to his show, and late-night in general. While this invariably gave him and his team, including exec producers Rob Crabbe and Ben Winston, time to plan such an exit, it also meant that the 150-odd people that worked on the show would have time to plan ahead. “We’ve worked here for eight years and I’d say that almost 90% of the team that were here on day one are still here today,” he said.
“I can’t believe that this was ever anything that I got to do and I felt that the whole way. I have nothing but love and gratitude for all of it. I’m from High Wycombe. The frame of my face doesn’t look like one that should be hosting television show in any way and if it was, it would probably be late-night sports. The overwhelming thing I feel is I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve such memories.
“I don’t think James Corden walks into your life twice. This is a once in a generation talent,” he said. Unlike his predecessors, Corden had a house band, led by the “post-punk weirdo” Reggie Watts. Corden promised that Watts could put together his own band and he stuck to that with musicians including Tim Young on guitar, Steve Scalfati on keyboards, Hagar Ben-Ari on bass, and Guillermo E. Brown on drums. They were originally called Karen, then Melissa following the controversy around that name but are back as Karen for the final run of shows.
“The nature of our show is we really want to go out with a bang,” he tells Deadline. “We want to go out in the same manner that we came in. It’s like my theory about on-set catering; people only really remember the first and last day’s food. That might apply to talk shows as…
Entertainment Entertainment Latest News, Entertainment Entertainment Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: RollingStone - 🏆 483. / 51 Read more »
Source: Collider - 🏆 1. / 98 Read more »
Source: DEADLINE - 🏆 109. / 63 Read more »
Source: StyleCaster - 🏆 104. / 63 Read more »
Source: billboard - 🏆 112. / 63 Read more »