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The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Viewer)

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Figured he's earned a thread for you late night show watchers.

Just wrapped up his second week last night (2 short weeks to kick things off). What do you guys that have seen the show so far think?

He came out to very positive reviews his first week. Followed up with some great stuff this week, hosted the show from some random dude's house last night. Coming from a guy who loved the mad man that was Craig Ferguson, I really like what I've seen so far. He does some very different things for a talk show.

In case you haven't seen, instead of the typical one-on-one interviews, he instead...what I guess is standard in Britain, brings out all the guests at once and you have 2 or 3 people talking with Corden at once. It's nice as the guests and host can all feed off each other in a conference like setting instead of the typical one-on-one question and answer format. His monologues are also very unique. Instead of making jokes about the day's news like everyone else, he'll choose one thing to talk about, and kind of rolls off a 3 or 4 minute rant about it. At only 36 years old, he brings a very youthful presence to the late night circuit (something it desperately needed). He seems very humble about everything and like a genuinely nice and grateful person. A breath of fresh air for late night.

 
I don't stay up late enough any more to watch these shows, nor do I have time to DVR them and watch later.

But I will say that I did watch the first year or two of "FAIR-gah-suns" show and he brought some fresh takes to the format as well.

I have no idea who Corden is, but I wish him well.

 
I wish he had more of an edge to him like Carson, Letterman, Snyder and Ferguson to an extent. But I understand that's not the thing these days. The success of Fallon and Meyers indicates people want nice and non-threatening and that's what Corden provides.

He is likable and the format seems to suit him. The lack of a desk and putting the host on the left aren't mindblowing changes but they are something different.

 
Is Reggie Watts the sidekick?
Yes he is. Never had a clue who he was before, but I definitely like him. Dude's funny. Gives the show some character. Some nights he'll be a main feature of the show, and others he's on screen for like 2 minutes total. I'm sure they'll get him on more as the show goes on and as the structure of the show becomes more developed.

 
Is Reggie Watts the sidekick?
Yes he is. Never had a clue who he was before, but I definitely like him. Dude's funny. Gives the show some character. Some nights he'll be a main feature of the show, and others he's on screen for like 2 minutes total. I'm sure they'll get him on more as the show goes on and as the structure of the show becomes more developed.
I loved him on Comedy Bang Bang.

 
Something about this guy and his karaoke schtick rubs me the wrong way. Just seems like a big phony. Like we're supposed to believe he's actually bebobbing down the road and not doing a bit.  But, he pulls in the headliners and he's already managed to parlay this bit into a primetime special, so I guess it probably is just me. 

 
Best late show by far. Kimmel and Fallon have become political hacks and Meyers just sucks.

 
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