Limmy has his say on the James Corden/Ricky Gervais Patter Theft Scandal

[@engurland]

Corden is actually alright. I met him once and he signed an autograph for me and told me to look after myself. I'm his son.

[@baabaabaa2293]

Artificial Insemination?

[@engurland]

@@baabaabaa2293 No, Luke Corden

[@baabaabaa2293]

@@engurland Dodged a bullet there mate! Or spared one!

[@pablo65315]

Hahaha

[@joegrimes9232]

James Cordon is alright. I met him outside a club in Soho. He yelled at me fo 20 minutes, lost track of time. Yelled at the DJ and passed out on th floor. I'm his therapist.

[@MrMyers758]

He didn't know, being James Corden, he didn't want to do what he had to do, being James Corden, and he did nothing, being James Corden.

[@samb0wden585]

Still, a great emoter

[@Cammywell]

For me, there were three losers in this fight... and what happened is very sad I hope everybody is okay.

[@emmanuelgoldspleen2905]

@@RD22x Illbeonestwidyew

[@emmanuelgoldspleen2905]

"i can't believe how young you are. it's fantastic"

[@emmanuelgoldspleen2905]

@@samb0wden585 the world's best

[@simonedeiana2696]

This man will talk about Corden for more straight minutes than any other topic on his streams

[@Wanup_Vodka]

He's got genuine venomous hatred for him, and its completely justified.

[@bernlin2000]

It's remarkable he's been successful not just in his own country, but somehow in the US, as well. Of course he steals jokes, he hasn't come up with a good one in 15 years himself!

[@MisterDutch93]

Limmy is a comedian, so seeing an Englishman besmirch his profession is like a personal insult.

[@seanrach2020]

That's what I'm here for

[@emmanuelgoldspleen2905]

@@Wanup_Vodka because he met Corden at a charity-do once. He was surprisingly down-to-earth and very funny.

[@Frenchy_47]

We need a writer to steal a Limmy joke and make James say it.

[@Scranman247]

If I wanted to watch a load of recycled old Ricky Gervais jokes, I'd watch Afterife.

[@thomtaylor7720]

I cant watch it for this reason.

[@mikemcgibney]

Can't upvote this enough

[@Adam-lb1zh]

atleast its his own material though

[@Scranman247]

@@Adam-lb1zh Actually most of it is Karl and Steve's.

[@Adam-lb1zh]

@@Scranman247 who all worked together for years

[@YourOwnDa]

First Corden steals his laugh and now he steals his jokes

[@educateme8455]

As long as Corden is drinking champagne tomorrow afternoon he's won.

[@jonmurray2350]

@@educateme8455 Well that's what the restaurant will say it is.

[@markshulman3150]

james corden would've been one of the best bank robbers in another life

[@fenhen]

I like James Corden. I can’t wait too his new film, “When lying was discovered”

[@HK_Musician]

​@@fenhen😂😂

[@kennyloggins465]

Agree with the writer stitch up theory

[@sparkydeltorro]

I can't accept that theory when he uses the exact same delivery. Not to cause a debate, or be a contrarian or fucking whatever. And Corden throwing the writers under the bus is even worse IMO. At the very least he's a FUCKING GRASS.

[@bobbybowring4499]

Why can't you use your email mate?

[@jafro8]

@@bobbybowring4499 the best of Inspiral Carpets is on its way to you

[@modskillslebon]

@@bobbybowring4499 and children of the corn on dvd

[@bobbybowring4499]

@@modskillslebon Please tell me we've got Ladder 49.

[@MrPicklerwoof]

It's also interesting that the original Gervais joke had recently blown up over the last 2 months online - I'd often see it on my list of recommended KZbin Shorts - it's seen as a pretty good argument against Twitter outrages, etc. So the writers weren't just stitching him up over a word-for-word joke that happened 4 years ago, they were stitching him up over something which a huge chunk of people would have seen in recent weeks on social media. And that shows how detached Corden is from things these days, he literally didn't have a fucking clue. Also, if he's as big a fan of Gervais as he claims to be, he would have spotted that joke in an instant when the writers gave it to him. So that's also quite telling.

[@eliwood9906]

I am a fan of Gervais', historically but his recent stand ups are so shit I could only bare to watch small parts. Also not being aware of small viral bits of stand up that may have been on your social media home page is not a bad thing lol.

[@baabaabaa2293]

@@eliwood9906 Gotta agree mate, his early stand ups etc were great. I'll still watch shorts of him tearing into other actors etc that's it tho.

[@Azad_2024_]

I've no idea of the context of this but I'd wager corden has been mistreating his writing team or they have it in for him and stitched him up. It highlights perhaps cordens lack of interest in contemporary comedy given Gervais is one of the biggest comedians on the planet and that joke has gone viral as you stated very recently.

[@baabaabaa2293]

@@Azad_2024_ years ago on Never Mind the Buzzcocks Frankie Boyle said something like, you can use that line if you want Corden. It seems he's been using others comedians jokes for awhile, as Gervais has said the same. Or, as you've stated, his writers have been stitching him up.

[@1Chasg]

Limmy analysing things in detail like this is my favourite.

[@PaperbackJourneys]

Larry David does this exact thing on Curb your enthusiasm. He’s on a chat show and tells a joke and then feels weird suddenly and later he realises he heard it in a stand up he saw earlier in the year and the comedian hunts him down.

[@MartinHiggins1972]

So he's plagiarising Larry David too?!

[@eliwood9906]

That isn't the exact thing, is it? James is the host performing a scripted monlogue

[@PaperbackJourneys]

@@eliwood9906 Yeah I wonder if he went off script for a second? I’m sure hosts do that a lot. If not, then the script writer definitely did him on purpose lol

[@niallnigeynige]

Put a fatwa on his ass too!

[@AB-zc6wy]

Corden is like Cartman stealing Jimmy’s fish sticks joke

[@thoughtfox12]

Meanwhile Kanye has also turned into Cartman lmao

[@_-LK-_]

@16:53 Patrick Stewart impression always gets me! 😆 Even better when Limmy looks like he's shiftily coming out of a possession immediately after.

[@apollyonexe868]

Corden knew. Corden even stole Ricky's laugh lets not forget. Corden goes to bed dreaming of being Ricky.

[@howesy]

The Corden laugh impression has absolutely killed me, oh my god

[@Greenmould]

I’m doing a poo as I watch this

[@danielreilly1476]

Let’s see it

[@kennyloggins465]

i hope it is a really big one buddy

[@Greenmould]

@@danielreilly1476 not finished yet. It’s a big chonker.

[@georgewhite1972]

The shite I did this morning was enormous! It was about the length and width of a frozen garlic bread. I had to pour 2 buckets of water down the bog to get rid of it because it wouldn't flush!😂😂

[@theviper1999uk]

Cold confession my guy, takes baws

[@redlady935]

9:38 that laugh is an exact combination of Gervais and Corden when they both do their shreek laugh

[@NiallOSullivan]

This is a lesson for all show hosts: Don’t treat your writers like Limmy treats his mods.

[@TheDaveAKACBG]

What happened?

[@no1raniuk854]

The writer theory does make the most sense but he even delivers it with almost identical inflection. It comes across like someone who has seen the joke and is imitating it. But then surely he wouldn’t think he’d get away with that…awww fuck knows.

[@MrPicklerwoof]

Joke writers also play out the delivery in front of performers, so it's possible they told him how to do all that. I wouldn't be surprised.

[@elfboy29]

Limmy is a tonic of sanity in mad times. Easy to pile on here but he's like stand back a minute be sure of your thoughts and don't let them stray to bullying.

[@tw-xm7vq]

?? that’s not what he’s saying at all - limmy openly despises and bullies corden purely for the fact that he finds him irritating - he’s pointing out that everyone else also does the same, and that they should own that instead of pretending they have legitimate reasons to dislike corden. At no point is he telling anyone not to dislike him or pick on him

[@ghostdoomkilla]

Joe Pasquale wrote the joke

[@cloudbuster06]

The hatred James Corden is heavier than steel.

[@danielreilly1476]

Geez some original patter please

[@danieloconnor3656]

In his first stand-up Gervais tells a story about some fella sh*tting his keks and chucking them out the window of a moving train with the punchline being that he'd picked up a denim jacket as a replacement. The entire routine was lifted directly from an FHM True Stories piece I read in a compendium about five years before.

[@doomlord574]

Always thought this was a Karl story he repurposed

[@terri6854]

No. He talked about that with Karl on the radio and used it as an example of an old urban myth that was ridiculous to believe.

[@AndrewWilsonStooshie]

"I reckon one of the writers 'came up with it' for him, I doubt he would knowingly just copy such a famous stand-up routine word for word like that." - Ricky Gervais

[@RealPeoplePerson]

Got to be some kind of performance or humiliation kink-stealing a bad joke from an insufferable comedian, guaranteed to get caught.

[@tonoornottono]

exactly correct

[@barryoffeastenders]

Insufferable?

[@jrhartley]

Thank you for not expanding the situation

[@Swindel67]

If I was his writers I'd be distancing myself at all costs because their writing makes him sound like a total fud

[@niallnigeynige]

Limmy is all of us. All of our inner monologue.

[@toonu]

Limmy's mechanical heart stops functioning if he stops talking about James. A tragedy waiting to happen. Sad.

[@fraac]

i don't think there's any illusion that talkshow hosts write their stuff. seth meyers for example is always namechecking writers

[@Dadovdeon]

Corden hasn’t even heard Daft Punk's new single "Get Lucky" ffs

[@LordHorst]

Auto generated subtitles are spot on. After Limmy did his Patrick Stewart impression, it just says "foreign".

[@therenewedpoet4292]

came here to have a good laugh at James Corden's expense. Limmy turns the script. Jokes on me. Really have a lot of growing up to do. Hears hoping

[@tomzablee]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the fact that Stewart Lee has claimed for many years that Ricky stole various jokes from him

[@mrwhite6717]

There’s another one - is it one of Noel Fielding’s jokes?

[@jamieodv]

It's not even my joke, it's my brother's joke. It's meant to be with bills, doesn't really work with faxes.

[@HK_Musician]

"I could change it.. I could just say big cock, and not mention the colour.. "

[@rh3175]

0:34 GUYS

[@robintaylor-jenkins5774]

Bang on 🤣🤣

[@alanmacdonald88]

Joe Pasquale walks into a bar.

[@steel.oneill]

See that video of him using (and butchering) that Noel Fielding joke too?

[@clairemccallumgibney]

Corden also stole Robbie Williams joke, from his interview on The Graham Norton Show. Williams said that, watching his wife giving birth, was like watching his favourite pub burn down.

[@nurfnurder]

I am pretty sure Robbie also stole that from someone else though. Although I can't remember who he in turn stole it from as it was years and years before.

[@DavidNorthMusic]

@@nurfnurder Probably Gary Barlow

[@valhallan19]

Stole that from russell peters... who says "favourite restaurant"

[@cubby170279]

Limmy, that wee “nae c**t can take” statements at the end had me in tears. Lol

[@bernlin2000]

It's not even that good of a joke...which is exactly what I would expect from the kind of writers a half-assed host like Corden would hire.

[@haamishmcgarry]

When he starts bringing up the restaurant thing and carpool karaoke 🤣

[@westkoastdogg6680]

The rogue writer theory makes a lot of sense IMO

[@apeshitmedia]

I heard that he stole the script for Gavin & Stacey from a bucket of sh*t he found under a bridge.

[@lukecompton5816]

I'd genuinely rather watch a bucket of shit.

[@danguy7842]

The last analogy of heat pressure and timing - what does it produce? What a legend of the patter, old man going easy on the Cordon now

[@batlin]

"What does pressure and heat and time create?" ... I was thinking of bread.

[@Joel-wj9ql]

Corden even stole Ricky's laugh

[@neilbennett7651]

The Corden and Patrick Stewart impressions are gold.

[@kgcoop5077]

Been waiting for this 🤣

[@ryanbarry34]

20mins was worth it for those final lines, incredible, mans a patter genius

[@ConanSchmonan]

That Corden cackle was eerily spot on

[@apb7035]

the patrick stewart impression is something else, can tell it took hours of perfecting

[@liammech6694]

I dislike him because he's a generic host, a carbon copy of the other bunch, and he replaced who I believed to be the most unique and refreshing host in Craig Ferguson, so that makes James even worse to me.

[@eliwood9906]

That's no reason to hate the man. Let me coach you and guide you into a deeper hate

[@seanpittaway5341]

Did I walk into the middle of a conversation with himself?

[@JackCoded]

Should be titled, "Lynn has her say on the James Corden/Ricky Gervais Patter Theft Scandal"

[@giorgia.m]

I remember reading an excerpt from Stewart Lee’s memoir and he spoke about Ricky Gervais stealing his schtick and getting recognised for it. And because Lee was more recognised in the scene than elsewhere, people started making comments like oh you must be watching Ricky Gervais. He said Gervais has always been a big fan of his so. I’d look up the quotes from his memoir if anyone is interested. What goes around eh lol

[@sbutler860]

All of the great American comedians - Bob Hope, Jack Benny, George Burns, that kind of era - all had writers. It's not new, it goes back to the dawn of radio ninety years ago. x

[@mcsparshatt17]

Who are the stand ups he says has writers writing their sets do we reckon?

[@barryoffeastenders]

Quite a few of the Live at the Apollo crowd I imagine

[@eliwood9906]

He is being more vague and just making an observation that any top comic is likely to have someone

[@vt6653]

Diamond bit killed me 😂

[@markpritchard364]

I've never seen someone make a 20 minute video out of what could have been said in 2 mins!

[@Rozza2k]

You've never seen a chael sonnen video then 😂

[@Poo3392]

What a masterpiece of a clip

[@Kaleil]

Wait, I thought this was gonna be about him lifting that Noel Fielding joke.

[@babyshambler]

Limmy looks like Elon Musk when he tightens up his face.

[@kathryntarry8491]

Not sure if related, but someone on twitter a while ago said corden went to a meeting so he could argue that writers SHOULD NOT get a pay rise!

[@NiallOSullivan]

Rain confirmation at 10.53

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

He said "guys" with such an English accent lol

[@lolledopke]

wod fe wod

[@coronalights9693]

I love how he sticks up for Zafarcakes with lightning speed.

[@barryoffeastenders]

Who’s that?

[@coronalights9693]

@@barryoffeastenders Bilal Zafar, he is an English comedian. He also streams on Twitch under Zafarcakes. When you see him doing the card bets in the videos, those are from Zarfarcakes merch.

[@JTWraith]

When did Limmy start doing RAIN ASMR streams?

[@smithayyyjames]

Say what you want about his Gervais joke but have you heard his original comedy about Tim Westwood and his joints?

[@pclm]

Woldt fae woldt.

[@tamdunk]

Maybe Corden's writer also wrote the joke for Gervais.

[@キラキラくりくり頭]

I know that I'm late to the party, but even at the time I thought a writer stitched him up - bear in mind, this happened like a week after James Corden actively tried to get his writer's pay reduced. I think I would have stitched him up if I was one of those writers.

[@Taporeee]

9:40 - Phenomenal

[@celtic69]

5:25 did I just watch an episode of family guy?

[@mindslaw4961]

0:34 that was uncanny

[@persononyoutube461]

He’s a diamond! And we’re mostly carbon remember😉

[@UGaelgeoir]

Has Limmy ever had a chance to express his viewpoint on James Corden’s oscar-winning acting performance in ‘Kill your friends’? Feel like this is untapped territory. Get on it.

[@westkoastdogg6680]

9:39 🤣

[@101CAH]

Nailed Patrick Stewart impression 👏

[@Horrorhiker]

Can't wait for James Corden to explain that when people believe in God, they have to pick one out of all the gods throughout history. Still as fresh as a daisy.

[@neilanderson6280]

wheredya gettifra?

[@daveallen5065]

If you watch both performances of the joke they're actually very similar. Watch the body language and facial expressions - Corden had seen it before. He must have thought he could get away with it

[@TheDrazial]

This Scottish man has some good points.

[@rcm616-j5t]

I always liked Limmy from the random clips I saw of him. But his hatred for James Cordon made become a real fan

[@herbg4866]

I could watch a 4 hour stream of this

[@Trenz0]

Corden's tweet honestly sounds even worse to me. "I didn't realize it was from Ricky Gervais." Implies he knew it was from someone, just not from Ricky Gervais. This can be read as, I thought it was from someone else so who cares. The writer mixup does make sense though. But his post honestly makes it look worse lol

[@Ligerpride]

In fairness Gervais basically lifted Pilkington quotes and observations as his own. Also some of his jokes are really old jokes that are in general usage for years.

[@TIM-O21]

9:40 funniest thing limmys ever done

[@vlnow]

There is a simple explanation. Ricky Gervais writes jokes for Corden.

[@FrankConnolly8]

He cracks the case at 15:10

[@Ultrabox64]

Corden’s been stealing Gervais’s laugh for years

[@gmooney]

Honesty…yeah right

[@roli112233]

So was the whole thing just a stunt to advertise Ricky Gervais' specials on netflix?

[@milocunningham9473]

I’m getting a weird love for James corden purely for this content

[@svensvenkill]

Corden is deliberately avoiding talking HOW he managed to rip off the joke. He hasn't said he absorbed it but then forgot about where it came from and repeated it off the cuff. He hasn't said he was given the joke by a staff writer and didn't know where it came from. He's just saying, "Oops, yeah, it's a Ricky Gervais joke, and SOMEHOW I made a mistake. If you've never heard of him, you should totally check out Ricky Gervais, he's great. Aren't I humble for admitting my mistake and giving a shout-out to someone you already know about and whose joke you already know I blatantly SOMEHOW stole?"

[@tomshenn]

Has he been shown the additional Noel Fielding joke theft yet?

[@martinmoore5758]

Ricky Gervais steals Stewart Lee joke

[@usukdivide]

When I was working at the Apple store in regent st 12 years ago I was helping James Corden choose a macbook - there was such a snobby 'I am better than you ' air about him, and had a real unfriendliness about him. I also read an article where Rob Brydon said he took him aside in a restaurant when they were doing that show together, and basically said why are you being such a dick. So that's a bit of first hand evidence. And this was ages ago so I imagine his ego and inauthenticity have bloated tenfold since then.

[@CJJC]

20:05 James Carbon