the news that you are dumping them. >> here at pizza hut, we're surprised at how many people have opted to sever relationships using our goodbye pies. that's why we are expanding our menu to help customers avoid

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>> stephen: thank you very much. thank you, everybody. welcome. welcome one and all to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. [cheering] i want to thank everyone in this brave audience right here, everyone in the audience who braved the cold outside to come in here and be even colder, because today, new york city was pummeled by a nor'easter, including a heavy dusting on the marquee at the ed sullivan theater. leading up to the storm, officials forecasted up to 8 inches of snow. of course, as is usually the case, that 8 inches was more like a confident 5. but you know what they say. [cheering] you know what they...

i got a little something. but you know what they say. it's not about the depth of the snow, it's how you plow it! thank you. back in the day, snow used to mean no school, but not anymore. because instead, in new york, students had a remote learning day. as in, the chances of learning? remote. the early morning snowstorm, is this true? it depressed turnout in an important special election today in new york: the race to replace george santos. the candidates for that long island seat are republican mazi pilip and democrat tom suozzi. it's a showdown we're calling: mazi v. suozzi, democracy kamikaze on long ozzy. it's gonna catch on. [cheering] no, that's okay. it doesn't deserve that. the republican has an unusual resume. she'sa local legislator and a registered democrat.

a republican who's a democrat. thanksgiving must be really hard. she gets in a fight with herself, then sneaks away from herself to get high in the garage. we don't know the results yet, right? we don't know anything, because we recorded this earlier, okay, but we do know the race was tight and the stakes are high. the g.o.p. has a razor-thin majority in the house of representatives, and they need all the votes they can get for their election-year ambitions to impeach alejandro mayorkas or even president biden. long islanders could decide the fate of congress! explains the first bill that suozzi has promised to pass: "h.r. 273: the beatles couldn't hold billy joel's freakin' jock strap." now, a lot of people are looking at this as a bellwether for the presidential election, and one republican voter described her priorities. >> i supported mazi because i think she's a little tougher on crime. and to be honest with you, that's what the whole country is

afraid of, the crime. we don't care about democracy. that's already done. [laughter] >> stephen: we don't care about democracy? donald trump, i think i've found your new vp. that's done. democracy-schemocracy. a lot of democrats voted early, in this election, so republicans needed a big turnout today, which is why they hatched a brilliant plan to get voters to the polls, even in the snow. >> republicans here say if voters can't get to the polls, they have monster trucks at the ready to pick them up and get them to the polls. >> stephen: oh, yeah! this tuesday, tuesday, tuesday, it's special election monster jam! live from long island, featuring the enfranchiser, el ballot loco, and governor kathy hochul-saurus! oh, to quote the four words most often used to cancel vacations: "there's some covid news." we just learned that the cdc plans to drop its five-day covid

isolation guidelines. what? no isolation? you've been telling us for years that we need to be mindful of infecting our friends and neighbors. they also announced the new cdc slogan: "j.k., lolz." one of the reasons why this is such big news is because it's the first loosening of covid isolation recommendations since 2021. which was when they told us it was finally okay to leave our personal human hamster balls. so what do the new guidelines actually say? from now on, you are free to go back to your life if you're fever-free for at least 24 hours without the aid of medication, and your symptoms are mild and improving. so remember when you're riding in the elevator with todd from accounting and he's coughing all the way to the tenth floor, it's fine as long as he was worse yesterday. there's gonna be a new person. what else has changed? there's gonna be a new person overseeing elections for the

g.o.p. soon. because reportedly, ronna mcdaniel is stepping down as chair of the republican national committee and donald trump wants to replace her with north carolina g.o.p. chair and coworker who just found out there was an office christmas party last year, michael whatley. but the really interesting story here is who trump reportedly wants to make cochair, none other than his daughter-in-law and woman who thought "get out" was a rom-com, lara trump. now, many folks are saying this choice reeks of corruption, and in response to her critics, lara released this statement. >> well, i won't back down no, i won't back down. >> stephen: still slaps. as in i feel like i'm being slapped. trump said this about the endorsement. "lara is an extremely talented communicator and is dedicated to all that maga stands for. she has told me she wants to

accept this challenge and would be great! every penny will be used properly. yes, it's true. every penny will be used. every penny. no, folks, listen. every penny. every penny. every penny will be used properly. all the folding money will be misappropriated. because daddy's got legal bills." i say, why stop with lara? a future trump administration could have jared as chief of staff, ivanka as ambassador to the u.n., and don jr. as head of the d.e.a., the drug enjoyment agency. folks are still rattled by trump's statement that he would "encourage" russia to do what it wanted to our nato allies. and i'm being told putin has pushed france out a window. well, now we have an update from former national security adviser and colonel sanders' brother who went to kentucky fried law school, john bolton.

in an upcoming book, bolton predicts that if trump is elected, "nato would be in real jeopardy. i think he would try to get out." and you know he wouldn't do it to their face. he would just send nato one of those pizza hut break-up pizzas. this is such a shocking idea that president biden took a break from succumbing to entropy to express his opinion. >> it's dumb. it's shameful. it's dangerous. it's un-american. >> stephen: strong words, joe. and, coincidentally, trump's new campaign slogan. oh, the ratings are in from the super bowl, and it was super! in fact, super bowl lviii was the most-watched program ever. it's no surprise. [cheering] no surprise. you had your football fans plus all the folks tuning in to catch a glimpse of a global mega-star, tracker. tracker: your glasses were on top of your head the whole time.

the game was watched by 123.4 million average viewers. and who knows how many really hot ones. oh, today is mardi gras! today is mardi gras! my friends. happy mardi gras. happy mardi gras. tomorrow is ash wednesday, the first day of lent, which this year falls on valentine's day. which explains why one of the most popular gifts for catholic lovers is an empty box with the note "you gave up chocolate for lent." and that is actually a budget-conscious choice this year, because cocoa prices have spiked to an all-time high. you can learn all about it in the new netflix crime drama "narcocos." but the biggest candy news this holiday is that sweethearts is updating its famous valentine's conversation heart candy. fingers crossed they've finally found the perfect ratio of chalk to baby powder. the actual change is to the text. sweethearts will now offer

special hearts with messages for people who are in "situationships." now, if you're not sure if your relationship is a situationship, it's a situationship. or if you add a third person, a menage-a-whatevs. the new situationship candy hearts look like this, with the tag-line "messages as blurry as your relationship." first of all, blurry text is a copout. they're clearly trying to unload all their misprints. second, there are plenty of messages that could accurately describe your situationship, like: "miss u when drunk", "we're bored and both home for the holidays", and "i will never know your middle name." we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are matt damon and "ghost's" danielle pinnock. but when we come back, space news! stick around. >> announcer: "the late show with stephen colbert"

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happy, happy. [laughs] thank you, everybody! louis, everybody over there, happy mardi gras. >> louis: happy mardi gras. >> stephen: we've got to pick up our heels. laissez le bon temps rouler! right now because tomorrow is lent. 40 days of sacrifice. are you going to give up anything? >> louis: ehhh, probably tv. >> stephen: except cbs? >> louis: except for cbs. >> stephen: because we've got one of the stars of "ghosts" out here, danielle pinnock will be out here in just a moment. have you seen "ghosts"? >> louis: haven't seen it yet. >> stephen: it's very spooky. is it scary? not really scary. after that, we have a man we greatly admire, wonderful actor, oscar winner. matt damon will be out here.

listen, does tv include streaming or just broadcast? can you stream if you're going to give up tv? >> louis: i think it includes streaming. >> stephen: well, don't do that. our dear friend taylor tomlinson's new netflix special "have it all" just dropped today. it's fantastic. after you watch this, watch it again. watch taylor in "after midnight" after the show coming up. just about half an hour. folks, i love space. we've discovered so many amazing things up there: stars, moons, clovers, horseshoes. and i like to tell you all about the latest cosmic developments in my segment "space news"! [cheers and applause] first up, james webb telescope news!

>> my eyes are up here, perv. >> stephen: the james webb telescope continues to return astounding images from space, including this picture of "n79, a massive star-forming region," which they say is only "1,630 light-years away, making it a close neighbor." oh, you think they're a close neighbor, then they have a pool party, invite the conroys and the wallaces but not you. what the hell, alan? you played harmonica in my dad band after nancy left you." next up, "aliens among us news!" >> you always knew. >> the survey-people have been surveying out there and their newest research reveals 1 out of 3 americans thinks aliens live among us. while in the same study, 2 out of 3 americans said "aliens do not live among you and i am an american human person.

i enjoy sport and have blood. please take me to taco bell for bean meat." they love the bean meat. [cheering] no. when asked who they think the aliens might be, a third said they feel a certain celebrity may not be from this planet. i couldn't agree more. nice try, jeremy allen white. no human has abs in their armpits! your abs have backup abs! next up, "hyperactive sun news!" >> i'm bored. i'm bored. i'm bored. i'm bored. i'm bored. >> stephen: astronomers say that nasa's tess telescope has spotted six exoplanets around a so-called misbehaving toddler star, explaining that "these juvenile stars can be difficult to keep track of because of their hyperactivity, in the form of intense magnetism, more prevalent and intense sunspots and heightened solar flares." a toddler star also says it

doesn't have to pee until you get on the highway. then it's like "i have to pee" and you're like, "i asked you at home," and the star is like, "i didn't have to pee then." so you find the filthiest gas station in the solar system and the star doesn't pee, and then your head explodes and that's what a supernova is. next up... [cheers] somebody's raised a toddler. next up, "moon lander news!" >> who inspected these bolts? >> stephen: according to the latest reports, japan's first moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down. scientists hope to resolve the issue by deployng the space spatula. in other interplanetary lander news, a bittersweet milestone for nasa: their mars helicopter ingenuity has been grounded for good after 72 flights. an image beamed to earth last

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♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey, everybody! there you go. welcome back to "the late show," everybody, already in progress. ladies and gentlemen, my first guest tonight is an oscar-winning actor and writer you know from so many of your favorite films like "good will hunting," "the bourne identity" movies, and "oppenheimer." please welcome back to "the late show," mr. matt damon. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

>> matt: wow. [cheering] these are the adventurous people who braved the snow. >> stephen: that's exactly right. thank you for being here. you made it through the storm to be here. i appreciate it. >> matt: i did. i did. eric adams, our mayor, is very popular in my house today because everybody got to stay home from school. >> stephen: you were one of the big super bowl ads this year along with your buddy, ben affleck, and tom brady. as if i have to ask, whose idea was this? >> matt: that is clearly not my idea. [laughs] we had a lot of fun doing it, though. it was great. >> stephen: it looks like a lot of fun. so is affleck your best friend? >> matt: yes, for many, many years. >> stephen: that's fantastic. i like at the end, you say, i like at the end, you say,

remember how i said i would do anything for you? this is "anything." that's what you say the end of the ad. >> matt: i actually said that to him when we were filming and he just left it in. [laughs] >> stephen: in other words, when i said, i gave you a chip that said i would do anything for you and you just burned it on an ad. >> matt: however much time we have on this beautiful planet, he's got no more chip with me. >> stephen: do you hang with famous people? who is your crew? who does matt damon roll with? >> matt: well, first of all, i don't think of myself in the third person. so let me tell you who matt damon rolls with. >> stephen: tell me who matt damon rolls with. stephen colbert wants to know. >> matt: we have some friends who are famous or in the business because that's just who you end up meeting. >> stephen: what is your ratio in the crew, is it 80-20? what's your ratio of famous people to non famous people. >> matt: john krasinski and emily blunt, we live in the same apartment building, so i see

them quite often. but they are more like family. >> stephen: than friends. you can't choose them. they are in your building. >> matt: nothing i can do about it. i see him in the gym every morning and i can't get away from him. >> stephen: really? i just arm wrestled him. >> matt: i know. you have arm wrestled him on numerous occasions. >> stephen: only three. >> matt: yeah, that's numerous. >> stephen: i'm not going to arm wrestle you because i touched your tricep on the way out here. and it's like a brick wall. are you getting ready for like a role or something? or you just like to stay fit? >> matt: no, i am trying to keep up with john is the truth because john was getting really good shape for this role that he's gone off to do, he is doing this guy ritchie film. so i started training with him every morning. just because i didn't have anything else to do. >> stephen: so you don't run with a lot of famous people? the only people you can name are famous people. >> matt: that's right. well, yeah.

ben, for instance, ben is a very famous guy but he wasn't when he was 8 years old when i started hanging out with him. >> stephen: that's fair. i don't know if i run with enough famous people. i am mildly famous. not matt damon famous. mildly famous. >> matt: you're on tv every night. but i picture you just kind of hanging out with jon stewart. >> stephen: that's all we do. jon and i. we just meet at a burger bar. and we just hang out. >> matt: plan the next rally. >> stephen: exactly right. exactly right. i have to ask you about "oppenheimer." it's a fantastic performance. [applause] two quick questions. i understand that before you did "oppenheimer," you and your wife agreed that you wouldn't act for a while. so what gives? why did you do "oppenheimer?" >> matt: we had a very specific arrangement, which was, like most actors, people keep an eye on someone like chris nolan

and i had a feeling he might have a movie coming up and he's really mercurial. no idea if there is a part in it for me, but i just left that one door open. i said "but if chris nolan were to call me." >> stephen: darling, nothing is more important to me than the time we spent together. >> matt: our marriage... [laughter] is the second most important thing. no, that's not true. no, but to be fair, she is a massive fan of his movies too. she was like "no, if he calls, then you can do that." then he did, which was great. >> stephen: wow. maybe that is a way to tempt him to give you something. i just want to say "darling, i just want you to know that i will never act in a movie unless chris nolan calls. and then i have to." >> matt: it's irresistible. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break, but we'll be right back with more matt damon, everybody. stick around.

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. we are back here with the producer of the new documentary "kiss the future," matt damon. everybody knows you as an actor and as a writer. you're also a producer and you have a new film called "kiss the future." what is "kiss the future"? >> matt: so this is a documentary that we made and i heard this story and i thought it was just so incredible. we have this incredible,

this wonderful director. it's about sarajevo about 30 years ago. and the siege there and basically the way that people who survived that siege, the way they did it, one of the ways they got through it was through music and art. and basically refusing, refusing to be defined by the situation they were in and doing this incredible -- like using music almost as an act of resistance and defiance. and through this incredible story, they get linked up with u2, and u2 starts broadcasting interviews with them from their zoo tv tour and trying to keep their stories centered and it's about the relationship between that city and that band and about music in general and about really about light winning over darkness and the political forces that are always trying to divide us. and the way normal people could just rise up and use art and use

music as a way to express their together and to win. [applause] yeah. it's a really beautiful movie. and in fact, you know, amc, it's going to come out in theaters all over america and i talked to the head of amc, and he just loved the movie and everybody involved with it and he just wanted to help. so he's putting it out. and it's going to come out later on on paramount+. you'll be able to see it. hopefully go see it in a theater. it's a beautiful story. >> stephen: we have a clip of the documentary here. you need to tell us what's happening? >> matt: i think it's pretty self-explanatory but you'll get a sense of kind of what the movie is hopefully through this and you'll get to see some of the sarajevans who we follow. that's one of the ways the band agreed to do it, they didn't want to make a u2 movie. they were like, "you got to put the sarajevan people at the center of this" and that's what we did. so here's a clip.

>> stephen: jim. >> they represent something i realized in this war. personification of our resistance. u2 during the war, they really had something to say. that was really important for us. >> all of us use music to protect ourselves, you know, is a kind of shield against all the dark forces inside our head. in sarajevo, there was war, they were in the middle of it. and they were using music as a shield against actual dark forces. [applause] >> stephen: here is you and one of the people in the movie. here is you and bono. did you get to know him in the course of making this film? >> matt: i did. i knew him, coincidently.

i'd met him a number of times over the years. he actually really helped me get into the work that i do with water.org and he's been a really important part of my life in that way. but we were shooting the last duel in ireland when the lockdown happened and so i got locked down with my family a quarter-mile from his house. >> stephen: walking distance? >> matt: walking distance. staggering distance. [laughter] >> stephen: there or on the way back? >> matt: usually the way back. yeah. he's a rock star. it's tough to hang with those guys. >> stephen: so you hang out with krasinski and you hang out with bono. so not a lot of famous people. you hang out with hemsworth too, don't you? >> matt: i just sound like such an [bleep], don't i? >> stephen: do you hang out with clooney at lake como ever? >> matt: for many years, i did. the last few years. with the kids. i haven't been to that place

probably since we did "monuments men." time is flying by. >> stephen: i had dinner there with my family a couple years ago. he told a lot of stories about you. >> matt: i'm sure he did. but he knows i have a lot of stories about him so it's okay. mutually assured destruction. it's the cold war. >> stephen: there you go. okay. it's been reported and i'm sure you know these reports that the jason bourne films, a new jason bourne film is in the works at universal. [cheering] just saying. somebody is prepping for something. no details have been given as to who's involved in this. i understand there's something you'd like to tell everybody right now. >> matt: no details have been given to me. no, no, no. there's a great director named edward berger who directed "all quiet on the western front." i don't know if you saw, it came out recently. fantastic. a german director and he's wonderful and he said he had an idea.

>> stephen: are you excited to be working with him? >> matt: i would love to work with him. so he's working on it. i'm as anxious as you are to see if this thing -- i hope it's great and that we can do it. >> stephen: okay. but if he said i'm doing it, they said it's got to be matt damon. if you bigfooted the situation. just say this is how it's going to be, matt damon. >> matt: at a certain point, someone is going to need to take it over. i'm not getting any younger. >> stephen: you are fit as a fiddle. again, you are rock-hard. i'm telling you. [cheering] i'm just -- appreciatively. i touched krasinski's bicep the other night when we were arm wrestling. putty. he's got nothing on you. >> matt: he is a monster in the gym. >> stephen: no, he's not. no, he's not. one of the things about this that i love is not only was this one of the most popular commercials that was on the

super bowl but dunkin' actually sold these ridiculous outfits. >> matt: i didn't know they were going to do that. i had no idea. >> stephen: we've got a couple of them right here. [cheering] may i? may i be a dun-king? >> matt: yes. >> stephen: there you go. >> matt: oh, my god. >> stephen: this is fantastic. so comfortable over a suit. [applause] >> matt: oh, perfect. >> stephen: fantastic. >> matt: we need the glasses. >> stephen: these are nice. [cheering] >> matt: that, by the way, the only qualification for being a dun-king is the willingness to put this on so you're in the band. >> stephen: it's a completely sealed plastic bag which is what i like about it. i feel like i am trying to make weight for the wrestling team. >> matt: it's great for dancing.

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>> stephen: hey, everybody. welcome back. folks, my next guest tonight is an actor you know from "young sheldon," "candy cane lane," and as alberta haynes in cbs' hit show "ghosts." >> hello, alberta. >> okay, i know that you are mad about the whole "my son murdering you and me not telling you about it for 100 years" but how long do you intend to freeze me out? >> can you please tell hetty i'm still not talking to her. >> hetty, alberta wants me to tell you -- wait, i just had it. >> never mind. >> stephen: please welcome to "the late show," danielle pinnock. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪

>> danielle: hey! whoo! that's my jam. >> stephen: hello. nice to meet you. >> danielle: it's an honor to be here. >> stephen: oh, you're very nice. congratulations on the success of "ghosts." >> danielle: thank you. [cheering] >> stephen: also it must have been fun. 123.4 million people watching the super bowl and this premiere ad goes up. was it surreal to know that many millions of people were watching at one time? >> danielle: it's unreal. i am the most popular person in my family's whatsapp group chat. to see me do the charleston in front of 100,000 people. 100 million people. it's surreal. >> stephen: it is. but millions of people watch "ghosts" every week. are you at all surprised at the popularity of the show or the popularity of the character? >> danielle: i tell you i'm

grateful for its popularity. i've been working at this dream for 17 plus years and to be now in this amazing production of "ghosts," season three now. this is a role and a show of a lifetime for me. >> stephen: that's wonderful. it's a tight-knit cast or at least it seems like a tight-knit cast, it's a real ensemble cast which we don't always get in a tv show. do you guys hang out? i have been in ensemble casts before and we do things together. >> danielle: that's all we do. we hang out and eat. that's all we do. our group texts. >> stephen: do go out or just onset hanging out? do you do things together? >> danielle: we go out all the time. season one, if you watch the pilot, we all had sharp jaw lines and collarbones and by episode 22, we all look a little fuller. montreal is the most delicious food city on the planet but most recently our new place is hooters. that's our new spot. >> stephen: the food there is amazing. >> danielle: those wings. i don't know what is in the wing water at hooters.

lemon pepper wings, smoky garlic. i need to be the ambassador. i'm ready. i'm ready. >> stephen: you play alberta, a prohibition era jazz singer. what do we have here? we have her right here. there you are. there you are right there. [applause] what do you like about alberta? >> danielle: i think the thing about alberta is that she is so iconic to black history. it was a beautiful time for black people. the harlem renaissance. langston hughes, bessie smith, ma rainey all came out of this. for her, she is just brilliant and brassy. she is a hot mess with a heart of gold. i liken her to like a jazz scat. scat's all over the place but then you are like, you find your rhythm. ooh! [scatting] that's alberta. you know, i am here. >> stephen: i like hot mess with a heart of gold.

>> danielle: she is. >> stephen: i learned that you studied theater at temple u. >> stephen: in philly. it's pretty close. when you were a young actor studying did you come up to new york to see shows? >> danielle: i am a theater scammer. i have to admit this. when i was in college we didn't have much money but we used to lie to get theater tickets on broadway. >> stephen: how do you lie to get theater tickets? because some of these people might want to try this. >> danielle: she going to be mad i'm telling her business. da'vine joy randolph and i went to the temple university. she is oscar-nominated. i am so proud of her and we used to lie all the time to get into the shows on broadway. first we would do accents. this one production we saw passing strange, colman domingo, also now oscar-nominated and she said tonight we're going to do british and i said i'm ready. our british accents were terrible at the time. we were like "hello. hi, thank you. thank you. we lost our tickets on british airways.

can we have new tickets please? thank you. thank you. thank you." they would give it to us literally. >> stephen: they would give you tickets? >> danielle: they were so annoyed with us. we kept badgering them. "thank you. thank you. do you have any tea? do you have any tea? we need the tickets." we would see these shows for free and one show in particular that i almost got caught. they were doing "fela" on broadway and patti labelle was in it. i gotta see mama patti. i have to see mama patti. me and my friend pretended to be husband and wife. sean is very gay. but i said we're going to work it out, we are improvisers. he said, "this is my honey." i said "this is my honey. auntie patti labelle told us you have tickets. where are the tickets? they said what do you mean? i said that's my auntie. i'm her niece. drove all the way from dallas, texas. where are my tickets? he was like yeah, honey, where's the tickets." they were like, we asked patti, she said you are her niece, go and sit in the orchestra.

i said "really?" so i am stressed. mr. colbert, i am stressed. we get to the orchestra and i see patti labelle. she is making eye contact with me the entire show. i'm like, "i love your work. i love your work." her final number, she goes in the audience, sees me, kisses me on my forehead and i'm like, "this is either the kiss of death." [laughs] or the kiss of love. i think she just clocked me and was like "you've got good game. i'm going to keep it moving now." that's the last time i ever did that. [applause] >> stephen: i love seeing people's first performances, early performances, tell me about playing captain hook. i want to know. tell me about how you got into this. when are we talking? >> danielle: this must've been sophomore year in high school. they said they are doing peter pan. i said there's no parts for me. they said what about wendy? i said i'm black. i'm not about to be wendy. there could be a black wendy but she's not fun.

what about tigerlily? i said, tigerlily, that's racist. i don't want that. i said i want captain hook. they said no girls are gonna audition for captain hook. i said i got you. i don't know if you remember conway, they used to have the faux fur coats, we want to conway and got a fur coat. i used a fork as my hook and had a cowboy hat my dad gave me because he was living in houston. i went in there for the audition. all these boys in high school, they were like, "she's not getting it." i said, i'm getting this role, it's the only role i want. mr. colbert, when i tell you i booked that role and i was the best at it and them boys still to this day clown me on facebook because they were so mad they lost out to a black lady. [applause] best role of my life. >> stephen: lovely to meet you. thank you for being here. season three of "ghosts" premieres this thursday right here on cbs. danielle pinnock, everybody. we'll be right back.

>> stephen: good night! ♪ ♪