I watched James Corden again Friday night. It was a rerun of a special episode he did a few months ago saluting YouTube…and one thing that was kind of interesting (I'm not saying this was a mistake) was that they did it with the presumption that everyone watching was a huge fan of YouTube and knew well all of the most-watched videos there. If you didn't you were outta luck…and while I do watch a lot of YouTube, I was about 60% out of luck.
But I did like moments, including this opening song that I presume was written by Corden's producer, David Javerbaum. When I come across a piece of special musical material I really like these days, it usually turns out to have been written by David Javerbaum. You can usually spot him because he does very clever rhymes and brings in a surprise cameo performer about two-thirds of the way through. So I assume this is him.
This little video was shot all over the lot at CBS Television City at Beverly and Fairfax in Los Angeles. The scene where two people fall with big milk canisters was done in an alley where — assuming I'm looking at what I think I'm looking at — CBS used to store unwanted pieces of scenery and large props for a while until they amassed enough to haul away. I used to drive through here and see all these retired or upgraded games from The Price is Right out there, some rotting from the rain.
I kept imagining getting a van, driving through there when no one was looking and picking one up. I thought it might be cool to have the Any Number game in my living room…and it would have been, though I never acted on my little whim. Hey, let's watch Corden sing about YouTube…