--- title: James Corden: Teenage Host Interviews Meat Loaf in 1995 description: The late-night host once chatted with rocker Meat Loaf over an English breakfast for a UK talk show, and Meat Loaf gave him some advice. canonical: https://time.com/4462663/teen-james-corden-meat-loaf/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-23T15:35:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:45.542Z og:title: Watch a Teenage James Corden Interview Meat Loaf in 1995 og:description: The comedian sat down over breakfast with the rock star for a UK morning show og:url: https://time.com/4462663/teen-james-corden-meat-loaf/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Teenage James Corden Interview Meat Loaf in 1995 twitter:description: The comedian sat down over breakfast with the rock star for a UK morning show twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Teenage James Corden Interview Meat Loaf Over a Full English Breakfast > Sponsored content. 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Turns out, Corden has been perfecting his interviewing style for quite some time. (Spoiler alert: there’s nothing at all embarrassing to see here, except for your average awkward teen pretending to be a very serious grownup.) In the throwback clip from 1995, Corden and Meat Loaf sit down over a proper English breakfast spread. Highlights include Corden inducing Meat Loaf to literally bang his head against the table, and Corden receiving some very earnest advice from the rocker. (That advice? “Never give up. Never quit.”) Corden, who now [hobnobs in his car](http://time.com/4261606/james-corden-carpool-karaoke-special/?iid=sr-link1) with the likes of Michelle Obama and Adele, took that and has run with it ever since. His voice hasn’t changed at all in the last 20 years, either… although he’s a little looser these days. Check out the making of a star: > [](https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/767747265133842432) And when Meat Loaf saw that the interview was recirculating, he took to Twitter to send a shout-out in Corden’s direction. 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