Friday, November 11, 2022

New James Corden, YES PLEASE!!!

Based on listening this morning, Howard Stern has somehow managed to talk with James Corden for hours & hours over the years without bothering to realize that Corden wrote one of the best/most successful British sitcoms ever. (and another one that's also great!) 😡 - XMASTIME

4) We’re in America, so quit fucking saying “cheers!” when drinking. Whenever anyone says that I automatically think “must be gay.” The only way you can get away with this is if you’re actually British. Which is ironic, since if you’re British, I’ll think you’re gay. - XMASTIME

He didn't write it, but in my mind at least James Corden is back where he belongs:

In British television shows like “Gavin and Stacey” and “The Wrong Mans,” he perfected characters who achieved high comedy through constant pressure. They were irrepressible, because of their sweet natures, and frantic, because of their staggering insecurity, and exasperated, because no one took them seriously. And they channeled their too-muchness into corrosive sarcasm. You could easily imagine one of them having a tantrum in a restaurant; you’d be a little surprised if he didn’t. Corden is a lot else besides: a highly skilled physical comedian who won a Tony for “One Man, Two Guvnors” and, when he goes there, a gifted dramatic actor in films like “The History Boys” and Mike Leigh’s “All or Nothing.” But he’s been lost in the wilderness of late-night chat and Hollywood self-promotion for quite a few years now. So even a minor event like “Mammals” — a six-episode dark comedy premiering Friday on Amazon Prime Video, Corden’s first scripted TV series since “The Wrong Mans” in 2014 — sparks some interest.

Cheers to him coming back to the Land of Sitcom, and also cheers to the New York Times - or, as I call it, "The Times" - for taking the three seconds to acknowledge his brilliant British sitcoms (tho they don't mention he also wrote them.)

Trying Mammals now, motherscratchers!

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