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I've come down to the L.A. school of gymnastics
I'm thinking of signing up my five-year-old son for calsses
But not before I've tried it out myself to see if it's worthy
Let's go inside.
Hello.
I'm James Corden.
Nice to meet you, Allah.
Hi, nice to meet you.
I have a five-year-old son called Max.
And I'm thinking of signing him up for classes.
Excellent.
But he's not going to do it, I'm going to do it.
Oh.
And then I'm going to check YOUR ability.
Oh god, alright.
Is that OK?
That's absolutely OK.
This way? Okay.
Alright.
Why have you got a thing for giant mustaches?
Is that for kids who want to compete with adults? They want to be in the adult program.
So is that why?
Yeah.
How does this work?
I don't know, don't use it.
Oh god.
Oh~ Here we go!
They are not even mustaches!
This is not even a mustache in there!
What's that?
I don't know.
That clearly says giant mustaches!
Is that a mustache?
No.
How can I expect my son to come to a gymnastic school
You cannot properly dispense mustaches.
If I send my son here I'm going to spend a lot of time in the parent's room
So I'm gonna go upstairs.
Hi, is this the parent's room?
Check out some of the parents and see if this really a place where they are called.
What sort of vibe happens up here in the parent's room?
When we're chilling out, what goes down?
Hanging out is my little part. I just lay down a few Jägerbombs for the moms and dads
Look at that, my man looks like he had a Jägerbomb last night.
Look at those eyes.
Do you ever re-enact the scene from "The Graduate" you know
Where Dustin Hoffman's banging on the glass.
You've never done it?
Hi, guys.
How are you?
Hi, James.
Hi James, I'm coach Heather.
Hi, coach Heather.
You ever done gymnastic before?.
I have not.
Come over here and let's make two lines.
Open legs, hands on the floor and open your legs AS BIG AS YOU CAN.
Now we're going to balance on one foot.
Don't move.
Now we're going to grab the inside of our one feet and lift one up in the air.
Here we go! Both of them.
Alright that was great, I'll see you later.
Oh, that wasn't it.
Crushed it, we totally beat them.
Big kick over.
Alright, alright.
There we go.
TEN, TEN.
DO NOT TOUCH THE GLASS! Or someone told you that?
I think they've been smoking marijuana.
Not bad, not bad.
This is unique and that's what the judges look for.
So this is the chalk for your hands. Yes.
My son will immediately put that chalk in his mouth. So I'm just gonna make sure....not great
Right, are we checking.... Up, go
Look at that, look how high that is.
This is not what I had in mind.
No, you're not gonna get me!
No! No!
I feel like I'm getting the praise that you guys are getting from coach Weather.
What do you think?
Why do you think I'm struggling in the gymnastics?
Because you're rubbish.
I'm asking amother question to you.
What have I been...what have I been really good at?
Malik, is there anything that I have been good at?
(Silence) Yelling and shouting.
OK. I'm glad we had this chat. Guys, let's get back to it.
That had been really good for all around confidence.
Doing a couple of jumps and fliping.
I'm not flipping.
I'm actually quit happy in here.
This is the best place you could ever be.
I'm so happy.
I can't get out.
That's not helping!
I lost my phone.
I'll give $10 whoever finds my phone.
Go, get in there.
Little did they know
I didn't drop my phone in there.
Guys, it's a black iphone 7, thank you.
(APPLAUSE) Guys, you all do fabulous today. Good job, alright.
And for that you guys are all getting medals.
You did a special good job.
Good job, you do everything so good.
Maybe next time.
WHAT?
Well, no, the whole thing is rigged.
The system is rigged.
There is doping going on here and I'm not interested in it.
Do you think my son would get a medal if he came?
If he did a cartwheel, yes.
Okay, I'm gonna work on that.
Thanks guys, it has been great fun.
Say bye James.
Bye James.