October 16, 2015 - Jimmy Kimmel, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Guillermo Del Toro, Beach House

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Episode GuideEPISODE NUMBER: Season 1, Episode 29 (Friday, October 16, 2015)
GUESTS: Jimmy Kimmel | Jessica Chastain | Tom Hiddleston | Mia Wasikowska | Guillermo Del Toro | Beach House
SPECIAL GUEST(S): Vance Joy | James “Baby Doll” Dixon
EXCLUSIVE(S): Vance Joy feat. Stay Human - “Fire And The Flood”
SEGMENTS: Monologue | “Homeland” Suffered a Major Intelligence Failure | Jimmy Kimmel | Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Guillermo Del Toro | Beach House - “One Thing”
SUIT REPORT: Dark Grey Suit | White Shirt | Patterned Dark Grey Suit

Monologue

Tonight’s monologue started off on a bit of a sad note, with Stephen informing the audience that “this is our last show before we take a week off.” He also revealed that “here with you, I’m Stephen Colbert, television host. Next week on vacation, I’ll be Copernicus Digby, Cobbler Detective.”

“That’s going to take the place of Downton Abbey next year.” Here’s hoping!

“Homeland” Suffered a Major Intelligence Failure

If you aren’t up to Season 5 of “Homeland” or intend to watch the series at some point in the future, avoid this segment at all costs, it spoils more than a few major plot points. Thanks for that Stephen!

To those of you Homelanders out there, you may have read in recent days, that street artists who were hired to add “graffiti authenticity” to last Sunday’s episode, took some artistic liberties and added a tag, written in Arabic on the wall of the Berlin set of a fictional Syrian refugee camp, that reads “Homeland is racist.”

“On their website, the graffiti artists complain of what they call the show’s grossly “inaccurate depictions of Arabs, Pakistanis, Afghans, as well as its gross misrepresentations of the Muslim world in general.”

  • These days I don’t have much time to watch my stories. But there is one show I never miss, and that’s “Homeland”.
  • *Small audience applause* Didn’t realise the ratings were that bad this year.
  • If you haven’t seen it. It’s the story of a beautiful bipolar CIA agent, crying, fighting terrorism, and having sex. Frequently at the same time. It is packed with action, controversial drone strikes, Al Qaeda plots, chaos in the Middle East. It’s a great escape from watching the news every day.
  • Wow, that is a major intelligence failure. Looks like the next episode might explore the ethics of enhanced screaming at an intern.
  • This is the most shocking background protest on cable TV since those extras on Game of Thrones marched around in the background fully clothed – I couldn’t follow the story!

Interview — Jimmy Kimmel

In town for a week of shows next week from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Stephen and Jimmy got ultra-meta with an extended bit revolving around their mutual agent, James “Baby Doll” Dixon or WME-owned Dixon Talent. “The real King of Late Night,” as the pair described him, is also the agent for Jon Stewart, Carson Daly and Adam Carrola.

Kimmel: While you are taking vacation.
Colbert: Yeah, I take a week off next week. I’m going to fight crime as a cobbler.
Kimmel: Five weeks in a row.
Colbert: Six weeks.
Kimmel: Six weeks in a row, it’s time for a vacation, my friend.
Colbert: How many do you do?
Kimmel: You worked six weeks -
Colbert: Do you work more than six weeks in a row?
Kimmel: Of course! Everyone works more than six weeks in a row!
Colbert: What are you talking about? You do a late night show.

Colbert: *Pulls out a portrait of James “Baby Doll” Dixon*
Kimmel: That’s him. That’s the guy.
Colbert: This is Baby Doll in mid-February. This is as low as the tan ever goes.
Kimmel: There’s a race between his skin and his lung to see who will get cancer first.

Colbert: Speaking of that ‘King of Late Night’ thing. People, like want us to fight, and everything like that. Isn’t that crazy.
Kimmel: Yeah, it is. It’s weird. I think it was established with Letterman and Leno, and people thought it would just continue like the Crusades.
Colbert: I like you, though.
Kimmel: Thank you. I like you to. I might even love ya.
Colbert: Really?
Kimmel: If you died, I’d cry like a baby.
Colbert: Wow, if I didn’t have a show I’d come to your funeral.

The pair followed the interview, with a cook off to be judged by “Baby Doll”, who declared Stephen the winning, prompting Jimmy to chase “Baby Doll” around the stage and put him in a headlock.

Interview — Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Guillermo Del Toro

Colbert: [Crimson Peak] is very sex positive, in a way that, usually, Hollywood assigns to women. We do not see the ladies in this movie showing their kibbles ‘n’ bits, but we do get to see your … uh … we get to see your, English countryside. Was that your idea?
del Toro: He likes to say it was my idea, but it was fully his idea.
Hiddleston: It’s about love and death, sex and violence and - I don’t know how anyone else has sex but, as far as I understand it, if you keep your pants on, it’s not going to work.

  • bleu

    I loved the monologue. I found it really funny. Short, silly, fun and effective, and NOT topical. I’m impressed when non topical stuff works. It’s refreshing too.

    I knew Jimmy and Stephen would play off each other well. Not just because they know each other but because Jimmy doesn’t shy away from playful mocking and can put Stephen off balance a bit. They just gel so well.There were a few insights into the business side of show business, which, for someone far removed from that world, was interesting. Stephen was so chill and slipped into early holiday mode when, halfway through the interview, he got out his mug haha. The whole pasta sauce bit was great. James Dixon was fun but I was hoping like hell for Jon Stewart to be the guest judge!!! there was a photo on twitter of Jon backstage. Alas, the drought continues.

    • K.V. Lady

      Oh, well, at least we got to see him the previous night.
      It was funny when Jimmy pushed and beat Babydoll.

      • bleu

        Yes, that was funny. Jimmy was really going for him! Stephen didn’t know what to do with himself.

    • DeeCee

      I was hoping Jimmy Fallon might be the judge!

  • bleu

    Right before Jimmy started asking questions from his piece of paper, Stephen pulled out some small cards, with what looked like pictures on them. He never got to them, unless it was edited out. Now I really wanna know what was on them.

  • I’m a big fan of ‘Homeland’ and I’m glad Stephen is, too. The desk segment Stephen did on ‘Homeland’ really cracked me up. Spoilers!

    Jimmy Kimmel was wonderful! I loved seeing Jimmy and Stephen together, ripping on each other. They had so much fun talking about James “Baby Doll” Dixon and then the man himself came out to taste test their Italian cuisine. Dixon is quite the character! It was so funny when Jimmy took a bite of Stephen’s pasta and then spit it out on the floor and then Stephen flung Jimmy’s meatball! When Stephen came out the victor, I was dying as Jimmy attacked Dixon! It was such a fun interview from beginning to end. I could watch Stephen and Jimmy goof around all day!

    • Gina

      Omg Stephen loves him some Homeland! I was glad he covered this story. Generally I feel the Western media has no problem to caricature Arab/ middle eastern people. It’s like the last stop in the stereotyping depot. So, the graffiti artists act of well, graffiti was not surprising. His treatment of the subject was hilarious. And yes Mandy Patinkin needs to break out into some Sondheim at least once on the show (maybe a dream sequence? ) c’mon Homeland producers. Do it for Stephen.

      It is odd to consider that the fate of late night is in the reigns of a character like James Dixon. Their whole bit together was hilarious. I am sure those guys love him because he helps keep those money salads coming in. God bless him.

      I hope Jimmy Fallon comes on now! Stephen needs to punch his late night host card as well as his billionaire card. The latter has been easier to do this far.