>> Reggie: WELCOME BACK.
THIS IS THE "LATE LATE SHOW" AND THAT IS JAMES CORDEN.
>> James: WE JUST CAME BACK FROM BREAK AND EVERYONE IS
CLAPPING.
[LAUGHTER] EVENTUALLY THEY'RE LIKE, "OH,
STILL -- OK.
ALL RIGHT!" WELCOME BACK!
NOW, HERE AT THE "LATE LATE SHOW" WE WRITE A LOT OF PARODY
SONGS, LIKE, A LOT OF PARODY SONGS.
SOME OF THE BEST ONES MAKE IT ON THE AIR, BUT THAT LEAVES MANY
THAT NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.
SO MANY, IN FACT, THAT WE'RE DEVOTING THIS NEXT SEGMENT TO
PARODY SONGS THAT TRIED THEIR BEST BUT COULDN'T LIVE UP TO
THIS SHOW'S BLISTERINGLY HIGH STANDARDS.
THIS IS PARODY SONGS WORTH LESS THAN 10 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME.
♪ PARODY SONGS WORTH LESS THAN 10
SECONDS OF YOUR TIME...
GUARANTEED!
>> James: ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP IN.
THIS FIRST SONG WAS A PITCH FOR WHEN WE HAD
ZACH BRAFF ON THE SHOW.
IT WAS INSPIRED BY CHER'S "DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER LOVE"
AND IT'S CALLED "DO YOU BELIEVE THAT
THEY CANCELED SCRUBS?" ♪ DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY
CANCELED SCRUBS ♪ IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS AND I'M
STILL SAD ♪ I CAN'T BELIEVE RATINGS WERE
THAT BAD ♪ NO ♪
[LAUGHTER] NOW, I SHOULD TELL YOU ALL OF
KNEES SO -- THESE SONGS ARE PERFORMED
BY DAVE PIENDAK WHO IS SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.
WE HAVE DAVE RECORD THE SONGS AND THEN WE SEND DAVE'S DEMO
TRACK TO THE ACTOR OR MUSICIAN OR WHOEVER OUR GUEST MIGHT BE.
DAVE, BE HONEST, WERE YOU HOPING LIKE I WAS THAT WE WOULD NOT DO
THIS SEGMENT AGAIN?
>> UM, JAMES, NO ONE IS MORE SURPRISED WE'RE DOING THIS
AGAIN.
HA-HA.
>> James: BECAUSE, MY FEELING WAS WHEN WE DID THIS LAST TIME
THAT, LIKE, WELL, THAT WASN'T THAT FUNNY!
[LAUGHTER] TALK ME THROUGH THE THOUGHT
PROCESS IT, BOBBY?
>> WE ALL SORT OF THOUGHT THAT.
THEN A PITCH DOCUMENT WENT OUT TO THE WRITERS ASKING FOR A
COUPLE OF MORE IDEAS AND SUDDENLY WE'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
>> James: AN AUDIBLE WOW FROM LAUREN.
LAUREN.
WHAT HAPPENED?
TALK ME THROUGH IT.
>> YOU CAN'T PUT IT ON THE WRITERS BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOME
INVOLVEMENT ON WHAT GOES ON IN THE SHOW.
>> James: YEAH.
>> WHOA!
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: TRUE.
TRUE.
>> PEOPLE LOVE THIS SEGMENT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND THE
SCENES OF OUR WRITING PROCESS.
>> James: OOH.
YOU THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS!
WE GET TO PEAK BEHIND CURTAIN?
A BACK-STAGE TOUR IF YOU WILL OF THE -- YEAH, BECAUSE THIS SHOW'S
JUST NOT OPEN AND BREEZY ENOUGH.
[LAUGHTER] WHO HERE WROTE "DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT THEY CANCELED SCRUBS?" CECE?
NO!
>> YEAH.
>> James: WHAT HAPPENED?
>> YOU KNOW, I LOVE CHER AND SORT OF EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE
DIRECTS ME TO CHER.
AND I ALSO WAS A SCRUBS FAN.
AND I THOUGHT THE TWO WOULD MAKE A GREAT COMBO!
>> James: OK.
AND YOU STUCK WITH IT ALL THE WAY?
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I STILL -- I STILL STAND BY IT.
I THOUGHT DAVE DID A GREAT JOB, AND I FEEL LIKE IT WAS GREAT
AND, YOU KNOW, I STAND BY MY WORK.
>> James: CECE.
I'M GLAD YOU STAND BY IT.
I LIKE THAT.
I LIKE YOUR GUMPTION.
LET'S MOVE ON.
THIS NEXT SONG WAS PITCHED WHILE A STAR IS BORN WAS THE HOTTEST
MOVIE IN THE WORLD.
AND IT'S CALLED "A S'MORE IS BORN."
♪ I'M BREAKING CHOCOLATE, PASS ME GRAHAM CRACKERS
♪ GOING FOR GOLDEN BROWN LIFT IT UP HIGHER
♪ DON'T LET IT CATCH FIRE WE'RE ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS NOW.
>> James: I DON'T EVEN NEED TO ASK WHO WROTE THIS.
I SAW A HERD OF FACES GOING LIKE THIS AND ONE FACE WHICH IS
LAWRENCE GOING -- LAWRENCE, WHAT HAPPENED?
IT'S SO BAD, LAWRENCE!
>> NO, THAT'S NOT TRUE!
BECAUSE WE ALMOST DID IT!
I HAVE A PAPER TRAIL -- LAUREN GREENBURG, SEPTEMBER 27TH.
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
>> James: HA-HA.
HA-HA.
>> THIS IS REALLY FUNNY.
OCTOBER 17TH.
DIANA MILLER.
UNFORTUNATELY, NO DICE ON THIS FOR FLORENCE WELSH.
WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT FLORENCE IS UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO IT WAS PITCHED TO FLORENCE WELSH.
>> James: WE PITCHED IT TO FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE?
>> THE ONLY REASON WE DIDN'T DO IT IS BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDER THE
WEATHER.
JAMES I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION BUT I DON'T --
>> I REMEMBER IT WAS ME AND YOU IN THE OFFICE.
I PLAYED IT FOR YOU AND YOU WERE LIKE HUH?
AND YOU SAID, I THINK I JUST REALLY WANT TO SING THAT SONG.
WE TOOK THAT AS A GO AHEAD.
I THINK YOU WANTED TO SING THE SONG "SHALLOT" AND THEN --
SHALLOW" AND THEN MARSHMALLOW IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT SO
-- >> James: THAT DOES SOUND LIKE
SOMETHING I WOULD SAY.
>> YOU REALLY WANTED A SHALLOW PARODY.
>> James: WE DID ONE!
ALICIA KEYES FOR THE GRAMMYS.
IT WORKED OUT, DIDN'T IT?
I LOVE YOU CAME PREPARED WITH A PAPER TRAIL.
>> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO AMBUSH ME, AND IT'S LIKE THIS IS
GOOD!
[LAUGHTER] IT'S LIKE -- WE HAD A LOOK BOOK
EVERYTHING AND.
WE GOT PICTURES.
WE WERE READY TO MAKE IT.
>> James: GOD BLESS IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
THIS NEXT SONG WAS PITCHED -- THIS WAS THE SONG ABOUT THE
INCOMPARABLE JAMES EARL JONES.
ACTOR, VOICE ACTOR, ICON.
INSPIRED BY THE CLASH'S "SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO?"
THIS IS "I'M A FREAK FOR JAMES EARL JONES."
♪ DARLING I GOT LET YOU KNOW I'M A FREAK FOR JAMES EARL JONES
♪ WHETHER MUFASA OR DARTH VADER, THERE'S JUST NO ACTOR WHO IS
GREATER ♪ SO I'VE GOT TO LET YOU KNOW
I'M A FREAK FOR JAMES EARL JONES ♪
>> James: I'M A FREAK FOR JAMES EARL JONES NOW ♪
I -- DO YOU KNOW, HEARING IT BACK, I DON'T MIND IT.
WHO WROTE THIS?
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT.
IT WOULD HAVE CEMENTED HIS LEGACY.
WHO WROTE THIS?
TOM?
DID YOU?
>> YES, THAT WAS ME.
>> James: YEAH?
I DIG IT!
[APPLAUSE] >> THERE'S BEEN A DEARTH OF
JAMES EARL JONES CONTENT ON THIS SHOW.
>> James: I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> Reggie: DEARTH VADER!
HA-HA.
>> HA-HA.
>> James: WE COULD HAVE LAUGHED AT THAT JOKE UNTIL THE
BREAK.
[FAKE LAUGHING] [LAUGHTER]
[FAKE LAUGHING] OH, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK,
EVERYBODY!