Top 5 Facts About Carpool Karaoke
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It's time to belt out some factoids about everyone's favorite late night segment! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 5 Facts About Carpool Karaoke.
For this list, we'll be looking at fun facts related to “Carpool Karaoke,” a regular segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”.
It's time to belt out some factoids about everyone's favorite late night segment! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 5 Facts About Carpool Karaoke.
For this list, we'll be looking at fun facts related to “Carpool Karaoke,” a regular segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”.
It’s time to belt out some factoids about everyone’s favorite late night segment! Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 5 Facts About Carpool Karaoke.
For this list, we’ll be looking at fun facts related to “Carpool Karaoke,” a regular segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”.
#5: It Was Inspired by a Skit Corden Did With George Michael
Every great late night segment has an origin story. During a skit for the Comic Relief fundraising event “Red Nose Day” in 2011, Corden and the late, great George Michael were riding in a car together when Wham!’s “I’m Your Man” came on the radio. The two entertainers burst into song; and Corden later used the same premise in the charming British documentary “When Corden Met Barlow”. It worked so well that he eventually turned it into a segment for his late night show. And the rest, as they say, is history.
#4: The Stevie Wonder Episode Changed Everything
“Carpool Karaoke” has had no shortage of incredible guests: everyone from Selena Gomez to Elton John has participated in the segment. However, it wasn’t until legend Stevie Wonder appeared alongside Corden that the show’s producers knew they had a hit. According to executive producer Ben Winston, after Wonder appeared on the show, “the labels and the artists all sat up after that.” Why, you ask? Well, how about the fact that after Wonder appeared on the show, a 2002 collection of his greatest hits shot all the way to the top of of the iTunes chart in the UK? From that point on, nobody underestimated “Carpool Karaoke”.
#3: Anthony Kiedis Saved a Baby’s Life While Filming Carpool Karaoke
In one of the segment’s stranger moments, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis saved a baby’s life. Really. After filming had wrapped, the guys pulled over so that Corden and Kiedis could have a dance-off – you know how celebrities are – when all of a sudden a woman came running out of her house clutching a baby and screaming that it wasn’t breathing. Ever the cool customer, Kiedis rushed over to the woman and attempted CPR. When that didn’t work he rubbed the infant’s belly until bubbles emerged from its mouth and it began to breathe. An ambulance soon arrived on the scene, with Kiedis later remarking, “It was just a dance-off that ended with a seizure baby.” Rock stars…
#2: Corden’s Car Is Actually Third in a Convoy of Six Vehicles
Corden loves to kick off “Carpool Karaoke” with a proclamation that he’s stuck in traffic and in a real rush, but that’s hardly ever the case. While Corden is actually behind the wheel, his car never goes faster than 20mph and he’s part of a convoy of six cars; two in front and three behind. Because it’s a real car on a real road delays are bound to happen; and they do. Just ask the Foo Fighters, who openly lamented the fact that filming went on and on and on. Of course, you’d never know it by watching their segment! Hey, that’s showbiz.
#1: The Show Was Designed for the Internet Age
Ask 10 people where they saw “Carpool Karaoke” for the first time and chances are nine will say: YouTube. Simply put, the segment is a product of the Internet age; and the importance of the World Wide Web hasn’t been lost on the creative team, as producer Winston asserted: “You’re not necessarily making that impact in the time slot you’re on. You’re making it when people are watching it on their tablets, or their phones, or their mobile devices.” True to his point, Adele’s appearance has more than 170 million views on YouTube and holds the record for being the most watched late-night clip of all time. Try getting 170 million people to watch late night TV on a weeknight. Go ahead, we’ll wait.
For this list, we’ll be looking at fun facts related to “Carpool Karaoke,” a regular segment on “The Late Late Show with James Corden”.
#5: It Was Inspired by a Skit Corden Did With George Michael
Every great late night segment has an origin story. During a skit for the Comic Relief fundraising event “Red Nose Day” in 2011, Corden and the late, great George Michael were riding in a car together when Wham!’s “I’m Your Man” came on the radio. The two entertainers burst into song; and Corden later used the same premise in the charming British documentary “When Corden Met Barlow”. It worked so well that he eventually turned it into a segment for his late night show. And the rest, as they say, is history.
#4: The Stevie Wonder Episode Changed Everything
“Carpool Karaoke” has had no shortage of incredible guests: everyone from Selena Gomez to Elton John has participated in the segment. However, it wasn’t until legend Stevie Wonder appeared alongside Corden that the show’s producers knew they had a hit. According to executive producer Ben Winston, after Wonder appeared on the show, “the labels and the artists all sat up after that.” Why, you ask? Well, how about the fact that after Wonder appeared on the show, a 2002 collection of his greatest hits shot all the way to the top of of the iTunes chart in the UK? From that point on, nobody underestimated “Carpool Karaoke”.
#3: Anthony Kiedis Saved a Baby’s Life While Filming Carpool Karaoke
In one of the segment’s stranger moments, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis saved a baby’s life. Really. After filming had wrapped, the guys pulled over so that Corden and Kiedis could have a dance-off – you know how celebrities are – when all of a sudden a woman came running out of her house clutching a baby and screaming that it wasn’t breathing. Ever the cool customer, Kiedis rushed over to the woman and attempted CPR. When that didn’t work he rubbed the infant’s belly until bubbles emerged from its mouth and it began to breathe. An ambulance soon arrived on the scene, with Kiedis later remarking, “It was just a dance-off that ended with a seizure baby.” Rock stars…
#2: Corden’s Car Is Actually Third in a Convoy of Six Vehicles
Corden loves to kick off “Carpool Karaoke” with a proclamation that he’s stuck in traffic and in a real rush, but that’s hardly ever the case. While Corden is actually behind the wheel, his car never goes faster than 20mph and he’s part of a convoy of six cars; two in front and three behind. Because it’s a real car on a real road delays are bound to happen; and they do. Just ask the Foo Fighters, who openly lamented the fact that filming went on and on and on. Of course, you’d never know it by watching their segment! Hey, that’s showbiz.
#1: The Show Was Designed for the Internet Age
Ask 10 people where they saw “Carpool Karaoke” for the first time and chances are nine will say: YouTube. Simply put, the segment is a product of the Internet age; and the importance of the World Wide Web hasn’t been lost on the creative team, as producer Winston asserted: “You’re not necessarily making that impact in the time slot you’re on. You’re making it when people are watching it on their tablets, or their phones, or their mobile devices.” True to his point, Adele’s appearance has more than 170 million views on YouTube and holds the record for being the most watched late-night clip of all time. Try getting 170 million people to watch late night TV on a weeknight. Go ahead, we’ll wait.
