SUCCESSFUL STANDUP COMEDIANS ON PLANET EARTH, HE PLAYED TO OVER

800,000 FANS ON HIS RECENT BIG WORLD TOUR.

WHAT AN HONOR TO WELCOME MICHAEL McINTYRE TO THE SHOW.

HOW ARE YOU?

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

ARE YOU WELL.

>> SORRY, I DON'T NORMALLY CLAP MYSELF BUT THERE ARE SO FEW

PEOPLE, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO INJECT.

>> James: I THINK THAT IS VERY WISE, HAVE I GOT TO SAY I HAVE

ALWAYS DREAMT OF HAVING YOU ON TE SHOW AND I NEVER THOUGHT

THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU WOULD BE ON THE SHOW

AND NEITHER OF US WOULD BE IN THE STUDIO.

>> BUT IT DOES VERY MUCH LOOK LIKE WE'RE IN THE SAME ROOM,

JAMES, YOU LOOK AT THE-- BEHIND YOU IT LOOKS LIKE I AM SITTING

DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU.

>> James: IF I DO THAT, YOU ARE THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE

CURTAINS, THAT IS WHAT NO ONE KNOWS, WE ARE BOTH ISOLATING.

>> SITTING BACK TO BACK.

WE ARE BOTH ON THE BEIGEST ROOMS ON EARTH.

I THINK OUR STRATEGY TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS IS BEIGE.

I JUST THINK THE MORE BEIGE THAT YOU CAN GET IN YOUR ROOM AND I

CAN GET IN MINE, AND MAYBE WE CAN PEN THIS THING UP.

>> James: I ALSO THINK BEIGE MIXED WITH DARK BLOCK COLORS CAN

ONLY BE A GOOD THING FOR THE PHYSIQUE.

>> AND ALSO THE CAMERA, THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO ADJUST THE

CAMERA.

I DO A LOT OF MY ZOOMING HERE.

THIS IS HOW I FEEL THAT REPRESENTS ME BEST, YEAH.

I GOT THIS LIGHT THING TO TRY AND LOOK LIKE GOOD FOR YOU.

>> James: A RING LIGHT.

>> AROUND, WHAT IS IT CALL.

>> James: I THINK IT IS CALLED A RING LIGHT.

>> I CAN'T WEAR IT WITH MY GLASS, WHEN I DO IT, THIS STARTS

HAPPENING.

(LAUGHTER) SO IF YOU INTRODUCE ME LIKE

THAT, I MEAN THAT IS CRAZY, (LAUGHTER)

I DON'T KNOW HOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS BUT I ASSUME THEY

ARE NOT SPECTACLE WEARING.

SO.

>> James: HAVE YOU BEEN DOING A LOT OF ZOOMING?

HOW DOES MICHAEL McINTYRE GET ON WITH THE ZOOM?

>> ASPECTS OF IT I REALLY ENJOY, JAMES.

I REALLY LIKE THE NAME THING BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY PERSONABLE

AND I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOU, YOU REMEMBER PEOPLE'S NAMES AND

PEOPLE KNOW THAT ABOUT YOU.

AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT JAMES IS GREAT AT THAT.

I KNOW NOBODY'S NAMES.

NOBODY WHO WORKS ON MY TV SHOW, I'M SORRY TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW

ANY OF THEIR NAMES.

I KNOW THEY ARE ON THE CREDIT BUT I'M NORMALLY REWINDING THE

SHOW, I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES, JAMES, I'M'S SORRY BUT ON ZOOM

WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS AND YOU JUST PUT YOUR MOUTH OVER THE

THING AND THE NAME POPS UP AND HAVE I BEEN GOING HUGE ON THE

NAME, SO I AM LIKE SO JASMINE, WHAT DO YOU THINK, YOU SEE THEIR

EYES, OH MY GOD, HE KNOWS ME, FIRST TIME I LEARNED THEIR

NAMES.

>> James: ARE YOU BACK IN BRITAIN.

HOW ARE THINGS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

>> SORRY, I WAS JUST READING MY MOUTH, YES JAMES CORDEN.

THINGS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.

I AM-- HOLD ON.

I'M FINE.

I'M 36.8.

YOU KNOW WHAT JAMES, HAVE YOU GOT ONE OF THESE.

>> OH, OUR HOUSE IS FULL OF THEM.

YOU CAN'T MOVE WITH EM THIS.

THE PHONE RANG THE OTHER DAY AND I PICKED ONE UP.

>> WHAT DO YOU RUN AT, BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW, I RUN AT 36.

>> WE ARE FAHRENHEIT, LAST TIME I DID ONE I WAS 96, 97,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> OH YES, I REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE I HAD IT ON THE WRONG

SETTING AND PUT MYSELF IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS

LIKE-- I'M FIVE TIMES HOTTER THAN THE AVERAGE HUMAN, I

REALIZED THIS IS A FAHRENHEIT THING.

>> James: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR FIRST NETFLIX SPECIAL,

MICHAEL McINTYRE SHOWMAN, I WILL SAY T I THINK IT IS ONE OF

THE BEST SPECIALS I HAVE SEEN ON NETFLIX, CERTAINLY MY FAVORITE I

HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR.

I THINK IT IS SO BRILLIANT.

AND THIS IS, YOU TAKE TAPED THIS IN MARCH.

WAS THAT BEFORE, BECAUSE YOU WENT ON A HUGE WORLD TOUR, YOU

PLAYED TWO SOLD OUT SHOWS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW

YORK.

YOU PLAYED STADIUMS AND ARENAS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

WAS THIS TAPED AT THE END OF THE TOUR?

>> YES, IT WAS A WEEK BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED.

IT WAS LAST MARCH 6th, WE RECORDED IT IN LONDON.

SO IT WAS JUST STARTING A LITTLE BIT.

WE MR. AT THE HAND WASHING PHASE BUT NOBODY WAS TALKING ANYTHING

SERIOUSLY.

THE FIRST THING I SAID WAS THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME WE GET

TOGETHER AS AN AUDIENCE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO GATHER TOGETHER.

NOT FOR A MOMENT DID I THINK THAT WAS TRUE.

IT WAS A COMPLETE JOKE, PEOPLE WERE LAUGHING.

I WAS MAKING JOKES ABOUT WASHING YOUR HANDS.

I THINK I INTRODUCED MYSELF ON STAGE BY SAYING LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDING TO AND WASH THEM FOR 30

SECONDS.

IT WAS ALL A BIT OF A JOKE.

AND THEN REALLY QUICKLY IF YOU REMEMBER, EVERYTHING RAMPED UP.

AND I HAD THIS MONTH OF HAVING THIS RECORD OF MY LAST DAY AT

WORK.

WHICH I HAVE BEEN WATCHING.

I AM TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO WATCH THE NETFLIX SPECIAL, I

HAVE SEEN IT A LOT.

I MEAN IT IS THE ONLY THING I'VE CLUNG ON TO.

IT IS THIS RECORD OF A LIFE I LEFT BEHIND BEFORE I GOT FLOO --

AND HAIR DRESSING AND CRYING WATCHING THE NEWS, BABYSITTING.

>> James: DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT, DOES IT PLAY ON YOU, SO

MANY, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT

HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU GET TO BE BACK OUT THERE AGAIN

AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU MISSING?

>> YEAH, I DID MISS IT A LOT, OBVIOUSLY.

JUST TO HAVE IDEAS TO EXPRESS TO AN AUDIENCE, BUT WE CLING ON TO

THAT, WHEN IT ALL COMES BACK, WHAT WHENEVER THAT WILL BE.

IT WILL BE SO JOYOUS.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT IS FASCINATED,

ANTIBODY DAY PEOPLE IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING BUT IT WILL BE

AWAKE AND I WILL BE WATCHING MY OLYMPIC SPECIAL UNTIL THEN.

>> YOU EVEN TALK IN THE SPECIAL ABOUT WHEN YOU PLAYED IN HONG

KONG, AND YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE WEARING WALKING AROUND AND

PEOPLE ARE WEARING FACE MASKS AM YOU CAN HAVE NO IDEA AT THE TIME

THAT THIS ROUTINE WOULD BE SO TOPICAL TODAY.

>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

IT CHANGED SO QUICKLY.

I DO BECOME SLIGHTLY SELF-OBSESSED.

SO IT SAYS ABOUT KIM JUNG-UN.

HE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT A GREAT GUY BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE A

JOKE.

IT WAS THAT WEIRD PERIOD WHERE THEY THOUGHT IT DIED AND MY

FIRST AUDIENCE-- CAN'T DO THAT JOKE SO I WAS LIKE SO EVERYONE

IS LIKE CELEBRATING THE KIM JUNG-UN, HIS REIGN IS OVER AND

I'M LIKE PLEASE, KIM, COME ON, SHOW YOURSELF.

AND AFTER A WEEK THEY FOUND KIM JUNG-UN AND I'M LIKE COME ON!

COME ON KIMIE BOY!

>> James: LET ME TELL YOU, I THINK THE SPECIAL IS ABSOLUTELY

BRILLIANT AND I THINK IT WILL BRING SO MUCH JOY TO SO MANY

PEOPLE PARTICULARLY IN THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM MICHAEL McINTYRE SHOWMAN, HOW

ARE YOU SAYING.

>> YES, IT IS OPEN FOR INTERRUPTION, I ALTERNATE

BETWEEN SHOWMAN AND SHOWMAN.