James Corden should fuck off

n/m

Who?

^ this (didn't want to be the first to ask)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00670/james-corden-spoof-_670527c.jpg

Thread now nsfw.

He's a tosser and yes, he should fuck off.

http://www.orange.co.uk/images/editorial/history_corden_170.jpg

I have no idea who he is. Was he Harold Bishop in Neighbours?

This guy does good work.

still none the wiser.

Was in Hollyoaks, co-wrote "Gavin & Stacey"

also in The History Boys

he funny

he not

he he

he haw

The History Boys is one of the worst films I have ever seen, and this gurning scumbag is very much part of its vile parade.

Really? Hardly an all-time great, but pretty inoffensive really.

He's funny and I very much enjoyed Gavin & Stacy.

History Boys is a nice film but Corden can fuck right off. Anybody who makes me side with the cast of Hollyoaks got bad problem.

Has he done something vile? Was his name on the BNP membership list?

Nah, just the usual mean-spirited dislike of the luvvie culture.

Marcello will be coming onto this thread to tell us we're jealous shortly.

It is not a nice film. It is repulsive.

Why? What have you up your nose against it?

He was on that Lily Allen chat show.

Damn near got her nix off onscreen!

http://jamescordenfansite.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/0331.jpg

More revolting excesses...

i hear peter cook was a bit of a tosser.

seriously though, all the arguments on here against him have been very persuasive.

Call me mean-spirited, but media saturation of any individual is enough to make me dislike them, even if they might have been or still are funny.

Call me mean-spirited, but media saturation of any individual is enough to make me dislike them, even if they might have been or still are funny.

^ mean-spirited

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Saw him on the edition of Buzzcocks which replaced the scheduled Russell Brand one. Didn't make much of an impression on me one way or the other.

Then there was a feature on him in Guardian Weekend in which he seemed a pretty repulsive sort of fellow.

On balance he doesn't annoy me a trillionth as much as Michael fucking McIntyre.

(if we're talking total, unsolicited media saturation)

On balance he doesn't annoy me a trillionth as much as Michael fucking McIntyre.

^^^^^this (though i saw mcintyre do standup a year ago and he gets less repulsive as the set wears on)

so apparently it wwas corden shouting 'bollocks' and 'fuck off' at gervais at the comedy awards?

Thread urgently needs King Boy Pato input.

Macintyre needs to die

my sister was excited about this 'russel kane' fellow, and got me to watch his set on the 'apollo' show. pretty lolsome.

I found his flirting with Germaine Greer on Buzzcocks quite funny. Gavin and Stacey is watchable but a bit too gentle for my tastes.

I fully concur with the Macintyre hate.

so apparently it wwas corden shouting 'bollocks' and 'fuck off' at gervais at the comedy awards?

i recognised his voice pretty much straight away. it did seem stupid to give it to Gervais who has done fuck all this year and his video speech was tired - but G&S was obv going to win an award anyway. the awards show was crap tho, probably poorer for lack of Ross - Deayton, a few early gags aside, fluffed lines and banter a few times and they ran so late they cut to the credits during his final message. also Carrot was really unfunny for someone winning a contribution/achievement award.

Deayton's always been useless.

In what way?

Hullo...
My name's Angus Deayton (long pause)...
And unless I'm reading from an autocue (upwards inflection)...
like this (slight stress on "this")...
I'm about as useful as a bag of spanners (downwards inflection)...

Is the right answer.

What he said. He's famed as a wit without ever having done anything to deserve it.

Spot on precis.
But he also has "a slight smirk" in his repertoire. He's multi-talented.

xp - did I dream it or has Gervais done that exact joke (about winning "real awards") before?

best thing Deayton ever did is that KYTV ad where he trips up little girl after she nutmegs him

I thought he was famed as a letch and a cokehead?

don't know to what extent he was responsible for writing on HIGNFY but Radio Active/KYTV stuff was good and he's a reasonable one-note actor

Deayton is fucking hilarious on the first series of "Nighty Night."

The History Boys is one of the worst films I have ever seen, and this gurning scumbag is very much part of its vile parade.

― the pinefox, Friday, November 21, 2008 1:43 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

true
I expected hot public school boy on public school boy action and boy was I dissaboynted

not that I want to see Corden do it with another human being

What he said. He's famed as a wit without ever having done anything to deserve it

Allegedly.

i watched the youtube clip of kevin bishop throwing things at the inbetweeners guys as they collected their award ( ) and thought he looked like a nasty coked-up fuckwit. checked out some of his sketches and the reality is far far worse:

so depressing that this is where british comedy is right now. the clips ive seen of inbetweeners aren't much better either, but this bishop guy is the absolute pits. like bobby davro level pits. even if he was slightly funny he shat all over it by being in a fucking natwest advert. is this a new low in vaguely-edgy comedians sucking corporate cock the second it's offered?

I don't mind Kevin Bishop. I think he's probably a complete tool, but some of his stuff raises the odd laugh.

Yeah right, as if James Cordon was ever going to shout abuse at Ricky Gervais.

omg that youtube clip!

Katy Brand "Fuck you Bishop....(to audience) he never paid for our baby..."

think Bishop then says "you're still carrying it"?!

i dunno if he is all that bad - some of these guys deserve to have stuff thrown at them...someone should've clouted him anyway tho. Star Stories has it's moments. it took me ages to realise it's him in those NatWest ads for some reason.

Now Katy Brand, there's a talent for you...

oh dear fuck http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/20/article-1151105-0397D6F0000005DC-797_468x428.jpg

yeah what?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1151105/Gavin-Stacey-stars-Horne-Corden-recreate-famous-scene-Ghost-hilarious-new-show.html

bbc as bottomless pit of shit comedy double-act sketch shows.

No-one's ever thought of doing that before

SICK! This man, Patrick Swayze, is dying and they have the audacity to do this?

- Lex, San Juan, PR USA, 20/2/2009 15:34

OTM The Lex!

^^^
Much funnier than the show, I'd wager.

xpost

Work colleague was at school with Corden. Really, REALLY hates him.

could lose a few pounds, this guy. a bad example to the kids.

He is vile and totally disgusting

I think Horne's the really fucking evil one, though, with his square chin and squinty eyes and scarf and theiving little fingers. Dirty fucking cunt.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/devo/images/thumb/c/c8/Pomps.jpg/350px-Pomps.jpg

I suppose that most people here saw these two fuckers "presenting" the Brits?
Parodying the pottery scene from Ghost? WTF? Is it 1990 already? Next BBC Three/3/III will be showing this...
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_01/russabbot0709_228x411.jpg

Don't really know him, but if he's doing things with Corden then let's agree, both cunts

wow 1990! nice

maybe time for a parody of ICE ICE BABY by VANILLA THE ICE

Someone's already done that - it's called "Ice Ice Baby", by Vanilla Ice...

I would still like to know what the Pinefox has against the History Boys.

I must have missed this Vanilla Ice chap's series on BBC 3

Anybody seen Horne in Entertaining Mr Sloane? I was keen but tickets appear to be £45, so maybe not.

I would still like to know what the Pinefox has against the History Boys.

was thinking the same thing

Horne and Corden, the 21st century Little & Large, except not as funny.

was thinking the same thing

me too. also what, specifically, makes Corden "vile and disgusting" - if not just that he is porky and often unfunny (esp. when not in character).

my Mum likes him because "it's nice that he laughs at other people like Sean Locke's jokes so much"

i like Horne too - esp. recent appearance on Buzzcocks where he and Martin Freeman did the 'look of haplessness and despair' thing together

Brits hosts have performed terribly since relatively acceptable Chris Evans in '95

But they made such a mess of the Brits, not just presenting it incompetently, but peppering their between-act links with unfunny jokes which presumably they scripted themselves. "Craig David hasn't had a hit single for a while!" oh hahahahaha...

Funny because it's true. Oh wait...

you get the Brit awards presenters you deserve for watching that shit

Precisely.

yeaeh, if you don't watch it, you get better presenters!

For some unknown reason I was watching a "making of" Gavin & Stacey show, which directly followed an episode which I also had inexplicably watched.

For my money Stacey is one of the most saccharine actresses I've ever seen. Nothing she says is memorable. I have no doubt that lots of people like her because she seems "sweet", but she brings a whole lot of nothing to the part. Even the guy who plays Gavin is better. You get the feeling that in private he's a bit of a cunt but at least you've got that to hold onto. As for their on-screen chemistry - I know these things are subjective, but I actually thought they were supposed to be brother and sister for the first 3/4 of the show.

So what does James Corden say to the interviewer, while the lighting guys are lining up another shot? "It was like really important for us to have their relationship be really believable - the entire show is built around that - if you don't believe their relationship the whole thing falls apart." Too right.

(Later, Gavin says that he is incomparably thrilled to get to work with the actress who plays Stacey - he says he learns from her, that he's so lucky to play opposite someone of her talent. I think he may have even convinced himself of this.)

maybe the people who like THE HISTORY BOYS and WHITE TEETH would also like a lengthy essay outlining reasons why OCEAN COLOUR SCENE were not very good.

btw, dreadful as White Teeth is for the first 300pp or so, it actually does get worse in the last 200, which is a difficult thing to imagine until you witness it happening

you are talking about the History Boys film and not the book right? so are you also talking about the White Teeth TV series as opposed to the book - or both?

I think I'm gonna use this thread as another excuse to plug Limmy's Show, aren't I? Yes I am. On iPlayer till tomorrow night, one-off pilot (at present), only shown on BBC Scotland, best British sketch show I've seen since The Armando Iannucci Shows, can confidently predict will be better than whatever Corden and Horne come up with.

Corden always makes me think of Andy Richter (and the comparison doesn't flatter Corden):

http://remote.lohudblogs.com/files/2007/12/30-rock-andy-richter.jpg

Tracer re Stacey she's an entirely believable character which presumably serves as some kind of counter-balance to Nessa's general absurdity - at least I think that's the intention. But the believability of Stacey doesn't make her a waste of time imo.

HB film (didn't see play)
WT book (didn't see all of TV series)
OCS band

Gavin and Stacey, despite its flaws, is quite funny I think. The older generation of actors are the best part (Gavin's parents, Rob Bryden, Stacey's mom).

I think I'm gonna use this thread as another excuse to plug Limmy's Show, aren't I?

Not to namedrop or anything, but me and Limmy go waaaaaaaaaay back

Oh sure steve - I think Stacey's very believable - as an empty-headed sparklepixie who I wouldn't want to spend more than five minutes in conversation with. In that sense she's very realistic.

well, that's the role you know...

HB - not seen it in any form so still curious as to why it seems to touch a nerve
WT - TV show seemed okay, nothing that objectionable - what's the book's problem? poor writing?
OCS - i'm sure we can all agree that they were bad

Brydon fell off so hard.

xxxp

I dunno if it's that I'm missing something with G&S, but every time I try and watch it just feels like the same things are happening, and they're not really happening in a very interesting manner. Someone's trying to get some people in a vaaan, 'ow are they gonna get that many people in a vaaan, oh don'choo worry we'll sort it all aaaht, and it all gets sorted out and Ruth Jones says something like "Same thing 'appened when I was doing my pole-dancing for John Major". It's the same feeling I get off Entourage, really, this sort of air of slightly forced likeability that's, y'know, bearable and such, but never actually funny or anything.

Oh I didn't realize Stacey was supposed to be contemptible. From the sound of the "making of" the actress who plays her doesn't either.

I think she's alright. Leave her alone you brute.

It's funny, I usually love that accent.

her voice does grate yes

I think the underlying premise is that the couple are the 'normals' and each step away from them towards the periphery is populated by characters that are more and more strange.

Or, it might just be on the 'Welsh' side.

I can tell you some day in person, blueski, if you like. Typing too much at once hurts me.

WT is beyond 'poor writing' - it's a kind of poor writing, but it's worse and deeper than that. I expect it's better as a TV programme.

I think the underlying premise is that the couple are the 'normals'

Yes, as if there's something inherently laudable about being boring.

they're a cutesy but ordinary couple who met on the internet - i can see why people would find this bad

I can tell you some day in person, blueski, if you like. Typing too much at once hurts me.

and i thought you liked writing

laudable?

Actually, it's not about them anyway. It's about the two characters who coincidentally are the ones who are the writers, who get the interesting storylines and the funniest lines in it. Funny that.

I didn't realise they'd met online.

yeah they mention it in the first episode but never again since, as if they're ASHAMED

They worked for different branches of the same company, and flirted over the phone when they were ordering stuff or whatever from each other.

Blimey this is quite a busy thread. Didn't realise how much this guy winds people up. He hasn't made much of an impression on me either way. As for G&S, it's amiable and watchable but no more than that.

no more than watchable?

well, you don't get involved 'physically', you know...

o_0

Actually, it's not about them anyway. It's about the two characters who coincidentally are the ones who are the writers, who get the interesting storylines and the funniest lines in it. Funny that.

I noticed that as well

Brydon's character's easily the best, though I suspect that's as much down to the performance as the writing.

I couldn't stand him actually. In the making-of his says he winces when he sees himself on TV, says "It just looks like ME, but pulling funny faces!" And I'm like hmm that's a very accurate self-assessment for an actor.

was going to say "bet he's really like that, mostly"

I like writing, yes. But as I said: typing hurts me.

I think I'm gonna use this thread as another excuse to plug Limmy's Show, aren't I? Yes I am. On iPlayer till tomorrow night, one-off pilot (at present), only shown on BBC Scotland, best British sketch show I've seen since The Armando Iannucci Shows, can confidently predict will be better than whatever Corden and Horne come up with.

haha, I liked this, particularly that it inexplicably ended with a man in a scarf crying because his ma had had her heid kicked in

I especially liked the monologues about signs and guys and mirrors and swings, esp. the swings, which ties into my whole love of silly/serious tightrope walking. I can definitely see the Armando Iannucci influence. Hope it gets picked up for a series proper.

none of the trailers are funny the skinny one is a smug twat and the fat one is fat.

so apparently Lesbian Vampire Killers is an actual unfunny movie and not just an unfunny fake movie promo for the Horne and Corden show.

looks like they'll just be Gavin & Smithy in everything now.

Has there been an Unfunny British Comedy of the Noughties, Full of People Off the Telly poll yet?

Now do you all believe me about what a worthless fucking tosser JC is?

still don't get why his bad points make you as angry as that

I thought The Pinefox was against swearing, now he effs and blinds constantly.

I hope Lesbian Vampire Killers is as good as the Ant and Dec movie. Or the Vampire Motorcycle film w/the guys from Boon in.

Reasons to passionately dislike James Corden:

1. Kneejerk hatred of British aspirational working class
2. Is fat
3. Constant reminder of annoying lairy twat in everyone's class at school (may contain elements of 1 and 2)

Comedy duo off the telly, one of whom is fat, makes comedy horror film.

Where could they have got that idea from?

certainly he is no Nick Frost

Nick Frost's comic repertoire goes a bit beyond 50 different iterations of "Look! A fat man! Isn't that hilarious?" though.

Reasons to passionately dislike James Corden Frank Lampard Chris Moyles:

1. Kneejerk hatred of British aspirational working class
2. Is fat
3. Constant reminder of annoying lairy twat in everyone's class at school (may contain elements of 1 and 2)

There are many more reasons to dislike Chris Moyles than that.

not if point 3 includes obnoxious un-PC attempts at humour

sex lives of the potato men surely the elephant in the room

or as we call it, the James Corden in the room

Man, you people can be serious pricks when it comes to overweight people.

For the record I think Corden himself is probably a fine person, it's the Gavin and Stacey show that I fucking detest.

I can understand finding G&S fine but fucking detesting Corden a lot more tbh

At least he's not responsible for writing Lesbian Vampire Killers, only for starring in it.

At the moment I seem to end up seeing endless trailers for the Horne & Corden sketch show every time I turn to the BBC; and every time I see one I think: "that's nice, dear, I think you meant to put a joke in though."

At least he's not responsible for writing Lesbian Vampire Killers

i dunno if this is better - it looks like they've written him as more inane and uncouth than usual

Man, you people can be serious pricks when it comes to overweight people.

Pretty sure ilx loves fattys, [Insert Dom RIP joek here], but not unfunny fatties who are mistaken for funny fatties.

i passed up a chance to see 'enetertaining mr sloane' because horne is in it. i r elitist.
though he looks remarkably like Malcolm McDowell in the press ad.

still, corden should probably fuck off now.

Wow. That was very poor.

Am I the only person who tuned in? I thought this thread would be a cavalcade of derision.

Not even morbid curiosity could tempt me to sit through this. That Ghost-spoofing trailer DOESN'T HAVE ANY JOKES IN.

I watched it and lolled at several points (the bit where JC can't come for example) while trying not to (I was actually trying to do some work at the time but Mrs. T is a sucker for bad BBC3 comedy) but overall is was not very funny. Still don't understand the hatred for them though. Except that this...

Reasons to passionately dislike James Corden:

2. Is fat

...might explain something.

Just to be clear, Matt and Blueski are saying that one of the reasons to dislike someone is that they are fat, right? With hilarious insights like that you could get a job on Two Pints.

With reading comprehension like that you get get a job at the Graun.

In case I actually need to spell it out, that post was pretty heavily taking the piss.

4. his homophobia

Hence words like 'kneejerk'.

(xpost)

The only thing that was marginally funny to me was Corden's Gervais impression. Otherwise it is very strange that two guys with a very successful comedy drama have decided to do such a willfully bog-standard sketch show. Doesn't it usually go the other way around?

Two words: Mitchell, Webb.

I saw the first few minutes but then went to bed because, well I'd rather go to bed than watch it. But I thought it was a "live in the studio" thing. So were they performing sketches live in front of an audience?

According to Corden on Jonathan Ross last week: the studio-filmed ones were, yes.

In case I actually need to spell it out, that post was pretty heavily taking the piss.

yeah what the hell Ned

Neil didn't Mitchell & Webb have a radio show, then a sketch show, then Peep Show?

And stand-up/live before the radio show?

they did Peep Show before the television sketch show, although of course that was predated by the radio sketch show and stand-up. But the reason for their decline in quality from Peep Show to their shitty sketch show was because they actually wrote the latter while the Armstrong and Bain wrote the former.

altho of course Armstrong and Bain wrote for the sketch show too, maybe they were the 2 good sketches they got in to every few episodes.

Sketch show wasn't entirely shitty

Fair points everyone. I suppose M&W are arguably an instance of comedians getting ahead of themselves and thinking they are as good at writing as performing, two very different disciplines.

the mythchild forgives you

Sir Digby Chicken-Caesar was the best thing about the M&W sketch show IMO.

Football Sketch was the best

The sketch with David Mitchell becoming the Fuhrer right at the end of WWII is the best I think.

neil s otm

the mitchell and webb situation predated peepshow, no?

MOEBIUS LOOP

Football Sketch was the best

― Free the Northampton 1 (Tom D.), Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:33 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

In case I actually need to spell it out, that post was pretty heavily taking the piss.

Taking the piss out of what? Sorry, as someone who has been at the sharp end of abuse due to my, ahem, glandular problems I'm a little touchy on this subject. Just looked like a cheap jibe to me.

Reasons why certain posters upthread might have had such an, ahem, visceral reaction to him.

Also, as far as I can tell, "Look at me, I'm fat" is what he does for laughs, errrrrrrr, largely

This is true.

Just ingore me everyone I'm Having A Bad Day and really should be lying down in a dark room with some fine wine and cake. Carry on.

Ingore?

Man, mention of wine and I've come over all Pavlovian

Must drink wine. Must drink wine. NOW!

^^^^
That could easily be a sketch show character catchphrase.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/film_reviews/article5932243.ece

Phil Claydon’s instantly forgettable lad’s mag farce Lesbian Vampire Killers is an appalling waste of a perfectly decent title. James Corden and Mathew Horne are two witless slobs who go for a hike in Norfolk with an industrial quantity of condoms and end up being savaged by a posse of groaning 18-year-olds with plastic teeth, few clothes, pneumatic breasts and three brain cells between the lot of them. It’s profoundly awful.

ILX otm.

how the hell would this be profoundly awful?

I saw the sketch show, and I have to say the performances are excellent, but it's not actually that funny.

xpost presumably the fact that it's awful is a given, but considering a low expectation threshhold, it's awful even by that standard?

It's a bit like being profoundly deaf.

Vampire movies are ripe for spoof and this doesn't stray far from the path of modesty trodden by Hammer House.

Impish Swede MyAnna Buring and Paul McGann as a vampire-hating vicar both play it brilliantly deadpan.

Once Horne and Corden are split up, with the vicar teaming up with Fletch and Lotte falling for Jimmy, the laughs start to flow. By the end of the movie your critic had lost control of his funny bone.

Other reviewers will say that Lesbian Vampire Killers is another British comic flop, but The Sneak won't be driving that stake into its heart.

By the end of the movie your critic had lost control of his funny bone.

funny bones are uncontrollable by definition.

a vampire movie spoof! is no sacred cow safe from horne and corden's rapier wit??

this week's time out has the two of them bowling, with the strapline "comedy with balls"

i'm confused about exactly how much cojones it takes to air sketches about a flamboyantly homosexual war reporter who is scared of violence

another article has a picture of them fencing, with the strapline "comedy with weird masks and long thin sharp rods"

it's become this kneejerk assumption that all comedy is "edgy" or "courageous" - so you get guys like horne and corden who are about as unedgy as it gets - they practically revel in their inoffensive normality - but headline writers just can't help themselves, it's hardwired in

Apparently Corden is doing a cover of "World in Motion" with the England football team for next year's world cup. This has the potential to be the single worst piece of recorded music of all time.

did he really have to have a piece of paper to hand for every joke on buzzcocks?

Any point watching that episode on iPlayer?

None whatsoever. What could have been a passable episode of Buzzcocks was ruined by his table slapping guffaws at every single thing Phill Jupitus said.

Garofalo didn't even get an opportunity to speak other than to take part in yet another joke about Blue, jeez, you'd think they could find someone else to rip on in 2009, dispite her obviously being the funniest one there.

Ok, I'll watch Godfather Part II instead.

just discovered this cunt's existence thanks to the speech debelle thread.

Mercury winner Speech Debelle was booed by Take That fans as she tried to rap one of their songs at a London event in honour of the group.

Debelle chose to rap her way through the 1993 hit single Pray, leading to boos from some of the 500-strong crowd.

She was also criticised by host James Corden, who said "anyone can rap", before launching into a rap of his own.

not to defend debelle, but what the actual fuck, this james corden dude is intolerable and needs a fucking punch in the face. how the hell does he have a career?

dude, michael mcintyre is the bbc's big money comedy act- obv. comedy is dead, james corden ate it.

Still, it's clear Ruth Jones is obviously the genius behind "Gavin and Stacey", thanks to these interventions.

A bit more detail:

Speech Debelle was booed by fans of Take That last night (November 25) when she attempted to rap the band's 1993 hit 'Pray'.

The Mercury Prize-winner was jeered off-stage at the launch of the boy band's new video game, SingStar.

Debelle, real name Corynne Elliot, reportedly upset the 500-strong audience with her cover, and when they booed, she said: “I'm a rapper. I don't do Take Shit.”

Her reaction prompted host and star of Gavin and Stacey James Corden to respond, saying: “That was shit, anyone can rap”.

― The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Friday, 27 November 2009 15:28 (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

both of them should fuck off anyway

http://broken-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/comedy-showdown-ii-horne-and-corden-and.html

^this is still great

I watched G&S last night and laughed quite a few times, although mostly at the bits with Gavin and comedy Welsh people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIqHE-_qORU

Just saw the actual clip - excruciating. Debelle's a mess, and makes the tactical error of calling the band she's supposedly celebrating "Take Shit" but then Corden is such an obnoxious, bullying shit that you have to sympathise with her despite yourself.

nothing about that entire thing is defensible but debelle is pretty much AS indefensible as corden...argh

defending constituent parts of the indefensible

His "rap" is better than hers.

"Nobody disses our four boys"

WTF have they just come back from Afghanistan or something?

yeah, armed with loudspeakers

everything about that clip is just horrible. noone comes out with any credit and they all need launched to the moon on a rocket.

You guys are treating this like a goof, but the fact is, the whole episode really cast a pall over the "launch of Take That's new SingStar game."

Truly this is Britain's typically lame answer to Kanye West vs Taylor Swift.

Yeah the Speech Debelle thing is excruciatingly bad but, come on, it's Take That karaoke, who cares? But James Corden is a massive bullying cunt and, no matter how bad Speech Debelle's own record is I'm willing to bet she's never put her name to anything as awful as that Corden & Horne sketch show.

Classic. I wish there was more booing at things.

saw this guy in a corridor this week.....basically the worst possible side of bbc, this blokey fucking salt of the earth bullshit that has infiltrated sport/news/comedy

being a fat spotty unfunny twat isn't easy...unless you're james corden

his blokeyness seems really false as well. he seems very stage school. also he's an unfunny fucking cock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EFwRcmKDhU

James Corden is funny enough in his own head that it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

That is honestly one of the most depressing five minutes of anything I've seen all year, up til and including "Coming up next, we've got Remi Nicole!"

The BBC run this ad at the moment wherein they solicit the viewers opinions about programming, and the ad specifically asks for your views on "BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4". They don't mention BBC3 at all, presumably because a) they don't give a shit what anybody thinks about it, b) the target audience mostly can't write, and c) they're committed to giving cunts like Corden money somehow and they might as well do it on some shitty satellite channel that nobody watches.

i find it sort of depressing that there are apparently enough people out there who rate what he does for him to have a profitable career. who are these people and what the hell do they enjoy about his existence? :(

He speaks for "ordinary people" innit? Like a comedy version of that twat Chris Moyles.

that vid with becker is just embarrassing, he's just a fat clown.

I remember some kind of report from a few years back that said the Beeb wasn't meeting the needs of white working class males or something, and I guess Corden is part of their ham-fisted patronising response to that.

This banned tango ad campaign was the apex of Corden's career, probably.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y1Ce0jr3hg

It's quite amazing how bad BBC3 is, especially given that E4 has made a decent fist of being a specialist youth-oriented channel and has thrown up some terrific, non-patronising TV (the Inbetweeners and Misfits being the most recent examples). BBC3 has given us the great Being Human and not a lot else.

(Okay I will begrudgingly accept that Gavin & Stacey has had its moments but I'm reluctant to give Corden any credit for those)

Pulling was an uncharacteristically great BBC3 show, I thought, but hardly anyone watched it.

You would hope that the Beeb could use BBC3 to try out a more diverse range of programmes, even within the remit of populist stuff aimed at a 16-30ish age group which I guess is the channel's purpose. So either there are very few people with interesting ideas out there, or the people in charge of commissioning have got a stupidly patronising view of the audience. Guess which one I reckon is the answer?

Ideal, Nighty Night, and the Mighty Boosh are the only other programmes I can think of on BBC3 that I've watched/liked. Along with the odd episode of Family Guy, and also Torchwood which started off on BBC3.

Pulling is certainly one of the best comedy shows of the decade I'd say. But yeah, in general BBC3 is complete plop and E4's recent stuff (as Matt mentions) pisses all over it.

I remember some kind of report from a few years back that said the Beeb wasn't meeting the needs of white working class males or something, and I guess Corden is part of their ham-fisted patronising response to that.

Not seeing how Corden is mean to appeal to "white working class males", isn't he aimed more at students?

He is the comedy equivalent of Oasis - he appeals to the spectrum running from students to white van men. Also the hating rappers thing.

I don't know, I just can't imagine geezers down the pub discussing the latest Corden & Horne

Corden & Horne no, because I think even people who like him would accept that's rubbish. Gavin & Stacey yes.

Of course it might be that "white working class males" is lazily interpreted by some BBC dude as "dumb lads".

I think you might have got it there. I don't know anything about Gavin & Stacey, so that's my contribution to the debate over. Other than the fact that he comes across to me as a fat unfunny drama school fuck and not as some kinda Peter "I'm right working class, me" Kay salt o' the earth type

I'm not a fan - but strive not to be size-ist in my critical thoughts about him.

btw I thought Lex would be telling everyone not to be so sour?

I try not to be size-ist, but 99% of his "comedy" is based on the fact that he's fat

James Corden should fuck off

seriously

I feel that I'm avoiding a lot of potential rage this evening by deliberately not watching Sport Relief.

I mistakenly went on to BBC1 when it was on, saw some kind of sports celebrity masterchef horrorshow, in which Alan Hansen was pretending to have a sense of humour, and quickly switched over.

i was thinking of finding this thread and posting 'this fucking guy is fucking everywhere' but yeah

I'm not entirely sure whether getting to stand up "in character" in a room full of people and tell Kelly Holmes she doesn't deserve a damehood just for running round a track is just show-off wish fulfilment, mildly entertaining, an indulgence of your status to allow you fire off some comedy zingers in a more ostentatious way than just doing stand-up, or just basically being a rude cnut to people's faces just because you can.

Is this guy really fucking everywhere? I've more or less managed to avoid him since he was in Fat Friends about a million years ago, apart from his twatty little outbursts when drunk which occasionally make the news.

That sounds like it's up there with Peter Kay fucking up Parky's last proper show. It's the "pretending to be a complete tosser but actually underneath I'm really a complete tosser" school of "comedy".

See also: Chris Moyles.

Fat Friends was actually pretty good eh?

such a twat. hate this guy.

Probably the least credible example for the "you're just jealous" argument. Used to mention Mark Owen as an example of a successful and popular man no one appears to hate, sadly that defence could now be fucked.

I hated Mark Owen before it was popular to do so.

in work everyone LOVES this guy, they showed his jenson button sketch on our big screen at our end of day meeting last week. admirably one guy said "am i the only one who hates james corden", heroic and brave intervention.

such hate for him, such curiosity as to his actual appeal - what excuse did your colleagues give ronan?

I liked him quite a bit in Cruise of the Gods, tbh.

I thankfully missed the Sport Relief thing, but heard that it was pretty unpleasant. There's something really ugly about dishing out these (very, very unfunny) insults to people who have to 'take it in good part' cos it's for charidee.

I've heard via someone who worked with him in History Boys that IRL he is every bit as much a relentlessly boorish tool as you could imagine.

Credit where it's due, I thought he was great as the voice of the mouse in The Gruffalo.

tbh, I don't really understand the hatred. I laughed a couple of times during the sports relief thing, although I admit I wasn't really paying attention, maybe he killed a kitten or something when I wasn't watching?

There's something really ugly about dishing out these (very, very unfunny) insults to people who have to 'take it in good part' cos it's for charidee.

I think there's a consensus out there who now dislike him for the Kelly Holmes diss, where they previously liked him.

Way to go dude, and what a time to do it!

(tbf, I didn't see the bit, but was told about it)

That sounds like it's up there with Peter Kay fucking up Parky's last proper show. It's the "pretending to be a complete tosser but actually underneath I'm really a complete tosser" school of "comedy".

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didn't see this but it opens the door a little to me not hating peter kay

thought he was a prick at the speech debelle/take that farrago, though she hardly showered herself with glory that night too

(xpost) in the sense of "not hating Mussolini as much as Hitler"?

just thinking about the idea of the world cup song with dizzee rascal makes my piss-boil and my blood convert itself to paint stripper.

weird how dizzee rascal and james corden feel so similar now.

he can fuck off out of Dr Who as well.

I (controversial opinion ahoy) don't mind him as an actor, so am quite sure he'll be fine in Doctor Who, it's not like he's writing his own part or anything. (I remember saying this plenty re Catherine Tate as well, and that turned out OK all round)

he'll find a way to make me hate him. he always does.

I remember saying this plenty re Catherine Tate as well, and that turned out OK all round

ayayay

Catherine Tate is the old granny she plays, minus 40 years, basically.

Used to dislike Corden but recently watched all 3 series of Gavin & Stacey and really liked it and him (hides).

Gavin & Stacey is perfectly watchable but so gentle that I find it kind of infuriating.

I like the gentleness (if that's a word) of it. Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon the absolute best things about it.

Yeah, Brydon's great in it.

But it always leaves me craving an episode of Peep Show or something to get the sweet taste out of my mouth.

The duo have teamed up to rework the 1984 Tears for Fears hit Shout.

The video for their unofficial anthem - called Shout for England - was filmed this week at the Stoop in Twickenham, home of Harlequins Rugby Club.

Heard the song on BrGTalent final, thought it was trotting along merrily enough till this lump bounced out on stage. The chorus ending on "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" was a little o_O.

Am not enjoying living in the Corden (lad in the street)/Chiles (Man in the street)/C Cole (nations's sweet<3) era of UK.

I just can't find it in myself to hate him (or Chiles or Cole for that matter - aand at least she's stopped beating up defending herself in nightclubs). They just don't get any reaction from me at all. Actually I found his pretend managing in the Football Aid match quite amusing.

I'm saving all my hate for George Osbourne, he seems far more worthwhile.

They put local radio on at work so loud I can hear it over my headphones. Fuck a Cheryl Cole and her songs about being in lol love with lol ashley being played once every half hour.

Chiles is aiight, shame I'll never see him again and I'll really start to miss him by the first motd2 I next see.

Corden should fuck off.

Those songs are so obviously about will.I.am and that album's great so gtf.

Just walked past him in my building. He was on the phone so I didn't tell him to fuck off.

I like the gentleness (if that's a word) of it. Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon the absolute best things about it.

hmm you're not the Brydon-loathing Chris i thought you were

The chorus ending on "Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough" was a little o_O

Yeah, really. We're not yet living in that post-hooligan utopia where it's okay to reclaim violent yob chants.

I'm also pretty shocked that they didn't try to rework the chorus lyrics AT ALL. How does "These are the things we can do without" make sense in a footbally context?

Shout, Shout, let it all out,
This is the team that we care about,
Come on,
I'm talking to you - come on.

I think even this is better that leaving it the same.

i think he's the most inoccuous bloke to inspire ire in recent British history. i've never seen anything quite like it.

every time i think about james corden i want to actually kill him

He's so needy and smarmy, and clearly unfulfilled by his previously credible acting career to the extent he insists on becoming an all-round (lol, fat bastard) media celebrity scumbag. He makes otherwise sane people like my mother want to throw bricks at prams

i think he's the most inoccuous bloke to inspire ire in recent British history. i've never seen anything quite like it.

shd search yr own posting history

James Corden and Sir Patrick Stewart clash on stage

Sir Patrick criticised Corden - host of the event - for standing with his hands in his pockets, adding: "From where I was sitting, I could see your belly."

Corden responded: "You could see my belly. I can see you dying right now."

CUNT

Yeah, really. We're not yet living in that post-hooligan utopia where it's okay to reclaim violent yob chants.

http://www.englandfootballonline.com/images/Songs/EngsIrie.gif

Not okay to reclaim Tears for Fears either.

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.

I sense a theme.

He's so needy and smarmy, and clearly unfulfilled by his previously credible acting career to the extent he insists on becoming an all-round (lol, fat bastard) media celebrity scumbag

I get this, but people keep letting him! Why is that? Does anyone actually *like* James Corden, media gobshite?

he's pretty popular outside of ilx as far a i can tell. well except for that sketch show he did.

but why on earth IS he popular? what kind of moron do you have to be to find him funny/worthwhile?

also i just remembered that other total cunt of a comedian, frankie boyle. maybe even worse?

i HATE these people so fucking much. actual scum of the earth. vile.

He seems to have a Calumesque short fuse for being challenged in any slight way.

sometimes in very dark moments, I remember I'm not James Corden, and life seems a little bit better.

Something about comics: they get really annoyed if someone else starts trying to make jokes on their patch, as if others need a zing permit while they are there.

He's just graceless, and I'm a snob, I guess.

Captain Picard needs better zings than 'lol u fat' if he wants something more graceful than 'lol u old' in response.

true...but corden's demeanour etc is fucking repulsive.

I thought JC's response was more about PatStew boring the audience, but then I didn't see it so...

no i think your right

yeah Stewart actually comes off worse there which takes some doing. what the hell is he doing hosting the Glamour Awards anyway?

Corden would make a really crap X Man.

XL Man morelikeamirite?

I dunno, if they're looking to cast The Blob...

ahahahaha Tom

Zoe Saldana.

Cheryl Cole thanked her dentist in her acceptance speech
Accepting her award, she said to Corden: "I like your belly but I'd like to see Sir Patrick Stewart dying on stage any day."

Corden then said: "I feel bad for people who haven't seen my belly."

To huge applause, the Gavin and Stacey star lifted his T-shirt, revealing his tummy.

Referring to Sir Patrick, he said: "OK can we get a taxi really quickly please. There's an old man going home."

Several stars commented on the verbal tussle.

"Entertaining"

Nowhere Boy actor Aaron Johnson said: "I love your belly. That was intense. I didn't know where to look."

NEXT STOP JC'S ARSE!

Bloody picture captions! Ignore the Cheryl Code line, that was Zoe Saldana who said that.

NEXT STOP JC'S ARSE!

Klingons on the starboard bow...

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/benmeghcnngldhlgnpajaoodoclkicfm/

^ GoogleChrome extension that blocks any text or picture references to James Corden appearing on your screen

Was PS making a joke that went wrong? That footage is so repulsive, JC all leaning into PS's face jeering at him like an obnoxious drunk. I don't understand why the more hateful tabloids are all STEWART BATTERED BY CORDEN'S SCATHING WIT about it. Does his PR pull strings high up at the Sun/Mail?

That extension is A+++, shame it's not on firefox.

Don't know if JC said something before that head to head, but it appeared to be an unprovoked attack from PS. Uncalled for, no? The Jonas Brothers gag too, what was that all about?

James Corden stands for an awful lot of things that I despise, mainly bullying 'funny' ladism. I loathe his face, his manner, and even the shortest trailers for that f'ing Question of Sport thing that he does is enough to make me wallow in bitter misanthropy for the rest of the day. But seeing him in One Man, Two Guv'nors yesterday had me crying with laughter, admiring his wit, geniality and sensitivity to an audience, his immense capacity for genuinely funny clowning and physical humour. Yes, you could say that he's a good actor, which obscures the less palatable public personality, but it's not as simple as that; the play is clearly directed around James Corden - he's required numerous times to rely on his personality and stores of, to me generally non-existant, charm., and yet it was completely winning. Mysterious.

Was on a friend's list as plays to see. No way in hell, I said...

Apparently he's really harsh to crew according to a friend who worked at the Brits. Major crime in my book.

also he's a smug unfunny cunt which doesn't help

He did give his fee to charity tho' (£50k!?) so you know, not a complete waste.

I'll be on the road to enlightenment when I can not feel that shudder when confronted by james corden.

xyzzzz and NV otm, but, as I say, I was impressed despite myself. Won't stop me lurching at speed to the off button whenever I see his f'ing face on trailers for that sports quiz programme.

And I don't like farces or comedy for that matter. Must have been temporarily overcome.

I feel like sending Nina Tassler, president of CBS, a link to this thread.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/business/media/james-corden-to-replace-craig-ferguson-as-host-of-the-late-late-show-on-cbs.html?_r=1

Yeah, having seen this guy's show... he should fuck off.

Everything about his Late Late Show is pretty appealing except for him.

lol as britisher pretty glad he has fucked off

(bcos who in britain ever hears about american popular culture lol)

Pinefox hilariously OTM from first post onwards.

Prime hating from Lex too.

Who?
― Pashmina, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:55 (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ah, young and innocent days.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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'.

'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...

Oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mak_Cu9Wl6w

Who?

― Pashmina, Friday, 21 November 2008 12:55 (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

remember when we could say "who?"

he literally did fuck off and now he's more ubiquitous than ever :(

Read an article recently that said that CBS was considering swapping his timeslot with Colbert's

This is the worst of all possible worlds

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/

"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

a+

Stewart Lee on James Corden moving to the US:
"Britain's loss is America's loss also."

James Corden blasts fruit at Victoria Beckham's face, can't stop laughing
www.telegraph.co.uk › Culture › TV

Don't be so reductive Stewart, when Corden can't stop laughing - America mostly laughs with him.

https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/pri_535840681.jpg?w=748&h=506&crop=1

Maybe interesting to compare James Corden and Dom Joly

Last I saw, Dom Joly was doing terrible TV adverts

Ummmmm

Has James Corden fucked off yet? Because he really should.

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.

would those be vampire killers who happen to be lesbians or people who kill vampire lesbians or lesbian vampires who are also killers

James Corden should fuck off

huh. glad i missed that.

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."

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

Wait he's not kissing Sean Spicer? Eh he should fuck off anyway

I was agnostic on Corden until the one-two punch of the Spicer pic and the Peter Rabbit trailer. Now he can fuck off.

Wait this motherfucker did a shitty rap battle show for celebrities called Drop the Mic? Another move checked off on Fallon's CV

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.”

they are both bad

(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.

My mom has informed me on multiple occasions that she thinks it would be fun to kiw James Cordon

I wonder how I responded. I think it was "heh" every time but can't be sure

t/s: kicking it with james corden vs kicking the shit out of james corden

Brilliant. This is brilliant. pic.twitter.com/8a6TJcRGHy

— James Corden (@JKCorden) April 12, 2019

Well this is... unexpected.

Mods, we need to change the thread title to "James Cordon shouldn't fuck off just yet"

When the room is not read.

Hahaha! I totally approve of Corden getting roasted like that.

relentless lol

awww yeah

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.

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.

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.

tbh i assume most late night hosts are like this in real life

When the room is not read🕸.

McCartney and Corden together. Awesome.

i am not really a celeb watcher but it looks like a ton of people are sharing personal anecdotes about james corden being a terrible asshole

Dom was right about something, amazing.

Yeah the restaurant owner, mad props for him standing up for his wait staff. The average owner would just let him do as he pleases and tell the staff to suck it up

i'm not sure if the one about how he completely ignores his family (crying newborn child and wife) on the plane was pretty funny. plus i learned that patrick stewart had beef with him. how the fuck do you get on patrick stewart's bad side

sorry, mangled my first sentence there, but i meant that i'm not sure if the story about him on the plane is true or not. it's all just anecdotal, like all the rest. but there sure are a lot of people who have an anecdote about him being bad

Late with this, but since due to the strikes CBS hasn't been able to start production on their intended Corden replacement (a reboot of @midnight), they've gone with...reruns and previously unseen episodes of Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed, a syndicated panel show that ceased production in 2016.

Yeah.

After Midnight (the delayed CBS Corden replacement) has a host and is happening next year

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/arts/television/taylor-tomlinson-after-midnight-host-stephen-colbert.html

In a shake-up of the late-night television landscape, the stand-up comic Taylor Tomlinson, 29, will take over the time slot after “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS. The move makes her not just the only woman in the job on a late-night show on network television now, but also the youngest by two decades.

Tomlinson will serve as host of “After Midnight,” based on “@midnight With Chris Hardwick,” a series that premiered on Comedy Central in 2013 and was canceled four years later. That show, with Hardwick as the host, featured a panel of comics.

Among the executive producers of the new show is Stephen Colbert, who announced the news on his program on Wednesday. Tomlinson will start in 2024.

im just glad this bump wasnt related to his opinions on gaza tbh

Not going there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri1aHO9GYxo

The announcement from last night.

So now just a couple months or so of vintage Comics Unleashed episodes left, and trying to figure out if any of the panelists later died by autoerotic asphyxiation at a Holiday Inn during the middle of a weeklong stand at The Chuckle Hut in Tuscaloosa.

trying to figure out if any of the panelists later died by autoerotic asphyxiation at a Holiday Inn during the middle of a weeklong stand at The Chuckle Hut in Tuscaloosa.

No such luck (yet), but last night they ran one with David Brenner, who died almost 10 years ago.