The 1000th episode of the Late Late Show started out with the familiar alligator-crocodile (or “Crocadillio”) puppet, Wavy Rancheros, dancing and singing to “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” by Trace Adkins[i]. This set the tone for a show where the only chance to see Craig was in the cuts to commercial. Despite this lack of the physical presence of the host himself, his humour showed in all of the interviews, which he conducted through the character of Wavy.
The first guest on the show was Jason Schwartzman promoting his character in the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. Wavy conducted the entire interview, and in his usual fashion was a colourful and multi-bleeped questioner. After the interview, there was a “Sean Connery Holiday Memory” sketch, where Sean, rather than bring portrayed by Craig, was portrayed by the horse puppet (as of now we do not know his name). In the two “Dear Aquaman” sketches that followed, the shark puppet known as Brian portrayed the character of Aquaman. The puppet was costumed as if he were Craig as Aquaman, even down to the strangely muscled arms and legs, and the blindingly coloured uniform.
The second guest was Maria Bello promoting The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. As before, Wavy conducted the interview. There was no sketch after this guest.
The next segment was a musical guest- Jason Segel, Nathan Danforth, The Broken West (and Dracula) performing Dracula’s Lament from the movie Forgetting Sara Marshall. After this, there was a second “Sean Connery’s Holiday Memory” sketch, where, due to the constraints of Sean being portrayed as a puppet, he had some issues telling his story about potato lint at Christmas.
The final guest was the one and only Kristen Bell, who is widely known as one of Craig’s favourite guests.Wavy started out the interview by flirting with her rather outrageously. When Kristen explained what she wanted in a man and said she needed someone bigger than Wavy, he exclaimed, “Bitch, I will eat you!”
To close the show, Wavy rocked the house with James Taylor’s “You’ve Got a Friend”[ii] and Craig appeared finally appeared as Prince Charles.
Critics gave this unusual show mixed reviews, with the unusual style causing some of the more staid and traditional minded critics to show shock and consternation. The fanbase (the Robot Skeleton Army) generally agrees that this is one of the most creative and beloved episodes.
-The Archeologist
[i] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RngrO6ybm74
[ii] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3d53mVWFc&feature=fvw
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