>> tonight, stephen welcomes spike jonze. from "the good wife" jeffrey dean morgan. jack garratt. features jon batiste and stay human. . >> and now it's time for the late show with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause). >> stephen: whooo! thank you, everybody! that's nice. >> stephen, stephen, stephen! stephen, stephen, stephen! >> stephen: very nice, very nice. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: welcomes to late show, everybody. welcome to the late show. thanks so much. (cheers and applause). >> stephen: thanks so much. welcome to the late show, i'm stephen colbert, thanks so much, everybody. an hey, can i give this to you, real quick. sure. >> stephen: you know what, say hey. thank you very much. thank you very much. these are the questions for the guests. what did you think of that thing? did you like it? >> i did like it. >> stephen: i loved it, i loved it. that was spike jonze's idea. >> really? i want to be friends with groffer. -- groafer. >> stephen: everybody wants to be friends with grover, he is the favorite muppet. he doesn't get enough air time. >> i think you shoul

spike's office. and-- >> stephen: spike jonze. >> spike jonze, wants to meet you. like okay, we go meet spike jonze. basically he just offered me the job and i was like, well, you don't tell spike jonze no, but i honestly had not a clue what the heck they wanted to do with me. i was actually freaking out. and i'm like, okay, yeah, cool, cool, okay. you know. >> stephen: like a form of journalism? >> it is. i have way too much respect for what journalists do, especially investigative journalists, when they go out there and really put their lives on the line and get the truth. i just have too much respect for that to try to just jump into it. so i was a little intimidated. and the first couple of episodes you see me trying to struggle, the o.c.d. actor in me, i have to learn my lines and look like i know what i am talking about. and that failed miserably. i said you know what, mike, let it go. you and i both know i'm talking to myself in the mirror. you and i both know you are not the sharpest knife in the drawer. so stop faking it. just go out there and let people see you learn. let peop

director spike jonze, who's going to be shooting new opening credits for my show. i will also be joined by actor jeffrey dean morgan, and a musical performance by jack garratt. now stay tuned for james corden, already in progress. good night. (cheers and applause) captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by access.wgbh.org are you ready to have some fun and love tonight every moment that you feel your life is a moment you're alive the "late, late show" . >> ladies and gentlemen, all the way from norway, give it up for your host, the one, the only, james corden! >> james: good evening, welcome to the "late, late show." thanks for being here. thank you so much. thanks, guys, thanks.