American Voices & Also Faces: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

NOW, I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THIS SHOW IS SPENT TALKING
ABOUT WORLD LEADERS OR CHATTING WITH CELEBRITIES, BUT THE "LATE
SHOW" IS REALLY ABOUT YOU, EVERYDAY AMERICANS.
IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES, YOU'RE THE ONES STANDING UP AND MAKING
A DIFFERENCE: WHETHER IT'S RUNNING FOR OFFICE, PICKING UP
LITTER, OR CEASING TO WEAR SOCKS WITH SANDALS, ALLEN-- GOOD GOD--
WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART.
WHICH IS WHY WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW SEGMENT TO TELL THE STORIES
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
SO TONIGHT, I'M PROUD TO PRESENT PART ONE OF MY 323-MILLION-PART
SERIES, "AMERICAN VOICES AND ALSO FACES."
JIM?
AMERICAN VOICES AND ALSO FACES.
AMERICA, LAND OF AMBER GRAIN, PURPLE MOUNTAINS AND GLORY
HOLES.
AND THERE IS NO HOLE MORE GLORIOUS THAN JACKSON.
SINCE THE 1890S, JACKSON, WYOMING, HAD ITS SHARE OF
NOTABLE MAYORS, FROM AMERICA'S FIRST NERD COWBOY LESTER L. MAY,
TO HAROLD LIVINGSTON, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY THE MAYOR OF CARTOON
TOWN, TO HENRY CRABTREE-- SEEN HERE WITH HIS HUMAN COMPANION --
AND, TODAY, MAYOR PETE MULDOON.
>> I'M PETE MULDOON.
I'M THE MAYOR OF THE WONDERFUL TOWN OF JACKSON, WYOMING.
>> STEPHEN: PETE MOVED TO THIS IDYLLIC SKI TOWN 18 YEARS AGO.
>> I MOVED OUT HERE TO SKI FOR A WINTER AND THOUGHT I WOULD MOVE
ON AND I NEVER LEFT.
>> STEPHEN: IS THE SKIING THAT GOOD?
>> WE'VE GOT THE BEST SNOW IN THE COUNTRY.
>> STEPHEN: HOW GOOD IS IT?
>> CHAMPAGNE POWDER.
>> STEPHEN: BUT TODAY, HE'S NO SKI BUM.
BEING MAYOR TO THE 10,000 RESIDENTS OF JACKSON IS A FULL
TIME JOB.
>> WELL, I WORK FOR SKY WEST THROWING BAGS.
I HAVE A BAND, A COUNTRY BAND THAT I PLAY IN, AND I RUN A
SMALL PRODUCTION COMPANY.
AND THEN I'M THE MAYOR.
>> STEPHEN: IN FACT, HOUSING IS SO EXPENSIVE IN JACKSON THAT THE
MAYOR HAS A ROOMMATE.
MEET BOBBY.
>> BAM, DEPUTY MAYOR ( BLEEP ) RIGHT THERE.
BACKHAND IT, BANG!
IT'S BACK ON.
ALL RIGHT, SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN?
>> STEPHEN: BOBBY ISN'T JUST THE MAYOR'S ROOMMATE.
HE WAS ALSO A CAMPAIGN ADVISOR.
>> I HAD A LADY FRIEND AT THE TIME THAT WAS IN TOWN, AND SHE
WAS WEARING YOGA PANTS, AND SHE LOOKED REALLY AWESOME IN THESE
YOGA PANTS.
SO WE TOOK HER TO ALBERTSON'S AND I PUT A COUPLE OF THE
STICKERS ON THOSE YOGA PANTS, AND THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE MAN
IN THAT STORE THAT DID NOT LOOK AT THOSE VOTE FOR PETE MULDOON
STICKERS.
>> STEPHEN: AND IT WORKED.
>> YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: BUT JUST AS PETE TOOK OFFICE, A FEVER SWEPT THE
COUNTRY, AND CONTROVERSIAL LANDMARKS COMMEMORATING
AMERICA'S EMBARRASSING PAST WERE COMING DOWN.
SO PETE DECIDED TO TAKE DOWN JACKSON'S MONUMENT TO AMERICA'S
EMBARRASSING PRESENT-- THE TOWN'S OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF
DONALD TRUMP.
DON'T GET PETE STARTED ON DONALD TRUMP.
OKAY, SOMEBODY GET HIM STARTED.
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
>> STEPHEN: JUST SAY ANYTHING.
>> I THINK HISTORY WILL JUDGE HIM.
>> STEPHEN: MEOW!
GET THIS KITTY A SAUCER.
SO, ON A TUESDAY THAT WILL ECHO IN HISTORY, PETE, SEEN HERE IN
THE MAYOR MOBILE, MARCHED INTO TOWN HALL.
LIKE WASHINGTON DIVING INTO THE DELAWARE, LIKE LINCOLN WINNING
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, PETE MULDOON TOOK A STAND-- ON TOP OF
A LADDER.
>> I WALKED INTO TOWN HALL ONE DAY AND TOOK THE PORTRAIT DOWN
OFF THE WALL.
AND I HANDED IT TO MY VICE MAYOR AND ASKED HIM TO DO SOMETHING
WITH IT.
>> STEPHEN: BUT THE BACKLASH WAS SWIFT, AND THE ANGER STARTED IN
A PLACE YOU WOULD NEVER GUESS.
>> I THINK IT STARTED WITH A FACEOOK POST.
>> STEPHEN: OH, OKAY, THAT'S WHERE I GUESSED.
THEN, NEXT THING YOU KNOW, CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST, AND I'M
GUESSING A GREAT WHISTLER, ZEB BELL WEIGHED IN.
>> THIS ARROGANT AND POMPOUS-- CLEAN IT UP, ZEB, WATCH YOUR
THOUGHTS.
>> Stephen: DON'T HOLD BACK, ZEB.
LET HER RIP.
>> THIS POMPOUS MAYOR...
>> STEPHEN: UH, OH, HE DROPPED THE M. WORD!
>> ...OVER IN JACKSON, WYOMING, A LEFT-WING LOON, IS AMAZING.
>> NEXT THING WE KNEW, IT WAS FRONT PAGE OF FOX NEWS.
THE ANGRY EMAILS AND DEATH THREATS STARTED ROLLING PRETTY
QUICK.
>> STEPHEN: BUT THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THE MAYOR HAD FACED
POLITICAL CONTROVERSY.
ONCE AGAIN, BOBBY -- >> I CAME HOME ONE DAY, AND THE
NEWSPAPER WAS RIGHT HERE AND PETE WAS A LITTLE UPSET.
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S GOING ON?" HE SAID, "DID YOU READ THE FRONT
PAGE?" AND I SAID, "YEAH."
HE SAID, "THEY PRINTED IT ON THERE THAT I WAS DOING COCAINE
OFF OF A WOMAN'S STOMACH."
AND I GO, "SO DID YOU?" AND HE GOES, "WELL, THAT'S
BULL-( BLEEP ) BECAUSE I WAS DOING COCAINE OFF OF HER
(BLEEP).
>> STEPHEN: IS THIS TRUE, MR. MAYOR?
>> WE'VE GOT THE BEST SNOW IN THE COUNTRY.
>> STEPHEN: SERIOUSLY?
>> CHAMPAGNE POWDER.
>> STEPHEN: OKAY, THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
WE JUST WANTED TO HEAR BOBBY TELL THAT STORY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> ( BLEEP ) YEAH.
>> STEPHEN: MEANWHILE, THIS PORTRAIT SITUATION WAS SERIOUS.
SO SERIOUS THAT HIS BAND, MAJOR ZEPHYR, WAS FIRED FROM THEIR
WEEKLY GIG.
>> THE BAND ACTUALLY NEEDED THAT.
IT'S ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE, YOU KNOW?
NOW THE MAYOR'S BACK DOWN TO SIX JOBS.
HOW'S HE GOING TO SURVIVE?
>> STEPHEN: BUT GIG OR NO GIG, COWBOYS DON'T STAND DOWN.
SO WHEN THE TOWN CALLED FOR A VOTE TO RESTORE THE PORTRAIT TO
TOWN HALL, PETE MADE AN IMPASSIONED PLEA.
>> I CONTINUE TO RESPECTFULLY OPPOSE THE DISPLAY OF
PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS.
>> STEPHEN: ANYWAY, HE LOST, AND HE HAD TO PUT THE PORTRAIT BACK
UP.
( SAD MUSIC ) BUT BECAUSE HE STOOD UP FOR WHAT
HE BELIEVED IN FOR LIKE A WEEK, MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF, THE
"LATE SHOW" HAS COMMISSIONED THIS PORTRAIT CAPTURING THE
COURAGEOUS MOMENT WHEN PETE TOOK DOWN THE OTHER PORTRAIT.
MAY FUTURE GENERATIONS OF JACK-HOLIANS WILL ALWAYS
REMEMBER MAYOR PETE MULDOON.
AMERICAN VOICE, AMERICAN FACE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU, PETE!
SARAH PAULSON IS HERE.
AND LATER, I CHECK IN WITH MY FAVORITE INTERNET MOVIE
REVIEWER.
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American Voices & Also Faces: Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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