Won't you guess my name

January 27, 2023 12:50 AM

A long time ago I watched an episode of a late night talk show where the guest (who I think was another late night guy, maybe Jimmy Kimmel?) was bantering with the host. The conversation was reasonably friendly but with an edge. At one point the guest said, "Well, what is the name of your [some type of staffer]?"

The point being to embarrass the host by showing that they didn't even know the names of some of their staff. It worked and the host couldn't answer.

Who was this?

posted by reshet to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

James Corden.
posted by MagnificentVacuum at 1:14 AM on January 27, 2023 [10 favorites]

Also a game show on SNL.
posted by headnsouth at 4:20 AM on January 27, 2023 [3 favorites]

It might be of interest to you to know that Kimmel might not have come up with that question. The most likely scenario is that, knowing Corden's character, Corden's own staff did it to him.
posted by dobbs at 5:42 AM on January 27, 2023 [2 favorites]

Adding to Dobbs' comment - this is a moment from the "Spill your guts or fill your guts" bit James Corden did on his show, which was a sort of "truth or dare" game in which the players could either answer a question or eat/drink something really disgusting. The questions are all preprinted on cards, and it is DEFINITELY Corden's staff doing the prep in these cases.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 7:47 AM on January 27, 2023 [1 favorite]

This is, it's worth noting, a bit from Sports Night (which may have borrowed it from somewhere else).
posted by praemunire at 7:51 AM on January 27, 2023 [2 favorites]