Were You Paying Attention?

James quizzes audience members on things that happened earlier in the show. Get it right, win a prize. Get it wrong, and you lose your seat and have to sing Eric Carmen's 1985 hit "All By Myself" on the way out.
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Each week night, THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN throws the ultimate late night after party with a mix of celebrity guests, edgy musical acts, games and sketches. Corden differentiates his show by offering viewers a peek behind-the-scenes into the green room, bringing all of his guests out at once and lending his musical and acting talents to various sketches. Additionally, bandleader Reggie Watts and the house band provide original, improvised music throughout the show. Since Corden took the reigns as host in March 2015, he has quickly become known for generating buzzworthy viral videos, such as Carpool Karaoke."

[@abby61]

the questions are always 1- what item was the guest holding 2- the punchline of a joke 3- name of the first contestant and where they’re from. If you ever happen to be there pay attention to these things😂

[@NikitaNair]

YAASSS

[@joemason9210]

I know!!!!

[@Harry-nm6jc]

Who cares

[@claireanderson652]

Yeh I noticed that

[@carolineisabella1928]

Thank you! Everyone was acting like this game is so hard! There’s a pattern!🙄😹😹

[@shiannrespicio313]

He always asks the same questions why doesn’t anyone get these right

[@coultergill7728]

because it's specific to that audience

[@lottieharcombe995]

love how Ellen and Oprah give out Cars and TV's and then James Corden gives out coffee gift cards!

[@telectronix1368]

Lottie Harcombe - To be fair, the audience were given the **opportunity** to have a car but anyone who couldn't afford to pay the tax on it had to turn it down. It was a strange situation, given that it still favoured the people who already had greater wealth, rather than the people who didn't (and so would have benefitted greater from a new car).

[@lottieharcombe995]

Woah! this is so interesting! I had no idea about this! Its crazy how the world works, am i right?

[@laurax1778]

But why would you get a car for paying attention 😂

[@slomka01]

Can't you just take a loan, pay the tax and sell the car? You can pay up the loan immediately and still have some money left

[@nimzy.]

Ellen gives iPads and thousands, for just being in the audience😭

[@brie3679]

"Did your dad ever visit Maryland?" LOL! They do look similar. And shoutout to all the fellow Marylanders out there. 😂

[@doodle0_]

Das meh!

[@Stephensofceea]

3:47 James pretending like he isn't filthy rich himself

[@esquisitussomnium]

“Congrats on the money” lmaoo

[@zeenishali4738]

It looks like James is looking into mirror

[@yewforia]

A mirror that makes your skin paler

[@cantrelate3410]

Okay but that first dude was actually good at singing

[@hellokittyangel211]

Cant relate That’s because good vocal skills are hereditary, jk lol.

[@Lolita_girl]

James is most adorable person ever 😍😍😍😍

[@user-ir2zq3vd6k]

the last guy was so sweet.

[@Zyxnic]

2:22 my guy waved goodbye to the wall

[@garymckay2929]

I really liked the last guy, and he could sing. Make him a star. Get him a new seat in the Late late show but on James’s guest seat.

[@Jiamil]

Hey, I bet there are people who drink Martini out of a cup and call it "Martini Glass". Don't judge the poor guy.

[@randomyoutubee5915]

"Congrats on all the money" hahaha

[@leilamanchino]

0:10 Tyler: nice to meet ya 0:12 James: what’s your name Me: LET ME TREAT YA TO A DRINK

[@soth1sol]

posh lady was like "thanks for the gift card! i can wipe my arse with it! ...brilliant!"

[@MsBhappy]

Just bc you live somewhere doesn't mean you're wealthy

[@bee4590]

@@MsBhappy i mean...... it kinda does usually

[@Abla910]

what tf are you talking about location is a huge factor in property value @@MsBhappy

[@RaymenKwint]

4:49 I guess that was the first time someone got it right?

[@Snsdhyoyeon100]

no but it is rare that they get it right

[@NikitaNair]

Yes

[@anxious_em]

ok but the first standby was lowkey kinda cute

[@meganpedersen1]

This show is awesome! Love your comedy and singing James Gordon

[@custardpiebrit5893]

The irony of giving a Brit *CoFfEe*

[@aliciathornburg3156]

Love you to pieces James

[@asarehenry5405]

Lol....I would never play this game.

[@ashutoshtripathi632]

Brothers

[@roseaverina]

honestly, if i was there, id just raise my hand for the third one and made sure i remember the name and country of where the first person came from 😂

[@CH-bt1hd]

A coffee card? Haha I wouldn't risk it if I went to see the show

[@nicolea3537]

Wooo Orlando Florida 🤩

[@ronandonnelly6727]

Go on Ross!!! Team Belfast

[@Nagamanu245]

The special gift they get for winning 😂

[@amayafuller8895]

Do they actually get kicked out of the show?

[@user-pg5uh9if2f]

Amaya Fuller nope they just leave on camera & go sit in the back :)

[@meadhbhkeary1510]

Amaya Fuller yeah

[@MrsvioletQueen]

@@user-pg5uh9if2f really? But their sit was taken by the standby audience..

[@rhiannonm6022]

@@MrsvioletQueen yeah exactly instead of sitting in their original seats they sit at the back

[@kayceew9972]

@@rhiannonm6022 Wait then why can't the standbys sit at the back?

[@smiler11k1]

BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND YES MATE!😂

[@jholo9922]

They look so much alike, the first guy and James, not the one from the thumbnail. 😂

[@ishikakarmakar5421]

Meet the three JAMES BROTHERS

[@chiaghamelu]

I hope they don't actually get kicked out of their seats and that they are secretly allowed back in.

[@haia4523]

they are, a guy one time played this and got kicked out but later posted on instgram that they let him back in

[@BroderickAlexandria]

That guys face😂 3:46

[@Maracujakeks]

3:53 Every Londoner can relate I, guess ;)

[@ChaseStayancho]

steff you aren't rich

[@Emanuel-qm6zk]

Can they come back😭

[@user-pg5uh9if2f]

Emanuel Has they just got sit in the back :) they don’t make them leave, it’s just for the camera

[@robertbrauer6718]

When listening to them sing "All By Myself", does anyone else think of Harland Williams in Half-Baked?

[@avasmith9035]

The last guy was shaking SOOOOOO bad

[@Boogybread]

Celebrity standbys would be such an awesome surprise lmao

[@MartinelunafayeWhitear21]

Lol awesome

[@vincenthuysmans2137]

Why do they keep more than 3 people in the line if they're only gonna ask 3 persons in the crowd ?

[@amel4382]

in case someone gets sick / cancels/ emergency arises and they have to leave

[@arimaheswari6446]

Long lost brother 😅

[@GodsMemeTV]

6:34 - like 2 brothers hashtag T H I C C

[@mickeyfunTV]

nice song...

[@chloeliz2567]

How I wish I could also be on the Late Late Show with James Corden and Play all the games. Then cook filipino dish in thr studio. Haha. So funny.

[@meek4109]

Now I have watched enough of these to crush this game. :D

[@scottglynn5724]

Who saw James cordon in the movie yesterday?

[@scottglynn5724]

I was happily surprised to see him

[@daybellinej813]

SHOUT OUT TO TYLER FROM MD! ❤️

[@flakko438]

the first stand-by's fit was cold asf

[@hernameisjadde868]

helllloooo standby 😍 lmao the first guy to come out was pretty as hell

[@Salieri21]

Highbury 😍

[@Ellie-sw1ll]

High Wycombe noooo wayyyyyy

[@user-pg5uh9if2f]

haha when they sing ALLL BYYYYY MYSELFFFFFF

[@dobbleochicken07]

Laura from London is very pretty!

[@WaddIes]

next week theyre guna chop their head off and put it on a spike if they arent paying attention

[@user-jd4qy1fd6m]

dobbleochicken07 u think?

[@haleym3725]

Do another segment of this

[@AbdollahALZ]

Why I can't stop hearing "Obama's Elf" when the song plays??

[@user-jd4qy1fd6m]

Abdollah Al Zarouni 😀

[@yeyamusic]

😂😂😂

[@leselhbr8853]

Look it’s the twins 👏👏👏

[@SmappleMcWingers]

Did they put the wrong year in the description on purpose? I'm paying attention!

[@Abdulaziz_Aleid]

do they really make them leave?

[@khaledtarek6154]

No you can see the guy he told him to live at the back at 4:00

[@khaledtarek6154]

Oh no it wasn't him LOL

[@YoyoBear12]

apparently they put the people back after this segment ends but they sit in the back

[@LDP129]

This whole show is fake nothing in this show is real. Acting

[@koek1122]

this is at the end, so they're leaving anyway

[@GarBearSJ]

1st dude was way cute

[@JustSomeGirlWithRedHair]

He desperate to have A Brother

[@yeshuatjie1578]

Omgggg coco made it in the showw

[@hhchimsky6042]

The doppelganger episode

[@Immortal_BP]

Wow that woman's eyes, here I come LA!

[@Zyxnic]

I just realised this segment is the exact same thing every time like the questions and even the “crotch or ass” joke

[@zblinkeu6094]

Most of them actually look like him 😂😂😂

[@snagh]

This Taylor is from Florida and somehow he is still wearing his shirt

[@thisisnotis]

that gucci tie tho

[@Marie.Jager.]

Anyone else kind of in love with Tyler? Cuz damn he's cute

[@tinkfashin86isback]

I would actually be so sad to leave the studio lol

[@debbiegross3136]

I want to play!

[@tiara3808]

CALL SECURITY *IMMEDIATELY*

[@friday116]

4:15 the woman next to James shaking her head

[@hiitskrystal]

ok but tell me that first stand by’s name please

[@aymenibrahim5354]

3:36 is that Sandro Monetti?

[@letsplayconan]

The resemblance is striking, lol.

[@loislovescheese4776]

lol he laughs like james whaattt

[@samuelnorris2155]

the last guy looks like cam from modern family

[@Gibbonz465]

So do people actually get kicked out of the studio?

[@funnyrandomboy9382]

Its staged

[@soth1sol]

i mean, they should. corden said it ...they know the rules going in.

[@telectronix1368]

Gibbonz465 - Yes. They are also banned from being in the audience for any other TV shows. (Yes, that also includes outside the territories of the United States).

[@soth1sol]

@@telectronix1368 how's the reception on the Moon?

[@telectronix1368]

soth1 sol - Get a sense of humour.

[@MrFelonyhz]

cooccoooo

[@leocurtin1732]

3:29 that one guy looking like he’s just seen something on James

[@ClawMachineWins]

I wonder what actually happens to the guest who loses 😂

[@erink298]

I live in High Wycombe 🎉

[@Unicorn-pf5ok]

That was so creepy how similar he was to that audience member x

[@pordondeandatomi]

Why does only the middle part of the audience get to play?

[@emmamiller38]

Did anyone else see that girl sniffing her hand at 4:16

[@thisiscodi]

JAMES i'm your long lost son :P hahah

[@lillysaub3788]

Okay the fact that they actually make the contestants leave is not fair... they paid money to be there and to enjoy the show, not to get kicked out because they maybe didn’t remember an insignificant detail. That’s not fair, and definitely not nice. It doesn’t matter how funny it may be. I watched this before and didn’t think the contestants were actually kicked out, but now I see that he’s not joking.

[@PuNkEdiZiONi]

identical brother from another mother :D

[@savannahsnaps6]

Ross from Belfast lives an hour from me

[@tedmosby9409]

ayy i can see the similarity

[@jimmynox7659]

I know this is a bit silly but it'd be funny if they asked James the name of the previous person he asked Were you Paying Attention? and see if he remembers.

[@verynormalusername]

JIMMY NOX ..... is this a joke

[@Nicole-cj1ei]

Love how he ignored the man in the front at 2:57

[@filmfanchan6637]

The guy in the cover look like jonah hill and James cordons love child

[@merrilsimon9559]

Actually emotional support and service animals are NOT the same!

[@daveschwartz4028]

Merril Simon all the same fake bullshit

[@annacarthy5224]

Dave Schwartz wait so you’re saying that service dogs like guide dogs for the blind are bullshit 😂

[@Astrid4144]

Yes, like Martini Glass and Coffeecup... 😂

[@ericaheap]

yeah!! my thoughts exactly. the confusion between the two often leads to problems for people who own such animals and if I were the host I would done a quick side note to let people know that the two aren't the same, and maybe not even let the person get the win

[@elolafino3842]

This is mean and hilarious at the same time.

[@freyahughes6597]

Who is here in 2021:)

[@fardowsamohamed4322]

Omg tempo by exo will fit this perfectly

[@omarbayat8793]

That's a fucked up game with cheap gifts

[@erinshonestfoodreviews5386]

First guy should of stayed said martini glass or a glass

[@becca8955]

I was the 1000th like😂 Here for 10 mins spamming that button😂