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Craig Loves Paris and Paris Loves Craig
What an amazing week it has been! Consider this scenario if someone put it on your desk at work:

• Move a network television late night show 5661 miles for a week.
• Scout out locations, indoors and outdoors to interview guests, read tweetmails, do monologues and comedy sketches.
• Book a week’s worth of guests to meet you… somewhere in the city.
• Bring along not only the host but a robot skeleton sidekick and his voice/operator, a pantomime horse, a rabbit puppet, a snake mug, a miniature red-white-and blue Eiffel Tower, a glittery ball, a TARDIS and some kangaroo bits.
• Make sure the host is dressed impeccably throughout.
• Provide him with a full remote production crew with cameras, microphones and lighting where needed, plus production and personal assistants, a publicist and at least a couple of people to chat up the Paris police while crowds gather and segments get recorded.  And coffee.  Lots of coffee.
• Oh… and make sure the host has everything he needs to be as creative, funny and innovative as he is at home yet takes advantage of everything possible in one of the world’s most picturesque cities under the pressure of a tight schedule… on a budget. Go!

Late Late Show Producer Michael Naidus and the entire LLS team deserve a huge round of applause from Craig’s fans for pulling off an incredible week. When these five episodes of the show are edited together and reach our television screens the first week of August, they can be proud of their accomplishment. When the credits roll at the end of the show, think of all of the people who have worked so hard to bring us five hours of entertainment all the way from Paris… and what it took to make it happen.

 

Here is a look at some of the day’s best pictures:

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With the Chief
Craig’s tireless assistant Rebecca Tucker caught a picture with her boss on Friday morning:

Last day of filming in paris! http://twitpic.com/5cpj1g

Then, she sent along a picture of Michael Caine in Space!  Or at least in Paris with a space suit on:

Look who I ran into http://t.co/Kyy2bC2

 

Time for the Times
Note: Spolers! The New York Times had a nice article about Craig’s sojourn in la Belle France along with a slideshow. The article does contain some spoilers about what Craig was taping on Tuesday, so read at your own risk.

McHale’s Navy Pier?
The Soup host, comedian and Late Late Show guest Joel McHale performed at the Chicago Theatre Friday night.

Tonight’s Guests
Friday on the Late Late Show, it’s an encore presentation of the May 6th episode with actor Will Ferrell and comedian Reese Waters .

The re-run fairy continues her stay next week as you can see our on Guests page.  New episodes resume on June 27th and the France episodes are scheduled to air August 1st-5th.

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