The Late Late Show with James Corden

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 7:32pm

I loved Craig Ferguson right from the beginning and have been missing him since he kept it classy til Christmas.

But some of the things Corden's saying about his take on the show make me feel optimistic. From a Vulture interview today:

"We’re gonna bring all our guests out at the same time, so all of our guests will sit together for all of the chat segments of the show."

I love this idea, primarily because it's a throwback to how chat shows used to be in the US, before celebrities all became too big to spend and entire hour sharing the spotlight with others. Suddenly they all had someplace important they had to be.


Corden on How The Late Late Show (premiering tonight) Will Be Different

Updated On: 3/23/15 at 07:32 PM

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 7:36pm

It could be throwback, or it could be just a straight copy of Graham Norton's show.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 7:52pm

Either way, somebody should have brought it back to these shores ages ago. I want the young Gene Simmons and the old Totie Fields trading Yiddish insults on Mike Douglas's couch. That's what I want.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 3/23/15 at 9:19pm

I thought the same thing, Namo, when I read your 7:32 post. I immediately thought of the Mike Douglas Show and especially Totie Fields. Then I did a search on Totie, and didn't realize she was only 48 when she died. She always seemed older than that.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 7:07am

Carson did it for years. The second chair could be counted on for some off-topic irreverence, and it consistently kept the show from being what all chat shows are now: a forum for selling the product du jour (movie, book). Now, I'm always startled to see line-ups that must include some damned pithy green room chatter, none of which are we privy to, because people in the same building on the same day never speak to one another in front of us. I miss those left-field comments, the sometimes fascinating contretemps and chemistry that would result. People flirted, fought, took sides against Johnny. It was, you know, spontaneous. Now, not so much. Good for Corden.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 12:26pm

It was a good enough debut.

I do not like the guest stars having to enter past audience members trying to high five and hug them. Ick.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/24/15 at 12:46pm

I love him and I hope it's a big success.

If anyone has NOT seen his 3-season British sitcom, Gavin & Stacey, you will love it!

https://youtu.be/9AZxRBMECQU

[The Glenbuck Laird]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 3:06am

Was great in The History Boys, not been that big a fan of his work since

[ACL2006]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 12:06pm

His bit with Tom Hanks was fantastic. Corden & Hanks recreate every movie Hanks has done.
Every Tom Hanks Movie in 8 Minutes (with Tom Hanks and James Corden)

[madbrian]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 12:18pm

I thought the Willy Wonka themed vidoe was a hoot, although I wish they had brought in JK Simmons rather than having Leno run the Whiplash gag. Overall, it was a great debut show. Love the idea of having all guests together on the couch, although I'm not so sure about them running the gauntlet through the audience to get there.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 1:48pm

"I love this idea, primarily because it's a throwback to how chat shows used to be in the US, before celebrities all became too big"

It's also an interesting dynamic when celebrity egos clash. Shelley Winters pouring water over Oliver Reed's head comes to mind.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 1:53pm

"If anyone has NOT seen his 3-season British sitcom, Gavin & Stacey, you will love it!"

Gavin & Stacey is must-see tv! The only problem with it is that Corden and the excellent Ruth Jones wrote such great characters for themselves that you sort of wish Gavin & Stacey would go somewhere else so we could watch Smithy and Nessa.

But the cast, including the very funny Alison Steadman, is top notch.

[The Glenbuck Laird]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 4:08pm

Yep big dilemma that. Watch everything with Steadman in it. Can't stand Corden. Decided against it

[The Glenbuck Laird]

Posted: 3/25/15 at 4:09pm

Nice avatar Sutton Ross

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 12:05am

James sings the "Late Late Show Ballad":


James Corden's Late Night Ballad

[Auggie27]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 8:56am

I thought the section with Patricia Arquette and Chris Pine proved the value of the multi-guest approach. It was conversation among peers, something missing on late night. And it mostly feels effortless.

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:10am

He will be great. I loved him on Broadway. That hair, he is a cute red teddy bear.

I do miss Craig and his horse. He is greatly missed!

Updated On: 3/29/15 at 12:10 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:22am

On the other hand, you're finally lusting after an apparently straight man , so good on you Corine, as they say in Britain.

[DAME]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:25am

Please don't spoil my James Corden teddy bear fantasies.

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:26am

He is married. I lusted after Craig Ferguson as well. Funny men are sexy. If he had a single clone!

[DAME]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:27am

It is a fantasy Corine. I don't care that he is married.

[Corine2]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:33am

He is cute. He was so funny in Guvnors.
I loved that show. He was funny but the music was incredible. Wish it lasted longer.
Updated On: 3/29/15 at 12:33 AM

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:50am

"Carson did it for years. The second chair could be counted on for some off-topic irreverence, and it consistently kept the show from being what all chat shows are now: a forum for selling the product du jour (movie, book)."

Hasn't Conan done this since then?

[Tag]

Posted: 3/29/15 at 12:56am

And Leno's guests always stayed.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 3/30/15 at 6:33pm

I think the show's off to a great start. I adore Corden and hope the mass audience will find him as endearing as do I.