A Thanksgiving Argument Fit for Thanksgiving

It's Thanksgiving Eve, so naturally we're talking about how amazing of a name Bruce is — a name that should be earned, not given. And when we take a deep dive into Thanksgiving sides, Ian Karmel draws a hard line in the sand when James shares his dessert plans and things go completely off the rails.

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[wizardlyone]

Ian Carmel's off the cuff comedy is absolute gold. "You're gonna stand there in front of your family and God and everyone and say it's berries...maybe the last one in America - I'm not done! - and you're gonna say it's a fresh selection of berries? I don't know who the fuck you are anymore" 🤣🤣🤣

[benjaminedds]

AMAZING. Was laughing like crazy. Never seen such a great team of people come together in the name of Pie! The absurdity of their conversations with James and his facial expressions is comedy gold along with Reggie's sweeeet potatooo....

[alanbrodbeck]

As a Bruce Alan I have changed many tires for strangers before going by Bruce. There is a bit of a transitional period where most friends call you Bruce but most relatives still call you Alan. Then after you have smoked a few more hams the aunts and grandparents eventually come around too. It's the older people at church who have the most difficult time with the change - some will call you Alan until they die no matter how many hams you smoke and even if you put up a shelf in their living room. My High School reunions are awkward because a few close friends know I became Bruce, but most of my old classmates are unware and start calling me 'Alan'. And, seriously, are there more of us out there? I thought I was the only Alan who became Bruce!

[CayugaKate]

Ian, thank you for saying what we all wanted to say, and what James clearly needed to hear. This segment was soooo funny you guys! I agree with a few other commenters... this will be a regular in the Thanksgiving classics rotation for years to come

[victormyndra]

that berry speech from Ian was fucking HILLARIOUS !!!!

[goodmorninggilw]

I am putting in my two cents that I tremendously enjoyed the grand debate about sweet potatoes, marshmallows, and pie. Beautiful. Thank you all for your passion! I love the Reggie glasses bit quite a lot! Thank you Reggie.

[Maloma]

James, you gotta have a Canadian Thanksgiving! We do it right! lol! Stuffing NOT dressing! NO marshmallows, no beans and nuts. But you MUST have a pumpkin pie! M <><.

[yvonnecamperriovista]

Another great monologue. This one’s for the books. LMAO

[nbbim]

The superb news jingle, Pete innuendo, Winnie schooling James yet again, Ian's pure rage and international podcast superstar Nick Bernstein with top tier shade!!!! Perfect monologue Corden Crew

[HARE]

Absolutely out of control!
I love it!

[debbysilence]

Oh my gosh I was dying laughing. This was hilarious.

[RunswScissors]

Saved this one, going to be a new Thanksgiving tradition to watch every year, like a Charlie Brown special

[scientia_potentia_est]

It's been a while since TLLS fam has gotten this wild. Loved an laughed every minute of it!

[goodmorninggilw]

Ian, you are the man! It's unfortunate that I didn't discover this show until the pandemic, because, as I've said before, everyone of you is brilliant. Ian you are so clever. Anyways, the Bruce joke."it should be like a doctorate. You have to smoke him for seven years before you can be called Bruce". Brilliant

[Martial-Mat]

That was hilarious, especially the Carmel rant! That was like the old lockdown days.

[joaquingarcia]

Every show until the end of times should be like this! THANKS!

[jacobanatoly]

Happy Thanksgiving James and the late late night show crew. God Bless!!!

[marilena_serafim_elt]

I will miss James and the crew so much 😭 loved the new jingle

[famousgoldentouch]

When talkin about pies: „this is my prOOblem“ 😂

[tidus]

That pie picture better end up in the next "News!", we need to be informed about James' Thanksgiving Mannerisms too!