Pinefox hilariously OTM from first post onwards.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
Prime hating from Lex too.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 April 2015 12:36 (nine years ago) link
Who?― Pashmina, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:55 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ah, young and innocent days.
― Quack and Merkt (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 April 2015 13:11 (nine years ago) link
this show is pretty awful, isn't it? it's obvious that CBS got exactly what they wanted -- a show aping Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show. only lacking Fallon's modestly redeeming qualities of earnestness and awkwardness. the result feels not just dumb but cynical.
corden has no evident rapport with reggie watts, an interesting and talented guy whose role on this show could be assumed by just about anyone (indeed, the best thing about the show is its theme tune). the band giggles on cue when corden makes one of his mirthless quips, but it's evidently forced.
the group discussion seldom pays dividents, since usually the conversation descends to the level of the lowest common denominator (which is often corden himself; witness his embarrassing refusal to talk to michael douglas about anything other than "basic instinct").
i was getting tired of craig ferguson's schtick by the end--and even complained that he was a smart guy who was deliberately playing that down--but boy do i miss him.
on the other hand, i get to sleep earlier these days.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 1 May 2015 04:56 (nine years ago) link
It's less Jimmy Fallon and more like a dumbed down version of Graham Norton (if that's even possible) for US network late night. I've only watched it 3 or 4 times so far, but he seems to know a lot of really famous people, or really famous people are comfortable around him at least. It's weird.
Maybe when they cancel him, Scott Thompson will finally get looked at for a hosting gig.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 May 2015 06:24 (nine years ago) link
how are his ratings? even if he isn't doing well, I suspect CBS will probably keep him on for a few years.
one strange thing about the show is that somebody (corden? his producers? CBS?) seems to have decided that they should act as though the show has been around for a while. there's little reflexive acknowledgment that the show is new, segments are unfamiliar, etc. the confidence that reviewers noted seems to add to the show's feeling of slick indifference.
the biggest problem, though, is just corden's witlessness.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 1 May 2015 06:46 (nine years ago) link
i guess it's just too bad that soon the only laid-back genuine talk show on network late night may be seth fucking meyers. he's a total talentless nonentity--i've yet to meet anyone who has expressed even the slightest bit of enthusiasm for his show. it's soporific. but all the other shows seem to be more "variety show" than "talk show."
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 1 May 2015 06:48 (nine years ago) link
I'm still fond of Fallon, though I appreciated the less formalized Late Night more than I do his Tonight Show. Everything about Seth Meyers' show is awful, though, from the monologue to the band to the scripted bits. Even the set sucks (still, even after a redesign). Come September, Stephen Colbert will be the oldest host with an 11:37 show, but even he seems like more of a gamesman than modern day Letterman. He should be a decent interviewer now that he no longer has to do it in character, though.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 1 May 2015 07:07 (nine years ago) link
corden was pretty much loathed over in the uk by everyone except mainstream tv execs (could anyone say they were a fan of this guy?) so here's hoping america completely destroys him. 'mirthless' and lowest common denominator sums him up perfectly, just a dumb hateful guy who doesn't even pay lip service to 'smart'.
― NI, Monday, 4 May 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
'mirthless' and lowest common denominator sums him up perfectly, just a dumb hateful guy who doesn't even pay lip service to 'smart'.
here's hoping america completely destroys him.
umm well...
― tsrobodo, Monday, 4 May 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
Oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mak_Cu9Wl6w
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 06:35 (eight years ago) link
Who?― Pashmina, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:55 (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Pashmina, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:55 (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
remember when we could say "who?"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 11:57 (eight years ago) link
he literally did fuck off and now he's more ubiquitous than ever :(
― i can pee through time (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 23 August 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
Read an article recently that said that CBS was considering swapping his timeslot with Colbert's
This is the worst of all possible worlds
― Hamilton, Joe Frank & Two-Thirds of Asphyx (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 10:41 (eight years ago) link
I've always like Pierce Brosnan tbh.
http://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/7062642-james-corden-pierce-brosnan-was-rude-to-me-at-u2-concert/
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Friday, 13 January 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
"So me and my wife moved into this area, and literally, I've never felt anything like it, this arm went on here and just pushed me out the way. And I looked at him, and he didn't even glance at me and he just moved back into his area. Maybe he's just a bit f***ing rude."
And maybe YOU SHOULDN'T BE SITTING HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 January 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
a+
― hunk of poo, big fart, girlfriend, and Dove soap (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 13 January 2017 18:40 (seven years ago) link
Stewart Lee on James Corden moving to the US:"Britain's loss is America's loss also."
― baffled, brooding (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 3 April 2017 06:56 (seven years ago) link
James Corden blasts fruit at Victoria Beckham's face, can't stop laughingwww.telegraph.co.uk › Culture › TV
Don't be so reductive Stewart, when Corden can't stop laughing - America mostly laughs with him.
― calzino, Monday, 3 April 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pri_535840681.jpg?w=748&h=506&crop=1
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:24 (seven years ago) link
Maybe interesting to compare James Corden and Dom Joly
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Last I saw, Dom Joly was doing terrible TV adverts
Ummmmm
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 07:15 (seven years ago) link
Has James Corden fucked off yet? Because he really should.
― Wichita prepares for totality (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 21 September 2017 05:45 (six years ago) link
I meant something about the way the two men, both on the large side, and both sort of having the largeness as part of their schtick; how they use their largeness in different ways, the kind of comedy they do with it? Dom Joly answering his huge phone very loudly, versus Corden being a Lesbian Vampire Killer.
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
would those be vampire killers who happen to be lesbians or people who kill vampire lesbians or lesbian vampires who are also killers
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 21 September 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
James Corden should fuck off
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Friday, 22 September 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
huh. glad i missed that.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 22 September 2017 01:05 (six years ago) link
Robbie Williams (yes, other punchable cnut, I know) also reclaimed "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" for Millennium.
And Fat Les (yes, punchable cnuts, I know) to thread.
Seven years after this post, and 20 years after the release, I think it worth noting for the record that ailsa was thinking of one of Lily Allen's dad's pre-Fat-Les contributions, alongside Joe Strummer, to Black Grape's football single "England's Irie."
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Friday, 22 September 2017 02:56 (six years ago) link
he's been reading this thread:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/sep/25/peter-rabbit-film-trailer-beatrix-potter-james-corden?CMP=share_btn_fb
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Monday, 25 September 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
Wait he's not kissing Sean Spicer? Eh he should fuck off anyway
― rip van wanko, Monday, 25 September 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
I was agnostic on Corden until the one-two punch of the Spicer pic and the Peter Rabbit trailer. Now he can fuck off.
― Gewgaws for Meemaw (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 September 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Wait this motherfucker did a shitty rap battle show for celebrities called Drop the Mic? Another move checked off on Fallon's CV
― The Fortnightly Intruder (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 6 October 2017 09:06 (six years ago) link
Hey, more grist for the mill.
https://pagesix.com/2018/03/05/inside-the-vanity-fair-oscar-party-2/
“Late Night” host Corden cornered Jeff Bezos, and was heard asking the Amazon founder’s wife, MacKenzie, “So you are the brains in the relationship, then?” Corden later told us of his conversation with billionaire Bezos, “You wouldn’t believe it, but we have a lot in common.”
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 March 2018 23:14 (six years ago) link
they are both bad
― mark s, Monday, 5 March 2018 23:45 (six years ago) link
(not good)
I don't care about the royal wedding but there are relatives downstairs watching it on TV in the living room. I walked through there earlier and caught a few seconds. There was some guy solemnly playing cello. Then the camera cut to James Corden.
― 2018 has to be better (snoball), Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:18 (six years ago) link
My mom has informed me on multiple occasions that she thinks it would be fun to kiw James Cordon
― salt sugar fat, that's where it's at (rip van wanko), Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:44 (six years ago) link
I wonder how I responded. I think it was "heh" every time but can't be sure
― salt sugar fat, that's where it's at (rip van wanko), Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:45 (six years ago) link
t/s: kicking it with james corden vs kicking the shit out of james corden
― i am fast and full of teeth. i willl die in a barn fire (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 19 May 2018 13:52 (six years ago) link
Brilliant. This is brilliant. pic.twitter.com/8a6TJcRGHy— James Corden (@JKCorden) April 12, 2019
Well this is... unexpected.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 14 April 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
Mods, we need to change the thread title to "James Cordon shouldn't fuck off just yet"
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 April 2019 11:19 (five years ago) link
When the room is not read.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link
Hahaha! I totally approve of Corden getting roasted like that.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:27 (five years ago) link
relentless lol
― . (Michael B), Tuesday, 21 May 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
awww yeah
― michael keaton IS jim thirlwell IN ‘foetaljuice’ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 00:03 (five years ago) link
I was quite looking forward to that new Danny Boyle film "yesterday" but Corden is all over the trailer and it's really put me off.
― Proger, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 03:29 (five years ago) link
I didn't know anything about James Corden until that popbitch sitting next to a baby story made a second and third round. He seems unbearable in general.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link
Like, i don't know why anyone pays him.
I don't really care what he's like as a person, that Paul McCartney thing was great.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:11 (five years ago) link
tbh i assume most late night hosts are like this in real life
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 07:21 (five years ago) link