Did James Corden steal Ricky Gervais’ joke? It’s a question comedy fans asked on social media after the October 31 episode of “The Late Late Show with James Corden.” During his opening monologue, Corden mocked Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter.
“When you see Elon Musk talking on Twitter, he does this thing where he goes, ‘OK, it’s a town square,'” Corden said. from the inside). “But it isn’t. Because if someone puts up a poster in a town square that says “Guitar lessons are available,” you won’t make the people in town go, “I don’t want to play guitar!” I want to play the piano, you filth! “
“This sign wasn’t yours, it was someone else’s,” Corden added. “You don’t have to be angry!”
Many of Corden’s viewers were quick to point out on social media that his monologue’s joke was similar to a joke made by Ricky Gervais during his 2018 celebratory show, “Humanity.” Gervais jokes about how everyone on Twitter thinks the world revolves around them.
“It’s like going to the town square and there’s a notice for guitar lessons and you go, ‘But I don’t want guitar lessons!'” Jervis joked about Twitter. “
The two jokes are nearly identical, which prompted Jervis to comment sarcastically in a since-deleted tweet: “[Corden’s] A little bit about a town square advertisement for guitar lessons is awesome.”
Gervais later responded to a fan who assumed Corden had reached out for permission to copy the joke, writing, “No. I think one of the writers ‘brought it up’ for him. I doubt he’d intentionally imitate such a famous stand-up routine.”
Corden responded to the backlash with the official Twitter account of “The Late Late Show.” The host emphasized that he was never aware of Jervis’ joke at first, noting that it was entirely accidental that his joke mirrored Jervis.
“Inadvertently telling a great joke to Ricky Jervis on the show last night, he obviously didn’t know it came from him,” Corden wrote. “It’s cool, because it’s a Ricky Gervais joke. You can watch all of the excellent Ricky specials on Netflix.”
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