Welcome friends. Thank you very much .
Welcome everybody in here, out there,
all around the world to the Late Show.
I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
Let's uh
What do we got?
Oh, I know. [cheering]
First of all, uh happy Earth Day to all
who celebrate. I uh
I do. I I celebrate Earth Day. I grew up
on Earth. Uh
Technically, I still live
uh on Earth, but just just for tax
purposes. Um
Half the year I live on a moon base with
Conan O'Brien.
That's why he's so tall. This year
there's some positive Earth news out
there, which is nice. Recent studies
have found that rainforests can recover
from deforestation in mere decades.
Which I'm told is not news to anyone
who's ever gotten a Brazilian wax.
>> [cheering]
>> Speaking
>> [laughter]
>> Speaking of Brazil, uh
Iran.
Uh uh
Share a lot of the same letters.
Yesterday, Trump announced that he was
extending a ceasefire between the United
States and Iran hours before it was set
to expire. This time, he did not specify
an end date.
Huh.
You know what? I am I'm beginning to
think this war might not be over by
Memorial Day.
Which uh which reminds me, hold on 1
second. Okay. Let me just uh let me just
sign this uh box here. Uh
FedEx to A B C
care of Jim
E
Kimmel
>> [cheering]
>> Hollywood.
Enjoy buddy.
Coming to you. Can you get this in the
mail?
Get that in the mail. [cheering]
There we go. Huh.
>> [applause]
>> Woo.
Now [cheering]
>> [applause]
>> mere hours after Trump's ceasefire
extension, Iran seized two ships in the
Strait of Hormuz.
Which leads us to the segment that will
follow me to my grave.
Hormuz news you can use. [cheering]
Iran takes twos, we in deep do-doos.
>> [cheering]
>> The captured ships were two cargo
vessels named the MSC Francesca and the
Empaminondas.
Which is actually how I pronounce
empanadas after a night of drinking.
Oh, let's let's let's let's get some
Empaminondas.
Siri
Siri, Epaminondas near me.
Empaminondas with a green sauce.
And she's calling 911 again.
One Iranian official explained Trump's
ceasefire extension means nothing.
Adding, "The losing side cannot dictate
terms." Hey.
Hey buddy, we're America. We don't lose
wars.
We just leave them.
Now
Trump was not happy about Iran giving
him the Middle East finger. So last
night he rage posted, "Iran doesn't want
the Strait of Hormuz closed.
They want it open so they can make $500
million a day, which is therefore what
they are losing if it is closed.
They only say they want it per closed
because I have totally blockaded closed.
>> [laughter]
>> So they merely want to save face."
Sounds like someone just learned what
the word blockaded means.
He continued, "Iran, a country, wants to
save face thing over your skull, which
is why they're being stupid dumb, but
they will soon be filled with regret. I
don't know that one."
You know you know that.
With no clear exit for the US, it's no
surprise that according to several US
officials, the president wants out of
the increasingly unpopular war. In fact,
2/3 of Americans disapprove of Trump's
handling of the war with Iran, according
to a new NBC News Decision Desk poll
powered by SurveyMonkey.
And I'm being told we have footage of
that survey in progress.
Guys, that's good [cheering] work.
>> [applause]
>> He does very good work.
By the way, I hear SurveyMonkey has an
on-again, off-again thing with
Mailchimp.
In response to his sinking poll numbers,
today Trump posted a New York Times
article praising The Apprentice's
ratings from April of 2004.
Always a tip-off that life isn't going
great for you when you start to brag
about something from 22 years ago.
You kids think dad's a loser? Well, I'll
have you know that back in high school
I once won two free tickets to see the
Spin Doctors in Anaheim
at the Grove.
>> [cheering]
>> This conflict needs to end soon, please,
because reportedly the world's top
condom maker is set to raise prices due
to the Iran war.
Forget the Strait of Hormuz. Now this
war has come to pound town.
The brand in question is called uh
Karex. I know Durex.
>> [laughter]
>> Karex sounds like the knockoff condoms
you found at the dollar store.
Uh uh the guy says they're the same. By
the way, are you allergic to vinyl
siding?
>> [laughter]
>> May contain traces of gypsum.
>> [laughter]
>> Here's what's going on, y'all. The war
in Iran has made Karex's raw materials
more expensive. So they plan to raise
prices by 20 to 30%.
Well, we're just going to have to find
alternatives to condoms. You know,
there's plenty. I remember back in
health class they said you could use a
banana peel.
I think I think that's what they said. I
know there was a banana on the teacher's
desk.
I was pretty high.
I ate the banana.
Karex also supplies prophylactics to
global aid programs run by the United
Nations. Ah yes, United Nations brand
condoms.
You know their slogan? YOU ARE THE
FATHER.
>> [laughter]
[applause]
>> SPEAKING OF CONDOMS, SEVERAL Finnish Air
Force pilots were disciplined for
drawing male genitalia in the sky
using their flight patterns. Let's take
a look.
Okay okay, I see it.
Wow, that's great work.
Uh oh, wow. We got a Top Gun there. Uh
and one more.
Okay.
>> [laughter]
>> I have notes on that one.
Cuz this this looks less like a penis
and more a pair of scissors or
maybe a cute skinny mouse.
If your penis looks like this, consult a
doctor
or an exterminator.
Should not have a tail. In in other
weenie news, there's an update on FBI
Director Kash Patel.
>> [cheering]
>> Seen here smelling what he dealt last
week.
Last week, The Atlantic published a
bombshell article that alleges Patel
gets drunk and passes out at work.
On Monday, he sued The Atlantic for
defamation, and yesterday he had a
chance to defend himself. Can you say
[clears throat] definitively that you
have not been intoxicated or absent
during your tenure as FBI director?
I can say unequivocally that I never
listen to the fake news mafia. And as
when they get louder, it just means I'm
doing my job. Uh that's not a no.
Sir
Sir, have you been drinking tonight?
Officer, I can say unequivocally that I
am just on the way to pick up my
Empaminondas.
>> [cheering]
>> Epam- Order, Siri.
Siri, drive car.
>> [applause]
>> By the way, this isn't the first time
Patel's had to try to go after someone
for saying he parties too hard. Last
year, he sued a former FBI official who
claimed he had been visible at
nightclubs far more than he had been at
the Bureau's headquarters. That's
ridiculous. I mean, he might have been
at nightclubs, but there's no way he's
visible.
The guy's not tall enough to see over
the bar.
>> [laughter]
>> One acorn cap full of alcohol, please.
Golly, that's a lot.
Someone should really take away the keys
to my snail.
Patel was also asked about an incident
described in the same Atlantic article
where he couldn't log into his FBI
computer and he panicked thinking that
it meant he had been fired. Explain the
computer login issue. Just explain the
computer login issue. You were not able
to log into the Your lawsuit contends
that you were not able to log into the
system. What did you think after you
were unable to log into the system?
Let's have a survey. How many of you
people believe that's true?
>> [cheering]
[applause]
>> Sorry.
Um
uh go on. I've answered your question.
It's simply as follows. I was never
locked out of my systems. Anybody who
says any-
>> says the opposite. Your lawsuit contends
Anyone that says the opposite is lying.
Thank you.
>> [laughter]
>> Okay. So Kash says that anyone who says
that Kash was locked out of Kash's FBI
computer is lying, but the reporter
points out that in Cash's own lawsuit,
Kash says Kash was locked out of Kash's
FBI computer, so Cash is lying that the
reporter is lying about Cash, which
means hold on.
He has to leave the grain with the fox
before he can go get drunk with the
chicken.
We got a great show for you tonight.
My guests
are Pete Buttigieg
and Adam Schiff, but when we come back,
your chance
to be part of late show history.
>> [music and cheering]
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