Top 10 James Corden and Jack Whitehall Moments

When James takes an interest in Liverpool’s off-pitch antics, it doesn’t take Jack long to realise that he’s the butt of the joke. It’s Jack’s first episode as a series regular and James thinks this deserves a fitting initiation. A game called ‘Bare Arse’ raises more questions than it answers, but Jack cracks on and gets into position. You can sense his relief when Freddie misses the target, but when Jamie takes his aim, he’s visibly terrified, and for good reason. Jack might be having second thoughts over joining the show, but we couldn’t think of a more suitable induction.

Jack is thrilled when he believes he finally has the upper hand and shows off about his boarding school fencing days. Unfortunately for him, he fails to impress the others, with James even saying he hopes that Jack performs the worst out of the group. Even their instructor looks unconvinced by his minimal knowledge and even more so when Jack tries to take over and give James some unwanted technique feedback. Annoying someone holding a sword seems inadvisable but it appears Jack never got that memo. We’re guessing that by the end, Jamie is glad he got that slap in earlier.

The guys leave very little to the imagination in their brightly coloured swimming costumes as they prepare to compete. Jamie is definitely the least enthused by the challenge but Jack and James release their inner showmen to give a performance we’re unlikely to ever forget. Both of them make quite a splash with their routines and their skills aren’t too bad either. Jack is more of a fish out of water while James looks like he’s been doing this his whole life. Nevertheless, all the performances are incredibly entertaining. We know who the panel voted the winner but do you agree?

Ever wondered what qualifies James Corden and Jack Whitehall to be part of a sports panel show? We were hoping to learn the answer when they visited a sports psychologist. What we do learn is that both men are overly confident in their sporting ability and perhaps the one quality they share with their sporty teammates is their competitive nature. Jack even claims that there is a five-a-side team in heaven waiting on him. While the idea is to test their physical and mental abilities in the context of the sporting world, they become more concerned with beating each other.

If your mate is a talk show host, you may want to think again before confiding your embarrassing stories in them. Jack learns this the hard way when James brings up an awkward sex story on the Late Late Show. Needless to say, it’s one of those funny stories that you laugh about but secretly are thankful it didn’t happen to you. What makes this story so much funnier is that Jack reveals more details than perhaps needed. He accuses James of embarrassing him on TV, but to us, it doesn’t really look like he needs much help in that department.

It’s a long-running gag that James likes to flirt with Jack’s mum, Hilary. When she’s in the audience, he serenades her and even walks over to give her a rose and a hug, leaving Jack to follow and pull them apart. The best moment is when James reveals photos of him and Hilary together at the gym working out. Clearly, this is the final straw for Jack, who gets his own back by having a night out with James’ dad. We love watching James wind Jack up like this but we have to admit, Jack’s revenge is pretty spectacular too.

This friendship test comes with a rather shocking twist, what could go possibly go wrong? The old friends are quizzed to see who knows the other better, and let’s just say if they couldn’t answer the questions before, they’re unlikely to forget the answers after this game. Their knowledge is pretty impressive and just proves how close they really are, but watching them mess up is definitely more entertaining. You can see how much joy they get out of shocking one another and perhaps even get a little too trigger happy. If anything, this test probably only brought them closer together.

We’re not sure what it is, but it seems that when these two are together, James just can’t help but let slip an embarrassing story about his friend. This is no different when during an interview on Backchat, James reveals some pretty intimate details about Jack in front of the audience and of course, Jack’s dad. What’s even funnier is when James creates some phallic artwork on the studio floor after being lead to believe it will vanish. It’s hilarious watching everyone stare at it in anticipation, and even more so when it dawns on them that it’s not going anywhere.

If you’ve ever watched Michael McIntyre’s Chat Show you’ll be familiar with his game, ‘Send To All’. Michael uses James’ recent BAFTA nomination as the basis for his text which suggests that James wants to celebrate this great achievement with a lap dance. Thanks to James’ Hollywood life, we expect to get some A-List responses and we can understand why he might be a bit nervous about who this message might reach. However, nothing could have prepared us for Jack’s brilliant response. We’re not sure whether he’s in on the joke or not but either way his answer is hilarious.

There’s always one team that derails this quiz show and in 2012 that was James and Jack. Whether it’s trying to score freebies or a misguided joke about then American President, Barack Obama, this team seem to be ready for anything but playing the game. However, the highlight of the episode is when they manage to get pizza ordered to their seats. The other panelists look on in envy but this team is not about to share. As Jimmy tries to get things back on track we see Jack feeding James a slice, is there any truer sign of friendship?