James Corden should fuck 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.