Now that the first episode's come and (thankfully) gone, may I just say that all my early expectations were realized? After hearing Corden interviewed on KPCC's "The Frame," I found him earnest and humble enough, and was pulling for him to succeed, but the first entry was pretty bad. The opening pre-tape of how Corden got the job and was trained for it had a fun premise, but went on for what seemed like days, and the segment with Hanks where they relived some of his more notable roles made me long for the brevity and wit of the pre-tape. The panels were actually pretty good; loose and casual. though Corden's reliance on Reggie Watts's personality and alleged charm seems misplaced at best. All in all, most of the program felt like the worst parts of an overly-long awards show.
It's unfair to predict the future of a show based on the first episode, but suffice it to say, Corden and his unnamed writers have their considerable work cut out for them. - --Dave Sikula On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 12:04:53 AM UTC-7, JW wrote: > > >> As far as having all the guests on the set, it depends on whether > they're > >> using the Carson model of one guest at a time, in which case the > previous > >> guests aren't usually encouraged to interact after they've moved down > the > >> couch, or talking to everyone at once in a Bill Maher-type panel. My > >> uninformed guess is that it's the former system. > > > > I suspect that they'll all come on together and that he'll try to make > it a > > bit more interactive between the guests. But I guess we'll know next > week. > > You were right, Adam. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
