UPDATE: Craig is adding Tallahassee, Florida to his fall tour schedule. He will perform as the headline act at Florida State University’s homecoming celebration on Friday, November 18th, before heading on to Fort Myers and Miami on the 19th and 20th. Most of the tickets have been reserved for Florida State students but some will be available to the general public. They will go on sale Friday. We have added the link to our Live Comedy Tour page and will update it when the tickets go on sale.  Thanks to the RSA’s @Fergufool for the heads up!

Craig Ferguson Trading Card Image Released!
As part of the second edition of his Geek-A-Week series of trading cards, artist Len Peralta has just released the first look at the Craig Ferguson card.  It portrays Craig in the style of the eleventh Doctor Who Matt Smith, holding a sonic screwdriver, with Karen Gillan‘s character of Amy Pond in the background.  Why Smith and Gillan?  Take a listen to Peralta’s podcast, where he interviews Craig and the story behind the card unfolds.  You can also check out the Geek-A-Week site to get a close up look at the front of the card with the image of Craig and the card back, which features a mini-biography written by Washington DC-area comedians Paul and Storm.

So you might be asking, how do I get the Craig Ferguson trading card?  You can pre-order the 15-card set that includes Craig’s card (the card is not available separately) by going to Peralta’s page on kickstarter.com which includes a range of donation options.  For a minimum donation of ten dollars, you can reserve a set of cards and will receive the full pack when they are printed (Peralta tells us he hopes the printing will happen in November).  Or you can take a look at some of the other donation options, which come with some nice benefits, such as autographs, a bonus card and more.  The ThinkGeek.com site also has the first two (of four) portions of Peralta’s original set of 52 Geek-A-Week trading cards.  As more donations come in, he’ll be able to print the second half of the original set, which features geeks like Grant Imahara, Adam Savage, Chris Hardwick and more. And the RSA’s @Colleen_Byrne reminds us that the Geek-A-Week podcasts are available not only through their website but on iTunes.

Craig Among Top Whovians
BBC America’s Anglophenia blog names Craig one of its top five celebrity fans of Doctor Who. Check out who else made the list!

Wilford Brimley on the LLS?
Craig told his Monday night audience that after more than a week of Wilford Brimley impressions and jokes, the LLS is booking the 76 year-old to appear on the show.  It appears that Brimley may be in the studio on Monday the 26th. An air date for his interview has not been announced, so we’ll be keeping an eye out for the actor turned oat cereal and medical product pitchman in the coming days.



Craig in Playboy
Craig mentioned on Monday’s show that he is being interviewed for the December issue of Playboy magazine, which should be on newsstands by mid-November.  Craig joked that he thought it might be a nude interview but it wasn’t… sorry, skellies.  (You too, ladies).

Beatles Tweetmail Jingle
The RSA’s @HoboRobot enjoyed Monday’s Beatles-inspired tweetmail jingle and came up with an image to celebrate.




Tonight’s Guests
Tuesday on the Late Late Show, actor Harry Connick Jr. and actress Kathryn Hahn are scheduled to appear.  CBS tweeted:

Is Harry Connick Jr. playing a vampire anytime soon? Find out when he visits @CraigyFerg on #LateLateShow 2nite + Kathryn Hahn, 12:37amET/PT

On Wednesday, Craig chats with actor James Spader and actress Juno Temple.

© 2011, RSANews. All rights reserved.