Corden and Horne are good actors, but do they really have the carisma to carry a live-audience show and interact with the audience?
As chipolata said, they're really setting themselves up for a massive fall if they're looking to be compared to (in my opinion un-beatable) Morecambe and Wise!
Quote: Godot Taxis @ April 25 2008, 1:52 AM BSTSpeaking entirely personally here, I'd rather see a sketch show by Charley, The Slaggs or Matthew Stott over these f**kcheeses any day of the week.
Is that a compliment Godot, or your way of saying you think this show will be so poor youd even rather see my sketch show; only I seem to remember you saying my material isnt funny. If its a compliment, then thanks; if its not, then, well, I dont thank you I suppose. Im guessing its not a compliment mind you!
Im interested to see what they come up with, and I for one dont like to slag something off until Ive seen it. Horne isnt the most electric of on screen presences, but I do think Cordon has a lot of charm and pressence. Itll be interesting to see what they mean when they say its more of an old style show.
They did live TV with an audience for months when Big Brother was on. (They hosted BBBM). They were very good.
Doesn't mean a guaranteed success with a sketch show, but how about we wait and see before slagging them to the heavens.
For once.
No, it doesn't mean a guaranteed success with a sketch show. Primarily becasue it is totally irrelevant and the two things could not be any more different.
To me, the sketch show sounds like them taking a paycheck.
Yes, they should do it for free.
By the way, I was referring back to this.
Quote: Mark @ April 25 2008, 12:08 PM BSTCorden and Horne are good actors, but do they really have the carisma to carry a live-audience show and interact with the audience?
Quote: zooo @ April 25 2008, 6:38 PM BSTDoesn't mean a guaranteed success with a sketch show, but how about we wait and see before slagging them to the heavens.
For once.
Here, here. Though Im guessing right now that however good or bad it turns out to be; there will be plenty on here piling on the bile!
That's a given.
And congrats on 1,000 posts!
Quote: Aaron @ April 25 2008, 7:23 PM BSTAnd congrats on 1,000 posts!
So I have; its taken me about a year and a half though! A poor effort.
Quote: Seefacts @ April 25 2008, 12:12 PM BSTBoth, to me, seem very dislikeable.
James Corden definitely. They both hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth in the Celeb Hijack series and he especially came off as very arrogant and nasty and not in an "ironic" way. Funniest thing he did was fall on his arse when he slipped in the studio. 
Hee!
I just rewatched that on youtube yesterday.
It is ace.
(I found them both very likeable on Big Mouth. But someone falling over is always funny.)
Quote: Martin Holmes @ April 25 2008, 7:29 PM BSTJames Corden definitely. They both hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth in the Celeb Hijack series and he especially came off as very arrogant and nasty and not in an "ironic" way. Funniest thing he did was fall on his arse when he slipped in the studio.
Interesting.
Quote: zooo @ April 25 2008, 7:30 PM BSTHee!
I just rewatched that on youtube yesterday.
It is ace.
I don't suppose you have a link zooo? I'd like to see them on that show to judge for myself (and laugh at the slapstick) but I can't find it on YouTube?
If you search 'James Corden celebrity hijack' they all come up.
And 'James Corden fall', for the fall. 
Bless him.
Thanks for that. Found the clip and a couple of others. They actually have a bit more carisma and presenting skills than I thought they'd have, but they've still got a long way to go to be as smooth and likeable as Ant and Dec, or Morecambe and Wise (not, as I have said before, that the latter pair could ever be surpassed)
I like the thin one. I don't remember his name.
Do you remember that show he did in 2003? Things To Do Before You're 30? At least that's what I think it was called. That was strangely watchable despite being quite poor.
I liked him in Teachers as well. He plays 'neurotic' well.
He was brilliant in Teachers.
