#TIMONTOUR - JAMES CORDEN EDITION

Those of you on social media will have noticed our rather insane posting about our trip to see The Late Late Show with James Corden. We had managed to get free tickets to see the show being taped whilst Tim was out here. We were really excited about and had told Tim. He was rather excited too and really looking forward to it.

Then whilst we were driving around LA with him on the first day my Dad sent us the most insane text ever! He knows James Corden's dad through the Christian bookshop he runs. When Dad knew we were going to the show he phoned James' dad and managed to score us an upgrade to VIP! Obviously this got us rather excited to say the least.

So on the Tuesday afternoon we went down to LA for the taping of the show. We stopped for coffee to calm our nerves, I know that doesn't quite fit right but hey. When we arrived that the CBS studios we were given a VIP parking slot with my name on it! I literally almost fell over in shock. Too bad someone was parked in our slot. Inconsiderate I say!

Anyway we got escorted up to the green room and were able to hang out there before the show. It was pretty surreal. The band OK GO were just hanging out in there and milling around whilst we were trying our hardest to act like it was totally normal! 

When it was time to go through for the taping of the show we walked past one of the dressing rooms and none other than LL Cool J popped his head out. As I was walking ahead of everyone else I casually said, "hi," almost without thinking! He say hi back all nice and polite but it wasn't until we rounded the corner that the other two were exploding with laughter! Apparently I acted a little too normal! 

So the show was hilarious, we laughed the whole way through and absolutely loved it. Once the show was over we were escorted back to the green room to wait so that we could meet Mr James Corden himself! In the interim I managed to get a quick photo taken with Dan the drummer from OK GO. 

Then Mr Corden appeared! He was absolutely lovely and very keen to hear about what we thought of the show. He talked to us about why we were out here, how we knew his dad and just talked with us like he was a friend. He then used my phone to take some selfies of us all. It was quite surreal. He also amazingly recorded a video message for my brother-in-law who would love to come out and see the show but can't right now. I was blown away by how kind he was about doing it. He didn't even give it a second thought. He just did it! 

We then got escorted back out of the building ahead of all the others, back to our cushy parking spot and spent the journey home from LA looking at each other in utter disbelief! If you want to view some of the show you can see clips here. 
Utterly amazing!
H