Best of late night: Avengers feud, James Corden struts and Billy Crystal sings

The Avengers play Family Feud

The cast of The Avengers: Age of Ultron is a publicity team’s dream: photogenic, charismatic, up for anything, and either actually having a pretty good time or amazing at faking it. The PR train for the superhero blockbuster chugged into the Jimmy Kimmel studio, where the giant group played Family Feud: “Mans” versus “Americas”. Neither team was particularly good at the game, Kimmel was a confused host, and nobody’s nametags would stay on, but it didn’t matter. The Mans crushed the Americas, riding away on their prize (a superhero-themed three-person bicycle), but it seemed like the real winner here was friendship.

Jon Cryer and James Corden are Pretty In Pink

Corden’s been hitting up the movie remake bit pretty frequently since his debut, but no one’s complaining. This is America 2015: nostalgia has won. Jon Cryer visited the Late Late Show this week, and reprised his most famous role (hint: it has nothing to do with Two and A Half Men). He and Corden, both dressed as Pretty In Pink’s Duckie, performed the entire Try a Little Tenderness dance sequence with aplomb. Some takeaways from this clip: Cryer has barely aged out of his babyface, and Corden’s love of dance greatly outreaches his actual abilities, to charming effect.

Betty White meets people who have tattoos of her face

America’s sweetheart is getting two more Lifetime Achievement Awards this week (to add to her current tally of eight), and she stopped by Kimmel’s desk to talk about ageing, fame and being the “most spoiled old broad in captivity”. Kimmel introduced Betty White, via The Wall of America, to nine different people with tattoos of her face. They were very excited. White was bemused and gently horrified, saying: “Oh, it makes me feel wonderful … and so glad I’m not them.”

Naomi Campbell, Nick Kroll, Katherine McPhee and James Corden strut down the runway

When you’ve got the world’s most notorious supermodel on your show, it would be a mistake not to learn how to walk. While her advice was somewhat lacking (“Just look straight forward,” keep your “face poised”, and “do a good stare”), Campbell’s walk in action is a thing of beauty. Katherine McPhee’s attempts were perhaps even less successful than Corden’s, and do we detect a hint of Dr Armond in Nick Kroll’s high-fashion efforts?

Everyone’s singing goodbye to Letterman

Dave’s last show is coming up on 30 May, and his celebrity guests are very sad about it. This week, two of his visitors processed their grief through song. “It’s so weird that you’re leaving, and I’m just sort of getting back to television,” said guest Billy Crystal on Tuesday night. Now that Letterman is “free” of TV, Crystal said, the two of them can finally go on the miniature golf road trip they’ve always talked about. The pair traded compliments until Crystal said: “And I know you hate sentiment, but … you’re my best friend on television.” Cue the song. Guest Amy Sedaris also got musical on the show this week, singing a goodbye medley “to wrap up how I feel about you”. It was lacking the production value of Crystal’s number, but damn if the girl wasn’t committed.