Craig Ferguson On....

[Psykoboy2]

Okay so I watch this guy pretty religiously and I figured I would start posting videos here that might, at some times, pertain to us. He's done it before, I know.

So, here's the first Craig Ferguson On....Mac Vs. PC:

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Starts at about 3:15 in. And he's talking about the ad campaign.

[boratika]

So on the money. Glad to hear someone with a well heard voice saying it.

Every time I see one of those ads I don't want to buy something, rather I want more than anything to stab Justin Long to death with a rusty spoon then remove one of his legs and use it bludgeon Steve Jobs to death with it.

I wish I could tell that to a focus group.

[Raen]

Are you sure fits isn't sidelining as this guy? All scots sound the same :P

[Psykoboy2]

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Sarah Palin & mudslinging....lot of good lines in this one.

[Sandman]

I remember him from the Drew Carey Show.....don't get to see his late night show much though.

[Psykoboy2]

Well, then I hope you enjoy these clips.

[Zabyx]

The problem with those commercials is that I would rather buy something that John Hodgeman represents than something Justin Long represents. Obviously, this was not their intention.

Also, funny vid.

[Psykoboy2]

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Poland in the 80s.

Funny? Some of it.

Informative? Immensely so.

[Psykoboy2]

...John McCain

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There's a clip from a McCain rally about 3 minutes in and damn...he is Bush Part 2!

[PathMaster]

Good idea for a thread.

[Squidbot]

Man, I still can't get over him being so big in America. I remember him when he was a small stage act in the U.K.

[Johan]

I actually think this guy is the best of late-night broadcast television. He's quite witty, and his material is genuinely improvisational and funny. I just enjoy his show a ton.

[digitalErich]

I've always thought those Mac vs PCs were deliciously ironic. Sure, on the surface they were poking fun at the PC (and doing a good job) but the Mac personification is almost as big of a condemnation of the Mac-hipster crowd, if unintentionally.

[Psykoboy2]

I actually think this guy is the best of late-night broadcast television. He's quite witty, and his material is genuinely improvisational and funny. I just enjoy his show a ton.

I knew there had to be a reason I liked you so much, Johan.

[Johan]

I knew there had to be a reason I liked you so much, Johan.

Well, we knew it wasn't my posts! :)

[fitbabits]

Well, we knew it wasn't my posts! :)

Heh! I'm a fan of Craig as well. I like his irreverence.

[Generation ABXY]

I actually think this guy is the best of late-night broadcast television. He's quite witty, and his material is genuinely improvisational and funny. I just enjoy his show a ton.

As Lo Pan would say, "Indeed!"

After that, I guess Leno is the only other one I can watch, thanks mostly to Monday night's headlines. (I used to like Kimmel, but he lost his sharpness after the first couple of seasons.)

I absolutely cannot stand Letterman or O'Brien.

[Johan]

I absolutely cannot stand Letterman or O'Brien.

I agree on both. I used to love Letterman (we're talking a decade ago), but when I watch him, his humor isn't funny to me. He seems to be about the cheap political points, rather than the funny. Leno, when he cracks a political joke, gives off a distinct vibe that he's not coming at it with an agenda. Letterman is all about his agenda, and it bleeds into and through his bit.

O'Brien has just become a swollen head, in my opinion. I don't find him amusing.

[Dorkandproudofit]

I can't stand Ferguson. His show makes Conan O'Brian look hilarious.

[Disgustipated]

I can't stand Ferguson. His show makes Conan O'Brian look hilarious.

Fail. Get the FUCK out of this thread.

[Psykoboy2]

...a topic very near and dear to our hearts around here: Pancakes!

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It's at the very end after he talks about the United Nations and the French.

I'm going to send him an email to see if he likes pancakes over waffles. Just to be sure before I convert.

[Psykoboy2]

....Punk.

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Nice to catch him throwing in a Joe Strummer lyric.

[Psykoboy2]

Two things...

1. Craig beat Conan Thanksgiving week in the ratings. Congrats.

2. Craig's mother passed away on Monday. It was a full week of reruns anyway, so I hope he was there with her.

[Raen]

I still think he's secretly James. Damned Scots :P

[fitbabits]

I still think he's secretly James. Damned Scots :P
Secretly?

Don't you know there are only two Scots in existence - one male and one female? I'm particularly proud of my Sean Connery.

[Raen]

Secretly?

Don't you know there are only two Scots in existence - one male and one female? I'm particularly proud of my Sean Connery.

I knew it!

[Mike Kelehan]

Don't you know there are only two Scots in existence - one male and one female?

http://chiefmag.com/issues/12/features/Pen-Pals-/images/sean04.jpg http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/09as1hi1knbZj/340x.jpg

Story checks out.

[Psykoboy2]

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Might be a tough show tonight. Not scheduled for a repeat, but it could be a late change. He eulogized his father on the show after his death. I wouldn't be surprised to see him do the same here as he's mentioned his mom quite a lot on the show.

[Generation ABXY]

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Pardon my ignorance, but who is that?

[Psykoboy2]

I'm pretty sure it's Ashley Jensen.

[Mike Kelehan]

Pardon my ignorance, but who is that?

I'm pretty sure it's Ashley Jensen.

Yes. She's from Extras, the original Eleventh Hour, and I believe Ugly Betty as well, although I haven't seen that. Very Scottish voice.

Fun fact: while Googling for an image of her for that post, I discovered that a) Ashley Jensen is also the name of a porn star, and b) I had Safe Search off.

[Shandor]

b) I had Safe Search off.

Which, most of the time, is the best way to have it. :)

[Psykoboy2]

Yes. She's from Extras, the original Eleventh Hour, and I believe Ugly Betty as well, although I haven't seen that. Very Scottish voice.

Fun fact: while Googling for an image of her for that post, I discovered that a) Ashley Jensen is also the name of a porn star, and b) I had Safe Search off.

I read this while we recorded tonight's episode of In-Game Chat and had to hold back from actually LOL'ing during Daniel talking about Little Big Planet.

[Psykoboy2]

Good show so far. How he is able to do this after just getting back from his mother's funeral I have no idea.

[Psykoboy2]

....His mother's passing.

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[Psykoboy2]

You'll probably get the whole show today....

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[Psykoboy2]

His first guest is Chi McBride, from "Pushing Daisies". A good guest to have as he and Craig have gotten pretty close over the years. He was happy to have him as someone to talk to tonight rather than someone trying to push a movie or a book or what the hell ever.

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[Mike Kelehan]

I've taken to recording Craig and watching it while playing Dragon Warrior. I'm looking forward to finishing DW2 over a very special Late Late Show.

[Psykoboy2]

With the exception of Seal performing, this wraps up the show for 12-8-08.

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[ClannerDelta]

I love Craig. It's nice to see some humanity on the television. I can't stay up to watch his shows because I go to sleep at like 9PM because I'm an old woman, but whenever I'm just tired of the day to day bullshit I watch his show online.

I stayed up to watch last night's show and I wasn't disappointed.

[opsin]

I used to have a real problem with Ferguson, but I'm sort of coming round to him. Despite the not so erm... Fine past he had over here way back, his is definitely the late night show I'd watch if I lived over there. His correspondent's dinner speech wasn't as good (nay, harsh, perhaps) as Colbert's, but again, had me warming to him.

Plus, god, anything over fucking Conan. That guy is like herpes to funny!

Re the first video, the fact with the Mac vs PC ads that you have the totally awesome John Hodgman portraying PC, and some hipster douchebag as the Mac, says it all. And over here we have the also totally awesome David Mitchell as PC, and his sort of douchey comedy partner Robert Webb as the Mac. It's a bizarre choice.

And I thought the latest one with the talk of advertising money was pretty douchey too. Advertising your product by telling people that your competitor sucks is just petty, and lame.

[Psykoboy2]

...Wrestling

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Although the best part is right around the 2:30 mark.

[Johan]

...anything over fucking Conan. That guy is like herpes to funny!

You know, I used to enjoy him mildly, but he just seems to have become stupid slapstick humor...tugging invisible strings on his pockets and the like. I just don't find the funny in his shtick any more. :confused:

[Psykoboy2]

No clip today, just a nice bit of news in the ratings:
12.29.2008
CRAIG TOPS CONAN ... AGAIN

"The Late Late Show" Continues Upward Trajectory - Besting "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in Viewers and Delivering Its Highest Weekly Audience Since Feb. 2007

Season-to-Date Gap Narrows to Just 50,000 Viewers

CBS's THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON continued its late night momentum, out-delivering "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in viewers (2.13m vs. 2.07m) and tying it in households (1.6/05 vs. 1.6/06), according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Dec. 19. This is THE LATE LATE SHOW's best delivery in households since the week ending May 11, 2007, best viewer performance since the week ending Feb. 16, 2007.

THE LATE LATE SHOW posted a 1.6/05 in households with 2.13m viewers, up +14% in households (from 1.4/05) and +22% in viewers (from 1.75m) compared to the same week last year. THE LATE LATE SHOW was up +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/05 from 0.7/04), +67% in adults 18-34 (0.5/03 from 0.3/02) and even in adults 18-49 (0.6/03) compared to the same week last year.

Season-to-date, THE LATE LATE SHOW is up +8% in households (1.4/05 from 1.3/05), +11% in viewers (1.90m from 1.72m), +14% in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 from 0.7/04) and even in both adults 18-49 (0.6/03) and adults 18-34 (0.4/03) compared to last year.

Season-to-date, THE LATE LATE SHOW is tied with "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" in adults 25-54 (0.8/04 vs. 0.8/05). Last year, season to date, THE LATE LATE SHOW trailed "Late Night" by -0.1 in adults 25-54. THE LATE LATE SHOW has improved its competitive position with "Late Night" in viewers (-50,000 viewers in 2008 from -120,000 viewers in 2007) and adults 18-49 (-0.1 in 2008 from -0.2 in 2007).

From CBS (http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=20522)

[Mike Kelehan]

I'm thinking Conan will get an uptick over the next couple months while they wind down, Craig will go way up between then and Jimmy Fallon taking over, Fallon will lead for about a week thanks to new curiosity, and then Craig will be ahead for the majority of the time the both of them are on.

[Psykoboy2]

Last nights open:

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[Raen]

Such an awesomely random way of announcing it :D

[Psykoboy2]

"This doesn't mean we can't see each other anymore."

[Dave]

"This doesn't mean we can't see each other anymore."

Saw this last night and wondered if you'd seen it. Good for him.

[Psykoboy2]

When that was the first thing he said (I knooooow!), I actually applauded.

[Psykoboy2]

....William Shatner.

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Actually, it's more like Shatner on Craig. Seriously, surprise buttsecks towards the end there.

[ClannerDelta]

Oh my god, what the fuck did I just watch?

Captain Kirk is out of his fucking mind.

[Psykoboy2]

Apparently he got raped by a seal.

[ClannerDelta]

Apparently he got raped by a seal.

It's not rape if there's no forceful penetration!

Sexually Assaulted by a pirate themed seal...

[Psykoboy2]

I just wanted to post this. It isn't a clip, but Craig was at a meeting with the TV Critics Association last night....here's what happened: January 15, 2009
Ferguson Tells TV Critics to Give Fallon a Chance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 7:07 a.m. ET

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) -- The Craig Ferguson-Jimmy Fallon late-night competition appears to be starting on a gracious note.

At a meeting Wednesday of the Television Critics Association, Ferguson suggested that reviewers wait to sharpen their pens until Fallon adjusts to the new job. Fallon is expected to take over ''Late Night'' in March.

''I challenge you all to this: Give Jimmy a month before you review him,'' Ferguson told the group.

He questioned whether any critics thought he would last as host of CBS' ''Late Late Show,'' which he took over four years ago. And he suggested Fallon, a former ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member, may be finding the late-night spotlight less comfortable.

There's been a bit of unfair negative buzz about Fallon before he's even started, Ferguson said.

Fallon is ''kind of like the reverse Barack Obama. It's like he hasn't done anything yet, but everybody is commenting on his performance,'' Ferguson said. ''Give him a chance.''

Video blogs providing a behind-the-scenes peek at Fallon's preparations to take over for Conan O'Brien have been online since December.

Ferguson may feel he's in a position to be magnanimous, given that his show has been steadily gaining in the ratings on ''Late Night.''

In NBC's late-night shuffle, O'Brien will join the ''Tonight Show'' as host in June, with current host Jay Leno moving to a new daily prime-time show at 10 p.m. for NBC.

On the personal side Wednesday, a reporter congratulated Ferguson on his recent marriage, to art dealer Megan Wallace Cunningham, and asked if she had any interest in being on his show.

''I can categorically say that I would not have married a woman that had any interest in being on my show,'' Ferguson replied, drawing laughs.

[Khrymsyn]

Ok, I just watched that Shatner vid.

He is so awesomely insane. Goddamn I love that man.

[Psykoboy2]

I loved watching it and I know Craig is a huge fan (he'll probably have something to say on Ricardo's passing tonight), but man it got REALLY weird there and took a turn for the....I dunno.

[Mike Kelehan]

Wilford Brimley!

[Khrymsyn]

Wilford Brimley!

Quaker Oatmeal. It's the right thing to do and a tasty way to do it!




(Also, it's good for diabetus!)

[Psykoboy2]

Craig's got a DVD coming out in March and you can pre-order it now.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hnKz-sGJL._SS500_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Craig-Ferguson-Wee-Bit-Revolution/dp/B001NFNFIU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234194299&sr=8-1)

[Johan]

Best thing on late night. Hate the fact that Letterman owns his show, as I hate Letterman's obvious political rhetoric/bias. Leno hides that behind a much friendlier persona.

[Dave]

Best thing on late night. Hate the fact that Letterman owns his show, as I hate Letterman's obvious political rhetoric/bias. Leno hides that behind a much friendlier persona.

I very much agree with the above statement. Right on!

It looks like the ever-growing list of "things that I can't just go out and buy when they're released stateside" has grown by two today with this and My Name Is Bruce finally being released. I think there's a Best of Saturday Night's Main Event multi-disc package being released this week too.

[Psykoboy2]

....Conversations with Michael Eisner
Tuesday, February 17
CNBC 6:00 pm

There's a quick clip here (http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1032783181).

"I was either going to live the way I wanted to live or I was going to fucking die."

[Dave]

....Conversations with Michael Eisner
Tuesday, February 17
CNBC 6:00 pm

There's a quick clip here (http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1032783181).

"I was either going to live the way I wanted to live or I was going to fucking die."

Scott, don't know if you'll get this in time or not... but if at all possible, could you Tivo this and keep it until I get home. I'd really like to see it.

[Psykoboy2]

No need, buddy.

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[Dave]

No need, buddy.

Cool! Thanks, bro!

[Dave]

Very cool. Thanks a lot for posting this, Scott. It sucks hearing about stuff like this and then not being able to catch it when it airs. Thank goodness for Youtube, right? Ha ha!!

[Psykoboy2]

Here's a quick little interview from Men's Journal (http://www.mensjournal.com/exit-interview-craig-ferguson): What adventure most changed your life?

Not long after I got sober 16 years ago, I was filming a low-budget BBC thing in Portugal and had three days off. I was dating the drummer of an all-female rock band, so she flew over from London. When I picked her up at the airport I asked if she wanted to go for a swim, and she said, “No, let’s road-trip to Africa.” I said, fuck it, all right. What’s the point of dating a drummer from an all-girl rock band unless you’re going to listen to her? So we drove a crappy Renault rental car across southern Spain, took the car on a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco, bought a giant bejeweled scimitar, and then back to Portugal in time for me to start filming again. It’s a round-trip of about 1,500 miles, and I realized that had I not gotten sober, I probably would’ve spent those three days in a bar. Sobriety didn’t have to be endless penance for my past: It could be more of an adventure than drinking.

What skill should every man have?

To be able to clean a fish. I’m icked out by it, and there’s stuff inside a fish that you have no business eating, but it’s a survival thing. You should be able to go out in a boat, catch a fish, and eat it.

What one thing should every man know about women?

They’re ruthless. If they decide they want something, they’re much more single-minded than men.

What’s the biggest bet you ever made?

I’m Scottish, and we don’t do gambling. The whole idea of, Hey, I’ll give you money and you might give me some back? Fuck you.

Do you have a recurring dream?

I used to have a dream every night in which I’d see an atom bomb go off. The dream would always be different up to that point, so I never knew it was coming, then I’d see a mushroom cloud. It was probably because growing up in Scotland we used to hear American B-52s flying overhead to patrol the edge of Soviet airspace. The dream went away after the Berlin Wall came down.

Do you have a scar that tells a story?

I have a scar on my right hand, about two inches long. Depending on how I feel I’ll either tell you I was stabbed or I punched a window or I pulled a baby from a burning building.

What’s the best advice you ever received?

When I was in my early 20s I was doing a theater variety show with an old vaudeville comic. I found it terribly difficult to do this slapstick scene in which I chased a big sausage around and got a custard pie in the face and seltzer sprayed down my pants. The old comic said my problem was that I was trying to do it too fast, before I was ready. In his Cockney accent, he told me, “Hurry up and take your time. In fact, do that in your whole fuckin’ life and you can’t go wrong.”

What’s the best advice you ever gave?

I saw a car flipped over on the 101 freeway, so I stopped and ran over. This guy was upside down, and there were two kids in the car, but nobody was really hurt. The guy said, “Get my kids out first,” but it was a two-door car. I tried to explain that we couldn’t get the kids out until he was out, but he seemed to be in shock and kept saying, “No, no, I’m okay.” So I said, “Dude, you are upside down on the 101. You’re a long fucking way from okay. Get out of the car.”

What song do you have to hear once a week?

“Neat Neat Neat,” by the Damned. It’s the first punk song I heard that sounded like a fight. It still adrenalizes me. I remember seeing the Damned back in the day at the Glasgow Apollo, and I considered them rock gods. Then I met them when we had them on the show and they were quite small, which was weird.

How do you make your favorite drink?

I put tea into a pot, pour boiling water over it, and let it sit for a while. Then I pour milk into a cup and I pour the tea on top. It’s my shame as a naturalized American that I still drink tea.

What’s the best cure for a hangover?

For me, either keep drinking or go to rehab. I’m an all-or-nothing type of guy.

Do you have any tattoos you regret?

I’ve got one tattoo that I don’t regret. It’s my family coat of arms on my right shoulder. I got it in remembrance of my father. My father hated tattoos. It’s the Celtic paradox: Get a tattoo in memory of someone who hated tattoos.

What skill do you wish you could master?

I’m trying to master flying an airplane. Aviation is the complete opposite of show business. In show business, you live by bullshit. In aviation, you bullshit, you die.

[Karmakin]

When first Ferguson came on, I didn't like him at all. He was...a placeholder. At least that's what it seemed to me.

Somewhere in the last few years he's just said fukitall, and started wearing his heart, and his soul on his sleeve. And it's endearing, and that's where his laughs come from IMO.

[opsin]

When first Ferguson came on, I didn't like him at all. He was...a placeholder. At least that's what it seemed to me.

Somewhere in the last few years he's just said fukitall, and started wearing his heart, and his soul on his sleeve. And it's endearing, and that's where his laughs come from IMO.

With you 100% on that. I still think Letterman is a better interviewer than Ferguson, though even with that I think Ferguson is improving. That said, Ferguson's a better interviewer than Conan.
But anyway, Ferguson's funnier than both so, he's got that.

Much of my dislike of him though stems from knowing him when he worked over here, and I think he'd be first to say he'd like people not to judge him on that basis!

[Psykoboy2]

...the Archbishop Desmond TuTu - You're getting the whole thing. And you should do yourself a favor and watch the whole thing.

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You'll feel better about the world knowing there are people like him who exist in it doing what they do and what they have done for their entire life.

[Raen]

That interview was incredible and managed to provoke just about every emotional response. Thanks Scott :)

[Dave]

Saw this last week when it aired. I totally agree. That was really cool of Craig to do an episode like this.

[Dave]

Craig Ferguson will be on Letterman tonight, and then on his own show immediately following Letterman.

That's like two hours of Craig tonight, plus the new DVD that's being released next Tuesday.

I KNOW!

[Psykoboy2]

...David Letterman

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[Psykoboy2]

...on nothing really. I just like his opening:

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[Squidbot]

That Tutu interview was epic. Thanks for posting. I had the good fortune to see Tutu speak live at a Free Nelson Mandela march/rally in central London back in the 80s. His presence was palpable, his speech immensely powerful. Quite a figure.

Ferguson is getting better and better.

[Dave]

...on nothing really. I just like his opening:

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I totally missed this last week (and only caught last Monday's episode with Dwight Yokam).

Thanks for posting this! Freakin' hilarious.

Did you pick up the DVD yet? If not I'll have to let you borrow it when I'm home next month. :D

[Psykoboy2]

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Craig's got one badass mug (http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/04/24/craig-ferguson-officially-has-the-most-badass-mug-in-the-history/)...

But one lesser known, some would say downright boring, tradition has gone by the wayside. Maybe that's because the choices are usually something boring. There was Johnny Carson's face mug, Conan O'Brien's Eisenhower mug and some boring old mug that's so dull, they couldn't even sell it in the gift shop to tourists who would buy a bag of puke if it had the Last Call with Carson Daly logo on it.

All of that changed when CBS' Craig Ferguson revived this grand tradition by jamming a cardiac needle of adrenaline into its heart with his mug.

Now he has something personal and crazy that gives his show a stronger sense of style and naturalness that cements his presence on the show. It also doesn't hurt that this mug could kick the ass of any other coffee mug in the history of late night, if coffee mugs had asses.

[Dave]

I saw this episode. She looked pretty hot in that red dress!

And the mug is pretty neat too.

I found it kind of interesting that he talked about that museum a week or so before she came on the show. You think there's anything to that, or that it's merely coincidence?

[Raen]

That mug is the greatest mug ever. I never knew such wonder existed :D

From what I've seen I love Craig Ferguson a lot more than any of the other hosts. It's just a shame that the stuff is so topical about America that it can never be shown over here really.

[Dave]

...my computer screen, making me laugh with this opening.

For anyone else who needs a laugh today, hopefully this will give you something to smile about. I didn't really need a laugh, so much as I was just bored and started looking for something else on Youtube and wound up on this. (Imagine that.)

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[Psykoboy2]

....breaking stuff.

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Happens right at the beginning.

[Raen]

Gotta love that he actually swept it up :D

[Psykoboy2]

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Just another one of his puppet/song openings.

[Dave]

I was hoping that you caught this one. Ha ha!

That was pretty awesome.

[Psykoboy2]

....the moon landing.

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Knew there was a reason I liked this guy so much.

[Psykoboy2]

I know I post a lot of why I like this guy, but really, it's because he doesn't give a rat's ass about CBS or it's advertisers or, as in this video...advertisers in general. He's very serious in this and...I'd say, very brave.

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[Handmade.Mercury]

Haha, Craig Ferguson has been one of my favorite people for quite a while, now.

[Psykoboy2]

Beginning August 31st, Craig will be broadcast in HD. He also gets a new opening (same song but tweaked) and probably a brand new set.

[ClannerDelta]

I like Craig, but do I really need Craig in HD?

[Dave]

Beginning August 31st, Craig will be broadcast in HD. He also gets a new opening (same song but tweaked) and probably a brand new set.

I'm not sure I quite like this. I quite like the fact that he's in standard def... and I like the opening/theme song the way it is now.

[Doogie2K]

Beginning August 31st, Craig will be broadcast in HD. He also gets a new opening (same song but tweaked) and probably a brand new set.

Does that mean he can't slap the camera anymore?

[Psykoboy2]

New intro...IN HD!!!!

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[Wraith]

Craig Ferguson on WoW/what's "hip" (http://kotaku.com/5350548/craig-fergusons-roundabout-backhand-praise-labels-warcraft-as-hip)

If someone finds an embeddable version, feel free to post it. Didn't find it on Youtube.

[diablopath]

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2:15ish is from one of my friends.
His wife wouldn't let him use his real name to avoid embarrassment.

[Psykoboy2]

That's awesome!

[Dave]

I just found this over on Youtube, while looking up other Ferguson clips, and got a pretty good laugh out of it. The song is totally overplayed, but I think when it was used in this context it was actually pretty funny.

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[Psykoboy2]

....video games, among other things.

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[J Arcane]

That was awesome. He was on fire on that one.

[Psykoboy2]

....open mics and politicians.

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Then there's the entire interview with Danny Devito:

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[JediSanf]

I am old, because I rarely see Craig "live" but Malinky is my hero because I can now watch the show at work.

[Lint of Death]

I just found this over on Youtube, while looking up other Ferguson clips, and got a pretty good laugh out of it. The song is totally overplayed, but I think when it was used in this context it was actually pretty funny.

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Holy shit, Weird Al really got that parody spot-on.

More on topic, these monologues are fun to watch even if I don't laugh a whole lot.

[Dave]

I just caught this on the AFN replay of last night's show, which (I guess) was a reairing of last Friday's show. Anyhow, I really liked what Craig had to say here and after one of the worst days at work, since I've been here, it made me smile. Good on Craig Ferguson.

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[Wraith]

Craig Ferguson on Japan (starts around 3:40?):

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[Psykoboy2]

From last night's episode.

http://pics.livejournal.com/rundaloo/pic/0000da5c

[Bad Buddha]

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Best ever! :D

[Psykoboy2]

Tonight's show is #995.

[Generation ABXY]

Tonight's show is #995.

...and? I think I may be missing something. O_o

[Ten19]

Recently fallen in love with this show, shame I've missed out on so much. I watch it every night now :D

[Mike Kelehan]

...and? I think I may be missing something. O_o
...and that means a week from now is the big thousandth show.

[JRR006]

I actually just found out about this show on YouTube because I wanted to see the interview with Peter Capaldi. It's pretty funny! Thank God for YouTube, I can't remember to watch TV when it's... on.

[Mike Kelehan]

I actually just found out about this show on YouTube because I wanted to see the interview with Peter Capaldi. It's pretty funny! Thank God for YouTube, I can't remember to watch TV when it's... on.

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_late_show/

...where you may watch the last week's full episodes. I hate CBS' online player (get with Hulu like the rest of the civilized world), but I like being able to watch Craig while I work.

[Psykoboy2]

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[Handmade.Mercury]

HOLYSHITAWESOME. CAPS retention.

[Psykoboy2]

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[Psykoboy2]

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"That's right. Morgan Freeman's farts sound like a ship's horn"

[J Arcane]

God, I love Morgan Freeman so much.

[Handmade.Mercury]

God, I love Morgan Freeman so much.

They just need to make him the anchor, and they'll be golden.

[muddi900]

"God, I love a woman with a boys haircut."

[Psykoboy2]

...Twitter!! (http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/craig-fergusons-cheeky-twitter-debut-14022)

No, I mean..he's actually on Twitter now (http://twitter.com/CraigyFerg).
Craig Ferguson is now on Twitter -- and he's just as cheeky online as he is on-air.

"Can I say fuck on this thing?" the CBS "Late Late Show" host tweeted Monday evening around 9:45 p.m., less than 12 hours after first signing on to the mircoblogging service.

Then, two minutes later: "Oh this is too awesome. Fuckity fuckity heck. (don't want to go too far)."

Among the early highlights of the feed from @craigyferg (whose authenticity was confirmed by a CBS pr rep):

-- "I follow no one. Except Dave I suppose. Or the local news. Or the smell of ham."
-- "Watching the who @ the superbowl made me sad. Like watching my grampa play the spoons."
-- "I'm concerned I watch too much Mythbusters. I may need geek rehab."

Craiggers isn't the first late-night host on Twitter.

NBC's Jimmy Fallon jumped on to the service even before his show premiered last year. He's now got more than 2.4 million followers and has sent out nearly 2,000 tweets since joining.

Ferguson announced his Twitter debut on his show early Tuesday morning. No surprise, his follower count started skyrocketing, jumping by 2000 in the space of a few minutes.

The always self-deprecating Ferguson summed up the importance of his Twitter bow thusly:

"The fact that I am on twitter probably means it's on the way out," he wrote.

[Doogie2K]

There's no such thing as too much MythBusters. The only failing of Discovery HD is that they're never showing MythBusters at the same time as Discovery SD, leading to me watching more Discovery SD than I'd frankly like.

(Yeah, I became an HD snob overnight once I got my new TV.)

[Wraith]

Tonight's episode is supposed to be a conversation with Stephen Fry, no audience.

[J Arcane]

Tonight's episode is supposed to be a conversation with Stephen Fry, no audience.
Yup. Just tweeted that they finished shooting just now.

Unfortunately, I don't have TV so I won't get to see it for like 3 days, because of CBS' stupid delay.

[Psykoboy2]

Wonderful interview! It should be up on YouTube tomorrow and I'll post the whole thing in here.

[Psykoboy2]

Here's the show. I'd like to point out his reference to Tom Snyder. A guy I'd forgotten but who I used to watch in this time slot and loved to his death. I'm glad he remembers and even refuses to forget or let others do the same by doing something like this.

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Here's the beginning of the interview with Stephen Fry. I'd like to point out their talk of Twitter and internet trolls. There's more here, of course a lot more, and given its place in late night among all the others doing this genre, this is brilliancy. A great and wonderful interv....conversation.

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I did say I would post the entire episode.

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[digitalErich]

Fucking fantastic...now I want that same format with Hugh Laurie.

[muddi900]

Speaking of which, its been six years and Stephen Fry hasn't been on House once. He's been on other Fox shows, like bones, but not House. WTF up with that?

[Dave]

I just finished watching this. I like it when it's like it normally is, but I also liked this kind of lower key a little more quiet episode as well too.

That was cool that he mentioned Snyder too. I wasn't the biggest fan of the guy, but his show was nice and quiet and cool for a pre-bed evening, you know? Not loud or obnoxious.

Good stuff!

[Wraith]

Craig Ferguson on the KFC Double Down, Bacon, Canadian Bacon:

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[Wraith]

Not "on" anything in particular. I just got a kick out of this sketch (from 2008):

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[Squidbot]

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[Wraith]

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[Psykoboy2]

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[Generation ABXY]

Has this thread always been in this section? O_o

[Psykoboy2]

Has this thread always been in this section? O_o

Nope. Moved it tonight. At the time this thread was created, this particular sub-forum didn't exist.

[AntonB]

I'm not sure if this has been posted here, I don't want to go looking through so many pages to see if it has...

But, after this man gave this very touching speech, I respect him and his opinion probably more than a lot of people I know personally.

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[Squidbot]

It has been posted before, but it is still a brilliant monologue.

[muddi900]

This Craig Ferguson guy...seems like an awesome dude. Must hunt this epsiode down now.

[Psykoboy2]

Apparently, Craig and Salman Rushdie are fans of Angry Birds:

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[Psykoboy2]

An entire show dedicated to Black History:

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[Wraith]

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[Squidbot]

I have to go to work, will most certainly be watching this when I get home.

[Psykoboy2]

CoG's own Dave got me this today....I wept:

http://twitpic.com/show/full/4es0q2.jpg

[Troggles]

That's awesome. I want one. Or a Geoff Peterson. I'd be happy with either.

[Dave]

the Las Vegas strip, with Geoff Peterson. HA!

When I saw that Kristen Bell was going to be on the show, I knew to set the DVR. Little did I expect something so freakin' hilarious to go on beforehand.

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[Squidbot]

Just Ferguson and Stephen Fry with no audience.
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[muddi900]

It was an awesome video but you are late to the party squid.

[Squidbot]

*Shrug* I don't get Ferguson in the U.K. and I don't recall seeing it posted in this thread so I thought I'd share.

[Wraith]

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00:00 - 03:50

Craig, Geoff, and Kristen Bell are going to Paris for a week of shows. Recording next week, airing early August.

[Dave]

Leno... tonight (according to my cable guide).

[Psykoboy2]

Likely...he's a voice in the Winnie the pooh movie opening this weekend so he's probably there to promote it.

[Wraith]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wlEomnCW1Y&t=3m52s

3:52 - 7:30

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[muddi900]

Kristin Bell needs to be in more stuff. Somebody get her another TV show.

[Psykoboy2]

Skip to about 4:40

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[Troggles]

If you don't call me now about diabetes, I'll strangle ya! Then you won't have diabetes anymore because you'll be dead.

[Wraith]

Special guest voices for Geoff this week.

so far, Alfred Molina and Dominic Monaghan.

[Troggles]

I loved Tom Lennon's take on GP on last night's show. Cracked me up the whole time.

Anyone know why they're doing this other than it being pretty funny? Is the original voice actor on vacation or something?

[Wraith]

I hadn't heard anything until I saw "English Geoff" (Molina) while watching Monday's episode last night. I had skipped over the opening credits and didn't know who was doing the voice until I looked it up. Sounded familiar, but couldn't place it.

[Psykoboy2]

I loved Tom Lennon's take on GP on last night's show. Cracked me up the whole time.

Anyone know why they're doing this other than it being pretty funny? Is the original voice actor on vacation or something?

Josh Robert Thompson, the original voice for Geoff, is in England doing work on a few commercials for a company over there. He'll be back the week of Thanksgiving when they'll have Wilford Brimley on.

Tonight's guest voice is Larry King and tomorrow is Louie Anderson. No idea yet who the guest voices will be for next week.

[Wraith]

Next week: Lauren Graham, Paula Poundstone, Angela Kinsey, Jason Schwartzman, Shadoe Stevens (Late Late Show's announcer).

[Psykoboy2]

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[J Arcane]

Oh god I should not have watched that with my lungs the way they are right now.

Amazing, but can't breathe.

[Hawkzombie]

Skip to about 4:40

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Oh FUCK...I...am in pain...tears coming from my eyes...

So funny.