James Corden's 'ponytail or phony-tail' game sounds ridiculous, but it's edge-of-the-seat stuff

Feel. The. Tension.
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James Corden's 'ponytail or phony-tail' game sounds ridiculous, but it's edge-of-the-seat stuff
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You might not have thought a ponytail-based guessing game would ever be enough to glue you to the screen, but here we are.

In the clip above from The Late Late Show, Alison Brie and Will Forte team up to guess which two of six strangers have a "phony-tail" instead of real hair — and let us tell you, it gets tense.

We won't give away the ending, but we will say this: neither of them are anywhere near as good at spotting wigs as RuPaul was.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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