Stars such as Adele,Bieber and J Lo seem to carry out anything the Late Late display host asks of them when they hop in the passenger seat with him. How does he carry out it?This week James Corden celebrated one year as host of CBS’s Late Late display with an hour-long primetime special. His tenure has been marked by a rebirth of the Late Late display as mandatory viewing and, perhaps more importantly, and his fitting the rising leader in the late-night viral video arms race – much of which is due to the runaway success of his sketch Carpool Karaoke.
The formula for the bit is almost ridiculously simple: two people driving around and singing along to the radio and chatting casually. Corden has coaxed everyone from Justin Bieber to Mariah Carey to Rod Stewart (and A$AP Rocky) to Carrie Underwood to One Direction to ride shotgun with him and drive around the streets of Los Angeles,breezily chatting, startling pedestrians and joyfully singing along to their greatest hits. But pop star performances are hardly new on the late-night circuit, and Jerry Seinfeld has an entire display dedicated to interviewing celebrities in cars,so what makes Carpool Karaoke such a hit?[br]Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com