Super Bowl Week
Excitement is building with the Super Bowl just a week away, and even better, Craig Ferguson will host the Late Late Show Super Bowl Special on Sunday night after the game. The show is loaded with guests, comedy sketches and a tour of the sights of New Orleans. The start time of the show is uncertain, because it all depends on how long coverage of the Super Bowl and post-game celebrations will last. Once coverage wraps up, CBS will run an episode of the drama Elementary, followed by your late local news, and then the Late Late Show. Once the start time is set, we’ll post it here on the site and on Twitter.

New Orleans Trivia
New Orleans is home to many famous people, including writers Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Anne Rice, chef Paul Prudhomme, TV host Ellen DeGeneres, actors John Goodman and John Larroquette, actresses Dorothy Lamour and Reese Witherspoon, and countless musicians in nearly every genre of music.

His Chattiness Tweets
Craig tweeted several times in the past week, starting with a response to singer Nellie Veitenheimer, a contender on the second season of The Glee Project. She was in Washington, DC for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She tweeted that she had heard a rumor that Craig was somewhere in the crowd, and Craig said he was in Los Angeles.

“@nellielisabeth: Apparently @CraigyFerg is here?? I shall sing for him.” I’m in LA so crank it up or I won’t hear.

She later realized that she meant actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, but tweeted that she was happy to have heard from Craig:

And by Craig Ferguson I meant Jesse Ferguson. Oopsies. But Craig tweeted me so that was neat. Holla.

During the week, Craig hung up a drawing by his son Liam on Twitter’s refrigerator door:

twitpic.com/bwx2j7  “Mother” by Liam J Ferguson (aged 2). Take that Cy Twombly. #artytweets

He also praised the new film Parker:

Statham you magnificent bastard. You’ve done it again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ4Nsu2tXTk&sns=tw … via @youtube #notbeingpaidtoplugit

He was also amused by a BBC report that dung beetles navigate using the stars:

“@BBCWorld: Dung beetles use the Milky Way’s light as a compass. http://bbc.in/10DBMco ” Oscar Wilde nailed it. #weareallinthegutter…

And on January 25th, he offered birthday wishes to Scotland’s most famous poet:

Happy Birthday to Mr Robert Burns, the pride of Ayrshire.

We’ll be watching for more tweets this week as Craig & Company visit New Orleans to tape the upcoming Super Bowl Special.


Zombie Poop
The website ComicBook.com enjoyed Craig’s recent conversation about zombies with actor Steven Yeun.

Craig in Vampire Bats
Craig once appeared in a CBS television movie called Vampire Bats. He talked about it in a monologue on the Late Late Show, which we’ve included below, along with Craig’s definitive scene from the movie:

Video courtesy: ParanoidFellow

Video courtesy: chakaroff

This Week’s Guests

It’s another week of all-new episodes of the Late Late Show, beginning Monday with comedienne Kathy Griffin and actor Michael Weatherly. On Tuesday, Craig’s guests are actor Simon Helberg and comedienne Maria Bamford. On Wednesday, watch for actor Dominic Monaghan and actress Ellie Kemper. Actress Rashida Jones and actress Julie Gonzalo are Craig’s guests on Thursday. And on Friday, Craig welcomes football analyst Joe Theismann and reality TV personality Ariel Tweto. Then on Sunday, after the Super Bowl, an episode of Elementary and your late local news, watch for the Late Late Show Super Bowl Special featuring actor Steve Carell, actor Channing Tatum, TV host Julie Chen, actor Neil Patrick Harris, actress Nikki Reed and New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees.

Guest Update

The list of guests for future tapings of the Late Late Show has been updated, including Amanda Peet, Paul Williams, Emmy Rossum, Kristen Bell, Adhir Kalyan, Alfred Molina, Julie Andrews, Ted Danson, Russell Brand, Allison Williams, George Lopez, William Shatner and Mike Tyson. You can find the latest listings on our Guests page any time.

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