JOSH GAD IS HERE
ON THE SHOW.
THERE HE IS.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, JOSH, WE'VE MISSED YOU.
WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?
>> UM, I'M ACTUALLY IN THE BACK OF YOUR STUDIO.
I, UM, I JUST REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW MYSELF.
I'M IN AUSTRALIA.
I'M IN BONDI BEACH.
I'M GOING SHOW YOUR AUDIENCE AT HOME WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT
NOW.
>> James: OH STOP!
>> NO, I'M NOT GONNA STOP.
THIS IS WHERE I AM.
THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO STAY.
AND IT, UM, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING BUT BE ON ZOOM WITH
YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE OCEAN.
I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU.
>> James: THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER AND REGGIE WAS SAYING TO ME --
CONFIRM OR DENY THIS -- WHEN YOU'RE IN AUSTRALIA, YOU'RE VERY
FAMOUS, DO PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, GAD DAY.
GAD DAY, MATE?" >> NO, I UNDERSTAND THE
QUESTION.
NO.
>> James: NEVER?
>> NO, THAT'S -- LET ME THINK.
NO, THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED.
>> James: I THINK YOU SHOULD GET THIS STARTED IN AUSTRALIA?
>> THE SUGGESTION IS I SHOULD G UP TO PEOPLE AND HAVE THEM TELL
THE JOKE TO ME?
EXCUSE ME, SIR.
CAN WE SAY "GAD DAY?" >> James: WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE
AT A GAS STATION OR RESTAURANT AND THEY SAY G'DAY, MATE AND YOU
GO, NO, GAD DAY?
>> I'M GOING TO DO IT.
IT'S GREAT.
>> James: SHOUT OFF THAT BALCONY AS LOUD AS YOU CAN, GAD
DAY, BONDI?
>> HEY, GAD DAY, BONDI!
[APPLAUSE] >> James: I LOVE THE IDEA OF
WHOEVER IS IN THE APARTMENT NEXT TO YOU BEING LIKE, I THINK JOSH
GAD IS HAVING A BREAKDOWN.
UM, TELL ME, ARE YOU STILL -- ARE YOU STILL QUARANTINING?
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO QUITE A STRICT TWO-WEEK QUARANTINE WHEN
YOU GET THERE, RIGHTS?
ARE YOU IN THAT OR ARE YOU OUT OF THAT NOW?
>> NO, I'M THANKFULLY OUT OF IT.
THE AUSSIES HAVE IT DOWN BUT IT IS -- WHAT'S A GOOD ADJECTIVE?
PSYCHOTIC.
I WAS -- I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT.
THERE WAS MILITARY ESCORTS WAITING FOR ME.
FOR ME AT WHICH POINT I WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOTEL AND THEY
BASICALLY TAKE YOU AND THEY THROW YOU IN AN ELEVATOR AS
QUICKLY AS THEY CAN.
THEY'RE LIKE TRIPLE MASKED AND THEY PUT YOU IN YOUR HOTEL ROOM
AND THEY TAKE -- THEY SHOW YOU THE KEY AND THEN THEY PUT THE
KEY IN THEIR POCKET AND THEY SAY THAT'S THE LAST TIME YOU'LL SEE
THIS AND THEN THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR AT WHICH POINT YOU ARE IN
THIS ROOM FOR TWO WEEKS STRA STRAIGHT.
WHEN YOU GET FOOD, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR,
JAMES AND THERE'S A 30-SECOND WINDOW WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED
TO OPEN THE DOOR.
AND YOU OPEN AND YOU'LL JUST SEE AN AUSTRALIAN PERSON SCURRYING
AWAY AS IF, LIKE, YOU'RE A LEPER OR YOU HAVE GRAY SCALE.
AND THEY'LL JUST RUN THE OTHER WAY, BUT I WOULD WALK OUT MY
BALCONY THREE MILES A DAY LIKE A LUNATIC LIKE JUST BACK-AND-FORTH
AND BACK-AND-FORTH AND BACK-AND-FORTH SO THAT WAS FUN.
>> James: WOW!
THIS HAS BEEN A BIG -- THIS HAS BEEN A BIG YEAR FOR JOSH GAD.
YOU TURNED 40 THIS YEAR.
HOW DID YOU -- HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE YOUR 40TH?
DIFFICULT THIS YEAR I IMAGINE, RIGHT?
>> IT IS -- IT IS DIFFICULT.
I DID IT -- YOU CALLED ME WHICH WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY.
>> James: I DID.
I CALLED YOU ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
THAT'S TRUE.
>> LOVELY MESSAGE AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT, BUT ON TOP
OF THAT, MY WIFE DID AN ESCAPE ROOM FOR ME, BUT IT WASN'T THE
TRADITIONAL ESCAPE ROOM THAT YOU GO TO.
IT'S A ZOOM LIKE THIS WHERE LITERALLY A MAN IS HIRED AND YOU
TELL THE MAN WHERE TO GO.
IT'S KIND OF AWKWARD, BUT YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THAT LOOKS LIKE A
CLUE.
GO THERE.
HE'LL BE LIKE HERE?
YOU'RE LIKE, YEAH.
GO THERE.
THE GUY WILL OPEN BOXES AND STUFF AND YOU'LL KIND OF KEEP
TELLING HIM, YEAH, NOW OPEN THAT BOX AND THERE'S ANOTHER CLUE.
NICE THING ABOUT THIS ESCAPE ROOM IS YOU COULD LITERALLY GO
TO THE BATHROOM WHENEVER YOU WANT.
YOU LITERALLY CAN ESCAPE AT ANY MOMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE AT HOME.
BUT -- >> James: YOU CAN JUST LEAVE
THE MEETING, RIGHT?
THAT'S HOW YOU ESCAPE.
YOU LEAVE THE MEETING?
>> YOU HIT END AND THE GUY IS JUST WAITING THERE AND HE'S LIKE
I'M STILL GETTING PAID FOR THIS, RIGHT?
GAD DAY?
HE WAS LOVELY.
MY FRIENDS WERE LOVELY.
MY WIFE SURPRISED ME BY TAKING ME OVER TO MY BUDDY'S HOUSE.
THEY HAD BALLOONS WAITING FOR ME.
IT WAS GREAT.
THEN MY WIFE GOT ME A LOVELY GIFT, UM, UM -- I THINK YOU HAVE
THE PICTURE OF THIS.
SHE GOT ME A GIFT THAT OUR FRIEND DELIA HOUSER MADE FOR US.
IT'S AMAZING.
>> James: THIS IS ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS?
IS THAT -- WALK US THROUGH THIS.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?
>> BASICALLY, THE DEAL WAS MY WIFE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT
CELEBRATED MY ARRIVAL INTO THIS WORLD IN 1981.
I GREW UP IN FLORIDA.
FLORIDA IS KNOWN FOR DISNEY.
APPARENTLY THEY REALLY RAN WILD WITH THAT THEME.
[LAUGHTER] AND SO YOU SEE ALL THE
CHARACTERS FROM DISNEY WELCOMING ME.
BEHIND THERE, THAT'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND PART OF WHERE I WAS
BORN AND THEN FRONT AND CENTER THE ONLY THING THEY ASKED MY
MOTHER FOR WAS A PICTURE OF ME AS A YOUNG KID.
>> James: WE'VE GOT JUST HERE.
LOOK AT YOU.
YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!
>> ADORABLE, EXCEPT HERE IS THE KICKER, JAMES.
THAT CHILD IS NOT ME.
[LAUGHTER] THAT CHILD IS MY MIDDLE BROTHER
JEFF.
THAT PICTURE IS IN BRAZIL A PLACE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO IN MY
LIFE.
>> James: HA-HA!
>> THAT WAS SIX YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
MY MOTHER HAS NO [BLEEP] IDEA WHAT HER SON LOOKS LIKE.
>> James: NOW THAT YOU MENTION
YOU IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER.
>> THAT IS NOT ME.
THAT IS -- AND THE MOST UPSETTING PART ABOUT THIS IS --
ZOOM IN ON THAT PICTURE -- LOOK AT THAT SINISTER SMILE LIKE HE
KNOWS.
IT'S LIKE HODORE.
HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND HE'S SO -- LIKE THAT MISCHIEVOUS LITTLE LOOK LIKE I'M
GOING TO BE WELCOMING YOU INTO THIS WORLD 40 YEARS FROM NOW IN
A PICTURE TO CELEBRATE YOU AND WHERE YOU DON'T EVEN GET TO STAR
IN YOUR OWN SHOW.
IT'S REALLY UPSETTING.
>> James: WELL, LOOK, TALKING OF SHOWS, WE HAVE TO
CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR BRILLIANT SERIES "CENTRAL PARK"
WHICH IS A HUGE SMASH.
FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T CAUGHT UP WITH IT YET, TELL US ABOUT THE
SHOW AND WHO DO YOU PLAY?
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL SHOW APPROPRIATED BY ME AND NORA
SMITH AND NORMAN WHO CREATED "BOB'S BURGERS."
IT'S A GIANT MUSICAL AND CELEBRATION OF LIFE THROUGH THE
PRISM OF ONE OF THE GREATEST PARTS OF THE WORLD CENTRAL PARK
WHICH I ALWAYS SAY IS IT'S LIKE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR EVERY
NEW YORKER.
IT'S AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.
YOU COULD BE THE RICHEST PERSON IN THE WORLD OR THE POOREST
PERSON IN THE WORLD.
THE PARK IS THERE FOR ALL OF YOU.
AND THE CHARACTER THAT I PLAY IS A MISSION NARRATO WHO IS NOT
VERY GOOD AT HIS JOB, UM, AND BASICALLY, HE TAKES US THROUGH
THIS SHOW ALA THE ROOSTNER ROBIN HOOD OR THE GUY IN THE TREE, THE
BUSKER IN "SOMETHING ABOUT MARY" KIND OF LIKE IN THAT VAIN.
THE CAST IS EXTRAORDINARY.
KATHERINE HAHN.
STANLEY TUCCI.
JAMES CORDEN, YOU'RE HEARING IT FIRST HERE, INCLUDING JAMES.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WE'LL BE SENDING YOU A CONTRACT SHORTLY.
SO IT'S GREAT.
YEP.
AND, UM, WE HAVE WRITTEN OVER 115 SONGS FOR SEASONS TWO AND
THREE.
>> James: WELL, THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE SEASON THREE'S ALREADY
BEEN PICKED UP.
IT'S AMAZING.
ARE YOU REALLY INVOLVED IN THE WRITING AND THE EXECUTION OF THE
SONGS?
>> UM, NO.
[LAUGHTER]