MONDAY.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHO WE HAVE MONDAY, WE HAVE ANTHONY
SCARAMUCCI MONDAY ON THE SHOW.
( AUDIENCE BOOING ) >> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT,
THEY'RE EITHER SAYING THE MOOCH OR REALLY MISPRONOUNCING BRUCE.
I'M EXCITED THAT HE'S GOING TO BRING ME A PRESIDENT.
HE TWEETED THIS, ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI, TALKING ABOUT MONEY,
I AM BRINGING STEPHEN COLBERT A PROFESSIONALLY MONOGRAMMED
FRONT-STABBING KNIFE.
>> Jon: HEY!
( PIANO RIFF ) ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: GOOD LUCK GETTING THAT THROUGH SECURITY, MY
FRIEND.
I DO HAVE A LOT OF SECURITY BECAUSE I'M A VERY IMPORTANT
PERSON.
>> Jon: YEAH!
>> Stephen: I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS WORKING FOR A NETWORK
CALLED IMPORTANT CENTRAL.
>> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: AS A LATE NIGHT HOST, I PEELED TREMENDOUS POWER,
JON.
>> Jon: YES.
>> Stephen: AS MUCH AS HISTORY'S MOST
RUTHLESS TYRANTS, GENGHIS KHAN, KIM JONG UN AND CAMILLA PARKER
BOWLES.
( LAUGHTER ) WE ALL HAVE TWO THINGS IN
COMMON, NONE OF US WILL EVER BE QUEEN OF ENG WHRAND, AND WE ALL
HAVE A BIG FURRY HAT!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( DRUM CADENCE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW THAT THIS HAT IS UPON MY
HEAD, ALL PROCLAMATIONS I MAKE ARE NOW AND FOREVER LAW.
LET US BEGIN.
( DRUM BEAT ) ( LAUGHTER )
HENCEFORTH, RESTAURANT BATHROOMS MUST REMOVE ALL MIRRORS.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT I LOOK LIKE AFTER EATING A BLOOMING
ONION.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: FROM THIS MOMENT,
NO WORLD LEADER IS ALLOWED TO USE THE PHRASE "FIRE
AND FURY" UNLESS THEY'RE ALSO IN A HEAVY METAL BAND.
( CHEERING ) FROM NOW ON, FAT-FREE PEANUT
BUTTER MUST BE CALLED WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS: A BROWN WASTE OF
TIME.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
HEED MY EDICT: THEATERS CAN ONLY SHOW A MAXIMUM OF FIVE TRAILERS
BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS, AND ONLY THREE OF THEM CAN HAVE
SPIDER-MAN.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
FROM NOW ON, ANY GUY WHO MAN-SPREADS OR MAN-SPLAINS MAY
BE WOMAN-SLAUGHTERED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AS OF NOW, IF SOMEONE BORROWS
YOUR PHONE CHARGER, APPLE MUST AUTOMATICALLY SEND YOU A NEW
ONE-- BECAUSE YOU'RE NEVER GETTING THAT THING BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
ANYONE WHO SAYS "TOTES AMAZEBALLS" WILL BE "BRUTES
EXECUTED."
( APPLAUSE ) HEREINAFTER: TO MAKE "GAME OF
THRONES" SEEM SLIGHTLY MORE REALISTIC, THERE MUST BE AT
LEAST ONE SHOT OF THE DRAGONS POOPING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOUR VACATION IS
NOW LIKE FIGHT CLUB.
REMEMBER THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB: DO NOT TALK TO ME ABOUT
YOUR VACATION.
( APPLAUSE ) FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, IF DONALD
TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING DROPS BELOW THE ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE
OF THE 1996 MOVIE "KAZAAM," THEN SHAQUILLE O'NEAL BECOMES
PRESIDENT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE HAT HAS SPOKEN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MILLIE
BOBBY BROWN.