--- description: Things got weird when Jeff Goldblum and a giant snake showed up title: James Corden Decided to Host 'The Late Late Show' From a Stranger's House image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # James Corden Decided to Host _The Late Late Show_ From an Unsuspecting Stranger's House by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 1:47 PM CUT by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 1:47 PM CUT Well, here’s a late night gimmick we haven’t seen before — and, let’s face it, probably won’t see again. In James Corden’s second week hosting _The_ _Late Late Show_, the comedian decided to broadcast Thursday’s episode from a stranger’s house. And he found the living room by knocking on random people’s doors in the middle of the night. (Think Hugh Grant in _Love Actually_, only later and with fewer carols.) Corden decided on Tommy’s living room — “You look so terrified,” the host told Tommy, who ended up being his first guest — and Beck played from [#TommysHouse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TommysHouse?src=hash "undefined"), a hashtag that obviously started trending. > [](https://twitter.com/JessicaSaras/status/583880472863842304) Other guests included Jeff Goldblum and a very, very large snake. > [](https://twitter.com/chmayer/status/583911750765916160) > [](https://twitter.com/ZooKeeperRick/status/583867182267793410) Absolutely bizarre? Yes. In a good way? Sure, why not. We can only imagine what Corden has in store for week three. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3770423/james-corden-late-late-show-strangers-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770423/james-corden-late-late-show-strangers-house/"},"headline":"James Corden Decided to Host The Late Late Show From an Unsuspecting Stranger's House","datePublished":"2015-04-03T13:47:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:20.164Z","description":"Things got weird when Jeff Goldblum and a giant snake showed up","url":"https://time.com/3770423/james-corden-late-late-show-strangers-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","entertainment","Late late show","james corden"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3770423/james-corden-late-late-show-strangers-house/","name":"James Corden Decided to Host The Late Late Show From an Unsuspecting Stranger's House"}}]}] ```