Craig Ferguson always jokes on The Late Late Show that he doesn’t have an audience and they are really a laugh track. Well tonight on CBS at 12:37a that really is going to be the case because he is going audience free while he interviews the very clever Stephen Fry. Craig Ferguson Tweeted yesterday:
Morning you magnificent bastards. Woke up with an idea that may worry the network & sponsors. HAHAetc. More later C x
I have decided to do tomorrows show with no audience. The entire episode will be a conversation with Stephen Fry. Why? Why not?
And then during his show he explained his decision to try this experiment. It is going to be interesting to see if it works, I know I will be watching CBS tonight at 12:37a to find out. If anyone can do it he can! I at least I hope he can.
BTW no word if he really will be using a laugh track tonight, now that would be funny!
UPDATE: Stephen Fry just Tweeted this after taping tonight’s “live” Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, “Mr @craigyferg was entirely charming. Most unusual Late Late Show. Him, me – no audience. There was breeze & we shot it, fat & we chewed it?” After reading that Tweet, I am even more excited to see tonight’s show on CBS at 12:37a!
UPDATE 2: Craig Ferguson just Tweeted this, “Just finished taping show with Stephen Fry & no audience. Thank God he is so erudite & generous. Odd show. Some will like it. Some won’t.” I am sure I will be one of the some that likes it!
UPDATE 3: Do you think Craig Ferguson’s experiment work? If you missed it, watch it here and let me know!
So yesterday there was a woman named Rebecca went to a taping, I mean live taping, of The Late Late Show and just before the show started she decided that she really really really had to go the bathroom and couldn’t wait an hour to go when the show was done filming. Well Craig Ferguon’s comedic skills and background came in to play and he spent his whole 4 minute intro making fun of her for not waiting to go. Not only did he name her, but when she came back he had the cameras follow her all the way back to her seat. I guess it was great for Rebecca because she got herself on national TV, but I am sure that is not how she wanted it to happen.
Due this incident I have made a mental note that if I ever go to a taping of The Late Late Show, that I will go to the bathroom before I get there and refrain from drinking any liquids for at least 12 hours before I go so I don’t become a Rebecca.
BTW Craig felt bad because his guests and him kept making fun of her throughout the show, that at the end of it he brought her up and apologized to her.
Craig Ferguson always jokes that CBS thinks of him as the bottom of the totem poll, well looks like he finally found someone who works at the network that might below him. The Late Late Show host dressed up The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar in a robot costume that made most of the robot Halloween costumes look like winners compared to that one. Poor Kunal, he thought he was told he would get to go the Super Bowl if he did that, and the big football game was this Sunday and CBS didn’t invite him. So sad, but at least we got see Raj outside of The Big Bang Theory. Seriously isn’t he funny?
Don’t forget to watch Craig Ferguson weeknights at 12:37a on CBS and Kunal Nayyar Mondays on The Big Bang Theory!
On Tuesday night’s The Late Show, David Letterman was tossing to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, but instead of tossing to Craig Ferguson he tossed to the former-Late Late Show host Craig Kilborn. Someone caught his mistake before the show went to air, and instead of re-taping it they just dubbed Ferguson’s name over where his boss had said Kiborn. Even more proof it is time for Letterman to retire from the late night business. Oh wait, then where we would get his female interns from? Too soon?
Back to Ferguson, Craig Ferguson, now that he is on Twitter @CraigyFerg one of his followers asked him about the slip up and he responded to his boss, David Letterman and CBS by saying, “I think they are trying to figure out how much of a fool can we make of this idiot before he finally walks out. And here’s what, I am here. I’m going to stay here. No matter what you do and I’ll tell you why. I have no other options.” Lucky for Craig (Ferguson) CBS has strong shows in their 10p lineup or maybe they would consider doing what NBC did. Although if the Sham Wow guy gets in trouble again, maybe CBS will give Craig Ferguson his half hour?
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BTW yesterday Craig Ferguson introduced the Greek Chorus to his show, tune into CBS tonight at 12:37a to see if they will be back when he interviews Don Rickles, who was around when there really were Greek Choruses. You know, back when Greece wasn’t Ancient Greece but it was considered modern day to the people who were living at that time like Socrates. Actually tune in at 12:35a to see which Craig, David Letterman will be tossing to…
Every few weeks Craig Ferguson begins the Late Late Show with a song and dance number and normally he is the lead singer. Well it was a little different yesterday because Rosie O’Donnell lip-synced the lead to Robert Palmer’s Addicted to Love and Craig and the gang including the puppets put on their red lips and tight black dresses, shook their hips played their guitars as her background performers. Seriously how much do you love that all the guys and the puppets had those big red lips on. And who knew Craig Ferguson had such nice legs? He needs to host the show in mini-dresses more often!!!
