>> >> James: THAT WAS A CLIP FROM
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG WHICH IS OUT NOW IN THEATERS AND YOU
CAN WATCH IT ON MAR PARAMOUNT PLUS, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE
MOVIE.
IT HAS BEEN A HUGE HIT IN OUR HOUSE AND SO MANY OUTLETS.
TELL US WHAT IT ST ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> I PLAY THE UNCLE WHO IS BABYSITTING HIS LITTLE NIECE
EMILY ELIZABETH FROM THE BOOK AND HE ALLOWS HER TO GET A DOG
THAT WEEKEND AND CLIFFORD THE LITTLE DOG SHE GETS, VERY, VERY
RED, CAUSES CHAOS AROUND MANHATTAN, SO IT IS A REALLY
FUN, SWEET, FAMILY MOVIE, ICONIC CHARACTER THAT I DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW ABOUT THAT MUCH.
>> IT WASN'T A BIG THING AT HOME.
>> FOR US GROWING UP BUT THEN I GOT CAST AND ALL OF MY SUDDEN MY
PHONE BLEW UP, ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN AMERICA WERE LIKE
THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD, DON'T SCREW
THIS UP.
>> MY VERSION OF THAT WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE WAS HARRY AND THE
HENDERSON'S.
WONDERFUL FAMILY FILM.
>> James: NOW SPEAKING OF DOGS, I WAS SHOCKED, AND I'M
USING THE WORD SHOCKED.
>> SHOCKED SWRZ WHEN I FOUND OUT YOU GOT A DOG DURING LOCKDOWN
BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU AS A DOG PERSON.
I HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN YOU CARE FOR ANYTHING.
(LAUGHTER) >> THIS WAS THE FIRST STEP.
>> James: IS THAT WHAT IT IS.
>> MY MOM, IS SO WEIRD WITH HER DOG, SHE TREATS IT LIKE A CHILD
AND ALSO SHE DOES THAT ANNOYING THING THAT IS REALLY BAD BECAUSE
CHRISTMAS, NOT ONLY DOES SHE BUY PRESENTS FOR HER DOG, BUT SHE
ALSO BUYS PRESENTS FOR HERSELF THAT SHE THEN WRAPS UP AND
PRETENDS THAT THE DOG HAS GIVEN HER.
>> James: WHICH WHEN YOU SAY IT SLOWLY.
>> IS SO NUTS.
AND ON CHRISTMAS YOU SIT THERE AND WATCH HER, OH I WONDER WHAT
FILLOMINA BOUGHT MUMMEE THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, YOU BOUGHT
ITNESS AND SHE GAVE HER LAST YEAR, BISCUITS OF DIFFERENT
FLAVORS AND I GIVE HER SOME CRAB, DE ODOR ANT AND THE
PHILOMINA IS BEING FED BISCUIT, WHICH ONE DID YOU PREFER, THE
ROSEMARY OR SEA SALT, HOW.
>> James: REFINED A PALATE DO YOU THINK YOUR DOG HAS.
>> SHE WAS OUTSIDE LICKING ANOTHER DOG'S ASS [BLEEP] T IS
MADNESS, MADNESS.
>> I'M NOT THAT MAD.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO GET THAT MAD.
>> HOW BIG IS THE CAWING.
>> IT IS VERY SMALL AT THE MOMENT BUT IF YOU LOVE IT ENOUGH
THEY REQUEST GROW TEN FEET TALL.
>> James: NOW JOHN LET'S CONGRAT LATE-- CONGRATULATE YOU,
YOUR THIRD BOOK OF POEMS HAS BEEN-- I LOVE THE TITLE IS OUT
NOW.
THE OTHER BOOKS YOU WROTE THESE WITH ALL OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS,
WHAT IS THIS ONE ABOUT?
>> WELL, THIS AS THEY HAVE ALL BEEN, SATIRICAL TAKEDOWNS OF
CONTEMPORARY POLITICS, SPECIFICALLY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION THE MAN I CALL DUMPTY, THIS IS THE THIRD OF A
TRI OLGT.
-- TRIOLOGY.
THEY ARE ALL NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY THEY ARE.
>> TO MY COMPLETE ASTONISHMENT.
AND THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE LAST ELECTION, THIS IS
OLD NEWS SO I CAST DUMPTY ASIDE AND WENT BACK IN HISTORY AND
AND-- ALL HIS PRECURSORS CALLED A CONFEDERACY OF DUMPTY'S,
PROFILE OF AMERICAN'S SCOWND ROLLS IN VERSE IT GOES CRON
LOGICALLY, FROM I FOUND -- I FOUND THE MOST AMAZING SCOWND
RELS PEOPLE LIKE THIS SCWAWK DR. JOHN ROMULUS BRINKLEY WHO
INJECTED GOAT GLANDS INTO MEN'S TESTICLES TO PROMOTE VIR ILITY
AND THAN BECAME A GIGANTIC AMERICAN RADIO STAR LIKE THE
FATHER OF AMERICAN TALK RADIO.
>> RIGHT.
SORRY, THAT DOESN'T WORK?
>> YOU HAVEN'T MET JOHN BRINKLEY, YOU HAVE TO READ MY
BOOK.
AND IT WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH HISTORY UP UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY
AND ENDS WITH A SERIESES OF LIMERICK ABOUT WEREN'T DAY
FIGURES.
>> James: AND SOMEONE SAID YOU PREPARED SOMETHING FOR ME.
>> I DID, LITERALLY WITHIN THE LAST TWO HOURS, DECIDED TO WRITE
A LIMERICK FOR AND ABOUT YOU, JAMES.
IT INVOLVES OUR HISTORY.
YOU RECALL FROM EARLY APPEARANCES ON YOUR SHOW THAT
JAMES BEAT ME OUT FOR A TONY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
IN THE YEAR 2012.
HE WAS IN ONE MAN TWO GUVNOR'S AN TOOK THE TOWN BY STORM AND I
WAS A BITTER LOSER.
SO I HAVE WRITTEN A LIMERICK FOR THAT, THAT RECALLS THAT OCCASION
FOR THIS OCCASION.
JAMES CORDEN WAS WITH EFFORTLESS EASE BROUGHT ALL OF NEW YORK TO
ITS KNEES.
BUT HE SPARKED ACRIMONY WHEN HE PILL FERRED A TONY FROM ALL OF
HIS CONOMINEES.
I JUST WROTE THAT FOR YOU.
>> James: I LOVE THAT.
BLESS YOU.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK, EVERYBODY.