♪ >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.

HE IS A TONY AND EMMY AWARD-WINNER YOU KNOW AS THE

HOST OF "THE LATE LATE SHOW" ON CBS.

HIS NEW MOVIE IS "THE PROM."

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," JAMES CORDEN!

HELLO, JAMES CORDEN.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> HELLO, STEPHEN.

LOOK AT YOU.

>> Stephen: THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE, MID SUMMER, JULY, JUNE,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> YES.

>> Stephen: YOU WERE IN, AS YOU MIGHT SAY, YOUR GARAGE.

>> AS YOU MIGHT SAY, GARAGE.

>> Stephen: EXACTLY RIGHT.

WE'RE BOTH RIGHT.

WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING BACK IN THE STUDIO?

WHAT'S THE CHANGE IN THE VIBE FOR YOU?

>> WELL, IT DOESN'T SMELL AS MANY FUMES AS IT DID WHEN I WAS

IN MY GARAGE, SO IT'S NICE JUST TO SEE PEOPLE AND ALSO --

>> Stephen: MY PEOPLE?

THERE'S A SMATTERING OF PEOPLE.

THERE'S, YOU KNOW, OUR CAMERA CREW, AND WHO ELSE WOULD YOU

RATHER LOOK AT?

THAT'S THE TRUTH, MARK, PEAT, EVERYBODY, IT'S GORGEOUS.

SO IT IS NICE TO BE HERE, IT'S STRANGE.

THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY, I'M REALLY GETTING USED TO IT, NOT HAVING

AN AUDIENCE AND ALL THOSE THINGS, ARE YOU FINDING THAT OR

ARE YOU MISSING AN AUDIENCE?

>> Stephen: IN MY MIND, I CAN IMAGINE EVERY JOKE WORKS.

>> YOU NEED TO GET ONE OF THESE.

I'VE GOT THIS BOX HERE.

IF YOU GIVE A JOKE NOW, ANY JOKE >> Stephen: TWO PEANUTS WERE

WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND ONE WAS A-SALTED.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YOU SEE, LOOK AT THAT.

ETH ALREADY A WHOLE -- AND IF YOU TOLD A SLIGHTLY RISKY JOKE

ABOUT POLITICS, I WOULD BE LIKE --

>> OOOH!

>> Stephen: WHY DON'T I HAVE ONE OF THESE?

IT'S THE 11:30 SHOW.

WHY DOES 12:30 HAVE THIS BOX AND I DON'T?

I DON'T THE STATUS.

THANK YOU, JAMES, YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO BE MAD ABOUT.

>> THE TRUTH IS IT'S NOT JUST CBS SHOULD HAVE THIS, IT SHOULD

BE -- IT SHOULD BE -- >> WOW!

ALL THE NETWORKS!

>> THAT'S RUDY GIULIANI.

I HAVE A SMORGASBORD OF DIFFERENT SOUNDS.

>> Stephen: THAT'S THE ACTUAL RUDY GIULIANI.

>> OUTSIDE FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING, YEAH.

>> Stephen: CHRISTMAS, MY FRIEND, IS BUT A FEW WEEKS AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS THIS BUT MY EXPERIENCE

WITH CHRISTMAS IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY IS THAT IT'S

EXTRAORDINARY.

YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO DO IT.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: ON A LEVEL, AT LEAST YOU EMBRACE IT ON A LEVEL

THAT WE JUST DON'T.

WE THINK THAT WE PUT OUT THE LIGHTS AND GET OUR FOG ON BUT

YOU GUYS TAKE IT WAY MORE SERIOUSLY THAN WE DO.

DO YOU HAVE DEEP AND ABIDING FAMILY TRADITIONS YOU HAVE TO DO

EVERY YEAR?

I JUST HAD KATE WINSLET ON AND THEY SAID THEY DO THE WHOLE

FIGGY PUDDING HARD SAUCE AND EVERYTHING.

DO YOU DO THAT.

>> WE DON'T DO THE SAUCE BUT I AGREE THAT BRITAIN IS A

PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL TIME AT CHRISTMAS.

I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS, WE DON'T HAVE THANKSGIVING.

SO MY BIGGEST MYSTERY IS WHY ANYONE CHOSE TO PUT THANKSGIVING

JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

LIKE, I WOULD HAVE SPREAD THAT OUT.

>> Stephen: DO YOU KNOW WHOSE FAULT THAT IS, HONEST TO GOD?

IT'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S, HE DECLARED THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.

>> THAT'S ENOUGH TO FORGET HIS WHOLE PRESIDENCY.

WHAT ELSE DID HE DO?

I MEAN, COME ON.

>> Stephen: WHAT DO THE KIDS WANT THIS YEAR?

THEY WON'T BE WATCHING.

WHAT IS THE BEST GIFT BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE YOUNG ONES AT

CHRISTMASTIME.

MINE ARE LIKE 6-2 AND COULD BENCH ME.

THEY'RE HUGE NOW.

WHAT DO THE LITTLE ONES WANT THIS YEAR.

THE BABY YODA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

>> MY SON WHO IS 9 WANTS MUSIC EQUIPMENT, HE'S REALLY INTO THE

GUITAR AND DRUMS, SO HE'S AFTER THINGS LIKE A LOOP PEDAL, WHICH

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT GIFT.

AND MY DAUGHTERS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SORT OF SIMILAR

KIND OF JoJo SEE WA.

>> Stephen: I'VE HEARD THE NAME BUT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.

IT'S ON ME THAT I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.

>> I ENVY YOU GREATLY.

>> Stephen: YOU DID A TRUMP PARODY OF MAYBE I'M AMAZED AT

THE PIANO.

IT WAS -- NOT ONLY WAS IT FUNNY, BUT IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFULLY

DONE.

I REALLY ADMIRED YOUR JOB WITH THAT.

IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC.

IT WAS CALLED "MAYBE I'M IMMUNE" FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T

WATCH IT.

GO TO CBS ALL ACCESS AND WATCH IT.

IT'S VERY REASONABLY PRICED FOR A MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP, YOU KNOW.

BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU GOT A VERY SPECIAL CALL SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

>> I DID.

THAT'S THE GREATEST THING ABOUT MAKING THESE SHOWS WE MAKE NOW

IS YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, AND IT LIVES, THEN, FOR THE NEXT

DAY TORE THE NEXT WEEK OR HOWEVER LONG PEOPLE FIND IT AND

TALK ABOUT THINGS AND THE NEXT DAY PAUL McCARTNEY CALLED ME,

WHICH IS AMAZING, AN AMAZING MOMENT IN ITSELF FOR ANYBODY.

>> Stephen: YOU CAN STOP THE STORY RIGHT THERE AND IT WOULD

BE PRETTY GOOD.

I REALIZE THAT.

PLEASE GO ON.

>> BECAUSE HE SAID HE JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT AND HE REALLY

LIKED IT.

WE WERE TALKING AND HE SAID HE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT BECAUSE HE

GOT SENT THE YouTube LINK ON A TEXT FROM WILLIE NELSON, WHICH I

WAS, LIKE, WELL THAT'S IT NOW, I'VE PEAKED, THE REST IS

DOWNHILL FROM THAT.

>> Stephen: HOW DID WILLIE GET IT?

WELL, BARBRA STREISAND SENT IT TO HIM.

>> I LIKE THE IDEA OF WILLIE NELSON COPYING AND PASTING A

YouTube LINK INTO A TEXT.

I LOVE IT.

>> Stephen: OBVIOUSLY, YOUR CAR POOL KARAOKE WITH SIR PAUL

IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND I THINK 4.2 BILLION PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT

AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU HAD A HISTORY WITH HIM BEFORE THAT, I

UNDERSTAND.

YOU ACTUALLY WORKED WITH HIM ON A CHARITY EVENT.

>> WE DID A SKETCH, IT WAS A REALLY BIG COMEDY NIGHT IN

BRITAIN, HAPPENS EVERY TWO YEARS FOR COMIC RELIEF.

IN FACT, THE SKETCH THAT PAUL WAS IN WAS ACTUALLY THE KIND OF

SKETCH THAT WE USED AS THE KIND OF JUMPING OFF POINT FOR CAR

POOL KARAOKE, IN A WAY.

IT STARTED A CHARACTER I HAD WRITTEN IN A SITCOM WAS SINGING

IN A CAR WITH GEORGE MICHAEL.

THE WAY TO GET THE SKETCHES IS THERE'S PRIME MINISTER IN THE

SKETCH AND KAREN NIGHTLY AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE BUT THE WAY TO GET

THE SKETCHES TOGETHER IS YOU GO AND GET THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON

AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WILL FALL IN LINE.

SO IN BRITAIN THAT'S PAUL McCARTNEY, THEN THE EX-PRIME

MINISTER AND THEN EVERYBODY AFTER THAT.

I NEVER MET PAUL BUT WE ARRANGED A TIME TO SPEAK ON THE PHONE,

AND I HAD MY WHOLE PITCH READY BECAUSE, LOOK, HE'S PAUL

McCARTNEY.

HE DOES DON'T THESE THINGS KIND OF RANDOMLY, THEY'RE ALL VERY

PRECISE AND THOUGHT ABOUT.

I EXPLAINED THE SKETCH THAT HE WAS THE BIG REVEAL AT THE END OF

THE SKETCH.

I SAID THIS CHARITY IS RAISING MONEY ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT TO

GET A -- TO PAY FOR A VACCINE FOR CHILDREN TO PREVENT THEM

GETTING MALARIA, AND THAT VACCINE COSTS $4, AND AFTER THIS

SKETCH GOES OUT, PEOPLE CAN DOWNLOAD AND BUY THIS SKETCH FOR

THE EQUIVALENT OF $4.

AND, SO, WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADMIT IT OR DON'T WANT TO ADMIT

IT, THAT IT'S A FACT THAT, IF YOU DO THIS SKETCH, SOME

CHILDREN WON'T DIE, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU.

AND HE WENT, BLOODY, OH, JAMES, I'VE HEARD SOME PITCHES IN MY

TIME.

I SAID, THAT'S NOTHING, MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT AT THE TIME AND MY

NEXT THING WAS TO SAY IF YOU SAID NO TO THAT, I WAS GOING TO

SAY I WOULD NAME MY UNBORN SON AFTER YOU.

HE SAID, DONE, I WILL DO THE SKETCH IF YOU DO THAT.

WE DID THE SKETCH.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, AND MY SON WAS BORN AND WE NAMED HIM MAX

McCARTNEY CORDON.

CORDEN.

I SENT PAUL A PICTURE AND HE SAID I WAS JOKING.

THREE DAYS LATER, AND THIS IS A MEASURE OFO WHAT KIND OF MAN HE

IS, THIS BEAUTIFUL SORT OF CASHMERE BLANKET ARRIVED AND

EMBROIDERED IN THE CORNER IT SAYS "TO MAX, FROM ONE

McCARTNEY TO ANOTHER, LOVE YOUR UNCLE PAUL."

AND I WAS, LIKE, OH, MY GOD.

IT'S ASTONISHING, HE ALWAYS KNOWS HOW TO MAKE YOU FEEL

GREAT.

HE DOES.

>> Stephen: JAMES, WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES.

STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK JAMES ABOUT THE RUMORED

LEGENDARY CAT'S BUTT HOLE CUT.

YOU THINK I'M KIDDING BUT I'M GOING TO.