>> Stephen: JON, I LOVE THE
MUSIC, THANKS FOR BEING MY BAND LEADER, HAVING A GOOD TIME OVER
THERE. >> GOOD JOB, MAN, IT PAYS WELL. >> Stephen: THANKS. GOOD TO KNOW, MAN. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: GOOD TO KNOW, BUT
OBVIOUSLY YOU DO IT FOR THE LOVE. >> Jon: I LOVE IT, MAN, I LOVE
MONEY. >> Stephen: JON. (LAUGHTER). >> Stephen: GOOD. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: IN THE WORDS OF
GOGGLE, JON, I LOVE YOU. >> Jon: I KNOW, YOU SAID IT
EARLIER, THAT WAS COOL. >> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T SAY IT
BACK THOUGH. >> Jon: I KNOW, I WAS PLAYING,
THAT'S COMMIT AM. I CAN'T COMMIT THAT EARLY. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMITMENT. HOW WE MADE THE COMMIT AM TO
EACH OTHER TO DO THIS THING BSM A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I MET YOU
ON THE OLD SHOW. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. AND THEN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO,
I CALLED YOU UP AND SAID COME ON IN, LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING THE
BAND LEADER FOR THE SHOW. >> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT. >> Stephen: WE HAD A NICE
CONVERSATION. >> Jon: IT WAS A DEEP
CONVERSATION. >> Stephen: VERY DEEP, TALK
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT BIG QUESTIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT VERY
BIG QUESTIONS. BUT THEN YOU ASKED ME A
QUESTION, AFTER I SAID WOULD YOU BE MY BAND LEADER YOU ASKED ME
AN INTERESTING QUESTION FIRST. >> Jon: I ASKED YOU IF YOU
WOULD COME DOWN TO NEW ORLEANSS MY HOMETOWN AND MEET MY PARENTS
AND HAVE RED BEANS AN RICE WITH US. >> Stephen: EXACTLY, LEARN
SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE FROM. >> Jon: EXACTLY. >> Stephen: FIND OUT WHERE YOU
LEARNED TO DO WHAT YOU LEARNED HOW TO DO I SAID I WOULD LOVE TO
AS LONG AS I COULD BRING SOME CAMERAS. SO WE DID IT WE WENT DOWN TO NEW
ORLEANS, WE SPENT A DAY TOGETHER AND WE PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF
LITTLE PIECES OF US TALKING, AND YOU TEACHING ME ABOUT NEW
ORLEANS. >> Jon: RIGHT. >> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO
PRESENT THE FIRST ONE. >> Jon: OH, YEAH. >> Stephen: JIMMY. >> I HEADED DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS,
LOUISIANA, TO SOAK UP SOME CULTURE AND TO LEARN ABOUT ALL
THINGS JON BALTIST. HEY, JON. >> Jon: HEY, MAN, HOW ARE YOU
DOING? >> Stephen: THANKS FOR MEETING
ME HERE AT A BAR FOR BREAKFAST. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: SO WE'RE GOING TO
BE WORKING TOGETHER. >> Jon: YEAH, WE'RE GETTING
INTO IT. >> Stephen: LET'S TELL THE
PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BATISTE
FAMILY OF MUSICIANS HERE IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA. TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY. >> MY DAD IS ON THE MUSICAL
SIDE, HAS SEVEN BROTHERS, THEY HAD A BAND. THEY PLAYED TOGETHER. HAVE OVER 30 COUSINS THAT PLAY. >> Stephen: NOW WHAT DO YOU
PLAY? >> WELL, I PLAY PIANO AND AN
INSTRUMENT CALLED M MEL ODJICKA, HARMONICA AND KEYBOARD PUT
TOGETHER. >> Stephen: SOME CALL IT THE
FACE PIANO. >> YEAH. >> I THINK YOU, JUST YOU, JUST
YOU. >> Stephen: SO WHAT DO I NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT JON BATISTE. GIVE ME ONE SENTENCE, ONE THING
ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT IS IT? >> Stephen: I WOULD SAY JON
BATISTE LOVES YOU AND LOVES THE MUSIC. (APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL. >> Jon: YEAH, YOU AND--
EVERYONE. I DON'T ME THE-- NOT LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: OH. >> Jon: SORRY. >> Stephen: THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT. I GOT THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: SUREK I LOVE ALL
OF YOU TOO. I LOVE-- THAT'S HOW I-- THAT'S
HOW I SAY IT TO EVERYONE I LOVE, I LOVE YOU AND BY YOU I MEAN
JUST ANYONE. I LOVE YOU, I LOVE ALL OF YOU. NO DIFFER RENT YAITION BETWEEN
ME AND ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING, REALLY. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: REALLY, OKAY. >> Jon: SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. TELL ME SOME I SHOULD PLAY WITH. >> JOE, EDDIE, JOE IS PLAYING
DRUMS AND TAM BORE EVEN. -- TAMBORINE. >> Stephen: YOU ARE IN THE
SHOT, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN THE SHOW. >> Jon: I'M VERY SORRY. >> Stephen: KEEP IN MIND. >> Jon: I WAS TRYING TO SHOW
THE TAMBORINE. >> Stephen: ARE YOU DOING IT
AGAIN, YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN. >> Jon: AM I OUT. >> Stephen: HOW DOES THIS
FEEL, HOW DOES IT FEEL? >> Jon: AM I OUT? >> Stephen: NO, YOU'RE IN. >> Jon: AM I OUT? >> Stephen: THIS IS GREAT,
THERE YOU GO. THAT'S BETTER. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: UH-HUH. >> Jon: THIS IS GOING TO BE
GREAT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, JON. >> Jon: LET'S DO IT. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, JON
BATISTE, WHERE ARE WE? >> WE ARE ON FRENCHMAN STREET. I'M PARTICULARLY FOND OF THIS
PLACE BECAUSE I GREW UP PLAYING HERE ALL THE TIME. WE USED TO PLAY ON THAT CORNER. AND WE WOULD PLAY IN THIS CLUB. AND THAT WAS REALLY MY FIRST
EXPERIENCE HANGING. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WAITING
AROUND? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
HANGING AT A GIG AND JUST-- . >> Jon: HANGING IS WAITING
AROUND BUT WITH STYLE AND SOCIAL PURPOSE. >> Stephen: LOITERING WITH
STYLE. >> Jon: YEAH, YOU CATCH A
WALL. >> Stephen: DOES LEANING HELP. >> Jon: YEAH, IT HELPS. SEE? >> Stephen: AM I HANGING RIGHT
NOW? >> Jon: SO LIKE, YOU LEAN
THERE. AND WE HAVE TO LOOK IN DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. >> Jon: SO LIKE YOU ARE
LOOKING SOMEWHERE, BUT WE'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER. >> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING. ARE WE TECHICALLY HANGING RIGHT
NOW? >> Jon: YEAH, YEAH. >> Stephen: IS THAT A HANG. >> Jon: BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO
STAY IN POSITION. YOU CAN MOVE. >> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE MY
SUIT IS GETTING DIRTY. ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: SO THAT'S YOUR DRUMMER? AM I HANGING RIGHT NOW, IS THAT
HANGING? >> Jon: THAT'S MORE LIKE
EXERCISE. >> Stephen: I AM GETTING A
GOOD CALF STRETCH. >> Jon: TO HANG YOU HAVE TO BE
MORE RELAXED. >> Stephen: OKAY. >> Jon: LIKE IF YOU WANT TO DO
THE HAND THING, PUT THE ELBOW WITH IT. >> Stephen: LIKE THAT? >> Jon: NO, NO, NO NO. WAIT, GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. >> Jon: YOU LOOK
UNCOMFORTABLE. >> Stephen: I'M GOOD. >> Jon: THAT'S YOUR HANG, YOU
GOT IT. THAT'S IT. AND THEN WITH THE HANG, THE
THING ABOUT IT IS THE HANG COULD LAST ALL NIGHT. >> Stephen: REALLY, HAVE I TO
STAY LIKE THIS ALL NIGHT? >> Jon: NO, NO, NO. YOU CAN MOVE TOO. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT. >> Jon: WE CALL THAT
BLEECHING. >> Stephen: BLEECHING? >> Jon: YEAH, YOU'RE BLEECHING
CUZ IT'S LIKE YOU STAND UP, UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP USUALLY
WHEN YOU BLEECHING. >> Stephen: BUT WHY IS IT
CALLED BLEECHING, JON? >> Jon: THE NAME, IT HAS A
SOUND. IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A STRONG
CONNECTION TO THE ACTIVITY. JUST BLEECHG, YOU KNOW, LIKE
BLEECHING. IT WORKS. >> Stephen: GOD, I WISH I
COULD SAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. HOW LONG WOULD I HAVE TO STAND
LIKE THIS TO BE BLEECHING? >> Jon: IT'S NOT ABOUT-- . >> Stephen: YOU SAID THERE WAS
A LENGTH OF TIME INVOLVED? >> Jon: NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT WAS-- . >> Stephen: IS THAT SOMEONE
PLAYING JAZZ, ONE NOTE. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: YEAH! BEAUTIFUL DAY. >> Jon: YEAH, GREAT. WONDERFUL. >> Stephen: HUMID THOUGH. >> Jon: IT ALWAYS IS IN THE
SUMMER TIME. >> Stephen: IT'S A
LITTLE-- IT'S A LITTLE HUMID, HAVE I TO SAY. >> Jon: WE'RE WEARING THESE
GLAZERS. >> Stephen: YEAH, I HAVE AN
HISTORIC CASE OF SWAMP ASS RIGHT NOW. >> Jon: IS THAT SO? >> Stephen: YEAH, YOU COULD
RUN A FAN BOAT IN MY BUTT CRACK RIGHT NOW. >> Jon: I DON'T KNOW IF WE
WILL DO THAT TODAY. >> Stephen: NO, I CAN'T
IMAGINE WHAT MY TALCOM POWDER BILL IS GOING TO BE AT THE END
OF THIS. >> Stephen: JON BATISTE,
EVERYBODY. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)
>> Stephen: WE SHOT A LOT MORE DOWN THERE IN NEW ORLEANSS. WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT ON
ANOTHER SHOW, MAYBE TOMORROW, MAYBE ANOTHER TIME. JON THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> Jon: YEAH. >> Stephen: JON BATISTE AN
STAY HUMAN. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
I wanted to say that all of these clips are just caricatures of New Orleans... But then there was the scene where they start scatting with the homeless man in the pink dress. I think we've all been there a time or two.
Thank god it wasn't another solemn visit to the "devastated 9th ward"
I've sat at that table at The Blue Nile. So basically Colbert and I have touched butts like lovebugs.
I love how it felt so humorously uncomfortable, but they had an amazing connection and rhythm to each other.
Good stuff and I'll be looking forward to the next ones.
Just barely scratching the surface, but getting it mostly right.
He's from Charleston right? Gotta think he's been here before and is a fan.
A pretty mediocre sketch but I will say Jean Batiste looks like a really fun and intelligent dude. I dont know how scripted and rehearsed those scenes are but he and Stephen really riff well off each other. Way better than any other talk show host and his music lead.
That's awesome! I met him a few years ago. Great guy.