craig ferguson c or d?

what do people think of his show?

he seems like an interesting, wordly guy with a lot of interests -- in fact he seems to suppress some of his interesting qualities somewhat to make himself seem more "average" in the eyes of his presumed viewers. occasionally during interviews you get glimpses of a very intellectually curious, well-read guy. but i find him charming even when he's just being goofy or doing a kind of self-defensive anti-humor.

WORLDLY -- not wordly, whatever that might mean

Think there's a thread on this dude already ... at least there have been extensive discussions of his show.

Most recent comments are here, I think:
The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn....

Anyways I like him, probably my favorite late-night host after Letterman.

huh -- sorry about that. there was no "craig ferguson" thread so i figured there hadn't been much discussion.

my favorite current late-night host, that is.

Enjoyed his interview with John Waters this week, and also:

i still stand by this:

i really came to appreciate ferguson during the writer's strike ... if he was really just improvising everything he was saying during each of those shows, then he's pretty amazing at ad libbing. he can be a over-the-top and too in-your-face, but on the other hand, he's really loose in a way that conan could never be, to the point where even the scripted stuff has an improvised feel. he doesn't seem as constricted by the structure of the talk show, where you come out and do shitty monologue jokes with like 20 seconds of applause and laughter between each one.

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yeah i like the vibe of his show. it never occurred to me until Eddie Izzard was a guest recently but they've got pretty much the same kind of appeal, in the loosely rambling way they both do jokes/monologues.

I used to love him when he was a stand-up over here a million years ago, but somehow have never really seen anything of his American TV adventures.

it still feels kind of 'off,' in a good way, to watch a non-American hosting a US network talk show. part of it is also he does things like dresses up and does characters a lot more often than other hosts (whereas Dave or Conan will just sit behind the desk and wear the suit, while other weirdo characters pop up for comedy segments), that makes the show feel kind of different, like i should be watching it on BBC America.

The stupid CBS affiliate here pushes his start time back to 1am, meaning it doesn't come on directly after Letterman and I end up switching around between Fallon and whatever else is on and inevitably forget about Ferguson. I like it whenever I remember to watch it, though.

part of it is also he does things like dresses up and does characters a lot more often than other hosts

This is very much a Carson thing, though, too.

Carson was great at it. Jay did it for the first 4 or 5 years, but it was always terrible and I'm pretty sure he eventually got talked out of continuing.

yeah, definitely, i just mean in a contemporary context. it feels more a function of him being from another country than him being a throwback to another era of American TV.

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oh god, i think i blocked memories of Leno being 'in character' that are now flooding back

wasn't he in some post-punk band at one point?

the title song for his talk show, which he wrote/sung, is quite catchy actually.

i mean ferguson, not leno.

ferguson is great im totally into his show

The fact that Ferguson went over to the US and became a celeb is really headfucking for those of us who remember the years he spent as a largely unknown but pretty funny comedian in the UK.

I am very much in favor of US talk shows adopting interactive talk show ant puppets

the angle at which his monologue is shot gives me the creeps

the greatest thing is when he has a scottish guest on and they just talk on and on for like a half an hour about things that nobody watching can possibly care about.

Anytime Shirley Manson is on = comedy gold!

i like how he does an extended monologue then in the interviews its mostly him talking - he can really go on and on and it give the show a consistent vibe - u just sail along like ah

BING HITLER!

a friend of mine was on the show and says that he doesnt allow anyone to talk to him backstage before the taping for fear of disturbing his focus - my friend ran into him in the hallway and they talked and he said ferguson was totally nice but after he heard him yelling at an ap that she was supposed to keep everyone out of the hallway when he in it

He's funny, but I had to stop the "Bing Hitler" routine after 1:00. Terrible.

wow Absolutely really got a lot from Bing Hitler huh?

the angle at which his monologue is shot gives me the creeps

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yeah there's something odd about it, i can't tell if it makes the room/set feel small or if it really is just way smaller than, say, the Late Night set.

the episode where he interviewed russell brand was probably the 20 funniest minutes of late night i've ever seen

I feel like I've given him enough of a chance now to comment on him. Eh, he's alright. I like his interviews generally and I think he's quick on his feet. There's a nice relaxed vibe to the show. Too bad his jokes and persona are pretty cornball and lame most of the time.

And the pre-monologue "routines" are almost universally terrible.

OK, I'll admit the guy's pretty likable. I'll stand by the "cornball" but retract the "lame".

i slept on craig ferguson for a long time cause of my hatred of foreigners. but i watched him last night, really good awkward, sleazy vibe that i dig, some things i like about letterman and things i like about conan but his own style. even moon bloodgood interview that i'd change to nhl playoffs highlights or peter popoff instead of, usually, with another show-- i was into it

God, that Bing Hitler routine was awful. I evidently had much less refined taste in comedy in my early teens, or that was a bad example - I do remember finding him much funnier than that. I thought it might just be the Bing Hitler I! Hate! Things! persona that was grating, but YouTube suggests that him being himself (1980s version) was also terrible, so, um, there you go.

I watched a couple of clips of him all grown-up and American-based, and I liked them though.

I heart anything with the shark puppet.

holy crap this dance routine/puppet show/whatever to 'istanbul, not constantinople' just pushed all my buttons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdP6bUMjaSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfTzlgV-sE

Classic.

thanks nick, because that made me look up fred astaire doing puttin' on the ritz, which is dope as fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQkMAPVoIo

The fact that Ferguson went over to the US and became a celeb is really headfucking for those of us who remember the years he spent as a largely unknown but pretty funny comedian in the UK.

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.. who totally nicked his act from Jerry Sadowitz until lawyers had a word with Jerry, and he had to stop saying that, so would instead describe him as a huge talent etc, in sarcastic ways.

fwiw, they are both scottish, and were somewhat similar in style.

My guess is that after Sadowitzgate, Craig left the UK to make it big in the US, and, um, did!

laugh track

I do like how everyone on the show just lets their natural accent rip. Jennifer Tilly was just on and launched full on into her highspeed Southern voice, to the point where she sounded like Katy Mixon(from Eastbound & Down) on wayyyyyy too much caffiene.

the only thing i've ever seen this guy in is a trailer for a movie where he's a hairdresser from about 15 years ago, i think.

he was on the Drew Carey Show for what seemed like 45 years

Stepping down:

https://twitter.com/ZeitchikLAT/status/460936808360984577

nice to remember this one, about the day he forgot to kill himself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGLzpt3caHw

I knew from that moment I was on this guy's side. I just didn't always get to watch his show.

He was in fine form tonight, though!

james corden??

So is this guy funny and/or weird?

You will come to hate him as we have come to hate him.

Great, looking forward to it.

Thank you America! With any luck, this will be the last we see of him.

lol youse poor fucks he is three types of cunt

genuinely can't see america being fooled by this utter turd. britain's greatest shame :(

Finally CBS has its own Carson Daly

Oh, you guys will love him, sure you will.

This sounds like a disaster in the making.

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/craig-ferguson-in-final-negotiations-with-tribune-for-7-p-m-syndicated-talkshow-exclusive-1201283991/

Craig Ferguson is in final negotiations with Tribune Media to host a daily syndicated half-hour talkshow that would air in the 7 p.m. hour across Tribune Broadcasting’s 42 stations.

The show is targeted to bow in the fall of 2015. It’s expected that Michael Naidus, exec producer of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” will be on board as showrunner of the show that will blend comedy and talkshow elements. The intent is to rev up the hour leading into primetime with the Ferguson yakker paired at 7:30 p.m. with a prime sitcom rerun a la “Two and a Half Men” or “The Big Bang Theory.”

Reps for Tribune Media and Ferguson declined to comment.

Man, the guy who does the voice for Geoff was off last night, so Geoff's unanimated skeleton was just standing there, no glow in the eyes, all episode and I realized that he's at least half of (if not more than half of) the reason I like the show. Give that gay skeleton robot his own gig!

Tom Lennon was a good Geoff fill-in years ago.

And fin.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/television/Craig-Ferguson-signs-off-Late-Late-Show-with-Jay-Leno-homage-to-classic-TV-finales.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Gep_hAP3A

Josh Robert Thompson, the voice of Geoff Peterson, is apparently launching a new show (though when and where it will air is unclear).

So Ferguson's new show Join or Die manages to turn the concept of Deadliest Warrior from a guilty pleasure into, uh, regular pleasure.