Neil Patrick Harris Steals the Show From James Corden

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7 OKAY, SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, IF THERE IS ANYTHING

YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, JUST PUT YOUR HAND UP.

WHO'S GOT A QUESTION THAT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE

SHOW.

LET'S GO WITH THIS MAN, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE WHO LOOKS

SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE HE COULD BE MY LOVE CHILD.

HOW ARE YOU.

>> HI, JAMES.

I'M SO GOOD, IT'S AMAZING TO BE HERE, I'M SUCH A BIG FAN OF THE

SHOW, I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU DO, SO THIS IS AMAZING.

>> James: OH, VERY SWEET.

>> I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

(LAUGHTER).

>> James: MYI THOUGHT WERE YOU GOING TO ASK A MORE PROFOUND

QUESTION.

MY FAVORITE, THAT SAUL YOU WANT TO KNOW.

>> YEAH.

BLUE I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THE SKY'S BLURKS THE OCEAN'S BLUE,

THESE LITTLE EYES YOU CAN SEE BLUE, BLUE, THAT IS MY FAVORITE

COLOR.

>> James: ANYONE ELSE GOT A QUESTION?

NEIGHBOR, THE LADY HERE, A QUESTION, GO FOR T WHAT IS YOUR

QUESTION.

>> HI, JAMES, WHICH SHADE OF BLUE DO YOU PREFER?

LIKE LIGHT BLUE, NAVY BLUE.

>> James: THIS ISN'T REALLY WHY WE DO THIS BIT.

IT IS NOT MEANT TO BE ABOUT LIKE, I AM GIVING YOU AN

OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING, YOU KNOW,

HOSTING THE SHOW, PRODUCING A SHOW LIKE THIS, BUT ROYAL BLUE,

I WOULD SAY, YOU THAT IS NAVY BLUE, ISN'T T ROYAL BLUE, I

WOULD SAY THAT.

OKAY, WHO HAS GOT A DECENT QUESTION, LIKE A DECENT, YES,

THE GENTLEMAN HERE WITH THE BEARD.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A SENSIBLE QUESTION.

GO FOR IT.

>> HI, JAMES, THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

(LAUGHTER).

>> James: RIGHT, WELL, HE ISN'THE'S NOTTHIS

ISTHAT IS NOT WHAT THETHAT'S MY JOB.

WILL BE OUT THERE LATER AND I WILL BE ASKING HIM QUESTIONS.

THESE ARE QUESTIONS FOR ME, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ISN'T HEAR, IS HE

UP IN THE DRESSING ROOM GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW, OKAY SO

THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD DO IT.

>> I'M HERE JPS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> James: OKAY OKAY.

OKAY.

NEIL, TURNS OUT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?

>> I JUST WANTED TO SOAK UP THE ATMOSPHERE, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I

CAME ON, JUST GET A SENSE OF THE ROOM.

>> James: WELL, YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW QUITE A FEW TIMES,

OKAY, WELL, YOU'RE HERE NOW.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED WITH QUESTIONS LIKE THIS, OKAY,

SO YOU DON'T WANT THIS SORT OF STUFF SO YOU CAN GO BACK IT.

>> I DON'T MIND.

HE CAN ASK ME A QUESTION.

>> OKAY, GREAT, LET'S FIND OUT IF HIS FAVORITE COLOR IS GREEN

OR RED, OR WHATEVER, OKAY.

>> HI, NEIL, HI.

SO I'M IN CONSTANT A-WE OF THE WAY THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SWITCH

EFFORTLESSLY BETWEEN THE STAGE AND THE SCREEN.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IS WHEN YOU ARE PREPARING FOR A

THEATRICAL ROLE IS IT A VERY DIFFERENT PROCESS TO WHEN YOU DO

A PIECE OF TELEVISION OR FILM.

>> James: RIGHT, COULD YOU HAVE ASKED ME THAT I — — I

HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS.

THAT ISI COULD HAVEDOESN'T MATTER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER, GO ON.

>> James: THAT COULD HAVE BEENNEIL, GO FOR T NEIL.

>> THAT'S ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL QUESTION.

>> James: ST A GOOD QUESTION.

>> THE ANSWER IS PRETTY OF THE SAME MY PRESENTATION, DO I

EVERYTHING CAN I TO FULLY INHIBBITY EACH OF THE CHARACTERS

I PLAY REGARDLESS OF THE MEDIUM WHICH DOWN TO THE DETAIL WHICH

CAN BE KIND OF HARD TO SHAKE OFF.

>> James: THAT IS A GREAT ANSWER, A BIT PRETENTIOUS BUT

THAT'S OKAY.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, EVERYBODY.

THERE WE GO.

A NICE TREAT, A NICE TREAT.

OKAY, OKAY.

LET'S REFOCUS THE ROOM, OKAY, LET'S REFOCUS.

WHO, ANYONE, WHO AS GOT A QUESTION FOR ME ABOUT THE SHOW,

ABOUTYES, YES, THE LADY JUST HERE IN THE BLACK TOP, YEAH, GO

FOR IT.

>> HI, JAMES.

>> James: HI.

SO WATCHING THE SHOW IT IS CLEAR YOU ARE A MAN OF IMPECCABLE

TASTES.

>> James: THANKS VERY MUCH.

>> SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHAT IS YOUR SECOND FAVORITE COLOR.

>> James: OH MY GOSH, IS THIS A JOKE.

>> NO.

>> James: WHAT IS MY SECOND FAVORITEWHAT AM I, FIVE?

WHO HAS A SECOND FAVORITE COLOR.

CAN WE MOVE ON FROM THE COLOR THING, PLEASE, AND JUST DO A

THING ABOUT THE SHOW.

WHO HAS GOT A PROPER QUESTION, A REALLY JUST WANTYES, YES, THE

LADY HERE, I SHOULD HAVE BON TO YOU AT THE START.

WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION, GO FOR IT.

>> IN IS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR NEIL.

>> James: OH FOR [BLEEP], NEIL'S NOT HERE, DID YOU NOT

SEE, HE WAS HERE AND THEN HE WALKED OFF AND HAS TBN TO HIS

DRESSING ROOM.

>> NO, NO, NO, I — (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> James: WHAT.■ >> HI.

>> James: YOU LITERALLY WENT THAT WAY.

HOW DID YOU END UPIT DOESN'T MATTER, IT IS WONDERFUL, WHAT'S

THEWHAT IS THE QUESTION.

>> NEIL, I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN.

>> OH, THANKS WITH YOU BY HAVE I TO ASK, WHAT BEEN THE BIGGEST

CHALLENGE HOSTING THE TONY AWARDS?

>> James: OH FORI HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS!

YOU COULD HAVE ASKED ME ME, THAT I HOSTED THE TONYS.

>> JAMES, I THINK I'M A LITTLE MORE QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT

QUESTION.

HAVE I HOSTED THE TONY AWARDS FOUR TIMES.

>> James: YEAH, BUT I HOPED THEM A LOT MORE RECENTLY THAN

YOU HAVE, SO.

>> YES, I ALSO WON A TONY.

>> James: I HAVE WON A TONY.

I HAVE WON A TONY.

>> HAVE YOU?

>> James: YES!

YOU WERE THE LOST WHEN I WON IT.

>> THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WONTONNEES THAT DAY.

>> James: OKAY, OKAY, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, HOSTING

THE TONYS IS GREAT, WE BOTH AGREE, WHO ELSE HAS A QUESTION,

YES, YES, YES, THIS MAN WITH THE GLASSES RIGHT HERE, YES, WHAT IS

YOURWHAT IS YOUR QUESTION.

>> FLEEL, ARE YOUSWRZ OH MY.

>> ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.

>> James: YEAH, ONE OF, ONE OF.

>> THERE ARE A FEW OF US, SO.

>> YOU CAN SING, YOU CAN DANCE, YOU CAN ACT.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER HOSTING A LATE

NIGHT STHOA LIKE THIS ONE?

(LAUGHTER) >> YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THAT SAY

VERY, VERY INTERESTING QUESTION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A LITTLE

BIT OF A STEP DOWN FOR ME.

BUT I CERTAINLY THINK, HONESTLY, I THINK THAT I COULD DO IT

BECAUSE I WOULD JUST DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I DO ALREADY,

BUT I WOULD DO THEM IN A MUCH SMALLER WAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

LESS PRESSURE.

>> James: LESS PRESSURELESS PRESSURE?

WELL, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN DO IT NOW, OKAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE

OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE MORE INTERESTED IN YOU ANYWAY SO

GO FOR T GO ON, YEAH, GO!

>> NO.

>> James: YEAH, YEAH.

>> NO, NO.

ABSOLUTELY NOT I WON'T TAKE OVER.

>> James: WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO YOU KNOW WHY.

>> WHY.

>> James: CUZ I QUIT, OKAY?

I QUIT, NO, NO [BLEEP] NO!

I'M DONE!

THIS IS OVER!

I'M UP TO HERE WITH THIS [BLEEP] NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT,

COMING THROUGH THATOH, YOU WANT ANOTHER TRUMP JOKE, GO TO

YOUR OWN, SEE YOU IN THE [BLEEP] WITH BRITNEY [BLEEP] SPEARS, I'M

DONE, MI DON OKAY!

IT'S OVER!

I'M OUT, OKAY, YOU WANT TO KNEE MY FAVORITE COLOR, THAT'S MY

FAVORITE COLOR, OKAY.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE COLOR.

CHEESIER PLAWTION.

>> James: SCREW YOU, SCREW YOU AND EXPREU YOU, OKAY, I'M OUT!

GET ME OUT OF HERE.

GET OUT OF HERE.

I'M DONE.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).

>> James: ALL RIGHT THEN, WHEN WE COME BACK I'LL BE TALKING TO

CHELSEA PERETTI AND WE'LL GET A SNEAK PEEK AT MY AMAZING DAY

WITH THE HAR BEM GLOBE TROARTS, STICK AROUND FOR MORE "LATE,

LATE SHOW" WITH ME, NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.