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A Twitter user named @WCTheLime (who curiously is not following Craig Ferguson) asked:  @CraigyFerg Is that the Time Bandits map of time holes in the background? To which Craig replied:  @WCtheLime Congratulations you win title of most observant nerd. Yes it is. Don’t tell God I have it. We noticed several RSA peeps talking it up in their timeslines just minutes after it was posted, so clearly there are lots of observant nerds in the hollowed out volcano.

Late Late Show Producer Michael Naidus tweeted on Friday:  What do Egypt and Dr. Who have in common? As Craig Ferguson put it: The triumph of romance and intellect over brute force and cynicism. Indeed, sir.  The coming months will be very interesting.  Craig agreed:  Intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism. #goodluckEgypt

Craig heads to Thackerville, Oklahoma Saturday night for his first live stand up comedy performance of the year and to test-drive some new material.  The show was delayed from last weekend by bad weather.  For Craig’s series of shows in Denver, only the 10:30pm performance on Wednesday, March 16 still has as tickets available.  His sister, Lynn Ferguson, is in Palm Springs, CA Friday and Saturday performing her one-woman show, Heart & Sole.

Detroit television station WXYZ talks about the year’s anticipated animated films including Winnie The Pooh.

Friday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes actor Jason Biggs and science writer Jennifer Ouellette.

Craig will be heading to Oklahoma for a stand up comedy performance at the WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, OK on Saturday night at 8pm. The show, originally scheduled on February 5th, was moved to this Saturday the 12th due to last weekend’s bad weather.  There are still tickets available… so if you’re in Oklahoma or North Texas, it’s a great chance to see Craig live and in person.

Meanwhile, Craig’s sister Lynn Ferguson‘s will be performing her one-woman show Heart & Sole in Palm Springs, CA Friday and Saturday, February 11th and 12th.

The voice of Geoff Petersen, Josh Robert Thompson is featured in an article in The Independent about the “more than Freeman” insurance ads he shot in December, now airing in the UK.  Josh was also recently a guest on Kerri Kasem‘s podcast: Am I really GAY?! Find out in this episode of “The @kerrikasem Podcast” http://thekpod.com/?p=2737

The RSA’s @malinky2stoatir posted a gem recently:  The night that the bottom of Craig’s snake mug was censored.

Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson

The RSA’s @SariesWick was among the RSA folks in the audience Thursday. She tweeted this preview: French people, Ferg flank, smelly babies, and snakes on tonight’s [Thursday] LLS

Thursday’s Late Late Show features explorer/environmental activist Jean-Michel Cousteau and actress Jennifer Beals. On Friday, Craig welcomes actor Jason Biggs and science writer Jennifer Ouellette.

Courtesy: Walt Disney Animation Studios

The people at Walt Disney Animation Studios are continuing to release new things connected to the Winnie The Pooh film coming out this summer, featuring Craig as Owl. This time, it’s a series of character model sheets and still frames from the film. Thanks to the blog at stitchkingdom.com, there are lots to see toward the bottom of their page.

A new nomination for How To Train Your Dragon:  This time, the film has been nominated as Best Feature Film for the Genesis Awards, announced Tuesday by the Humane Society of the United States, as explained in The Hollywood Reporter.

TVSquad.com like Craig’s therapy session with Emily Blunt about touching wood.

The @nerdist Chris Hardwick will be back on the Late Late Show February 14th, according to the “Look At Me” list on his website.

The RSA’s @malinky2stoatir, on top of things as always, posted Craig’s appearance on Conan Tuesday night.

Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson

After each show, Conan’s website teamcoco.com opens a thread for people to comment about the episode.  Most of the comments about Tuesday night have been about the band that appeared at the end of the show but there are very few about Craig.  If you’d like to comment, add yours to show some RSA love.  A number of sites had posts about the meeting of the talk show hosts, including tv.com, Examiner.com, BBC America, Hollywood.com and the Los Angeles Times.

We’ve heard a rumor that there are several familiar roboskellies in the studio audience at the Late Late Show this week, including the RSA’s @SariesWick who tweeted:  Craig in a rant, water injuries, sexy cooking, RSA tweets On tonight’s [Wednesday’s] show

Wednesday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes comedian/actor/producer Carl Reiner back to the show and cooks with Chef Cat Cora, who tweeted:  Tune in to CBS tonight & catch me on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ where Craig & I will whip up a very… Sounds good to us, Cat.

GUEST UDPATE:  On Thursday, explorer and environmental activist Jean-Michel Cousteau has been added to the guest list with actress Jennifer Beals.

Photo by: Stan Kennedy for W Magazine

How To Train Your Dragon 2, featuring the voice of Craig Ferguson as Gobber along with the rest of the original cast, is due for release in 2012 or 2013 and according to a new article in The Hollywood Reporter, the film will likely be the second in a trilogy!  The article also reveals a bit about the second film’s plot.  THR’s report was picked up by Examiner.com and indiewire.com.

The original HTTYD was the big winner over the weekend at the Annie Awards, which recognize excellence in animation.  The film won ten Annies, including Best Animated Feature.  The film also won three awards from the Visual Effects Society for animation, animated character and effects animation.  Congratulations to the entire HTTYD team!

UPDATE:  The stealthy Rebecca Tucker snuck in a tweet we almost missed.  A new date has been added to Craig’s 2011 tour, May 1st in Fort Worth, Texas.  Tickets go on sale February 26th.  We’ve added details to our Live Concert Tour page.

Tuesday marks the 1st anniversary of the Robot Skeleton Army.  On February 8th, Craig joined Twitter and invited fans to follow his account @CraigyFerg.  More than a half million people have already.  The RSA’s @lafemmechiquita suggests using the hashtag #HappyTwitterversaryCraig.  We’ve also seen the shorter #1Year RSA on our stream.  We hope all roboskellies can watch Tuesday’s show to celebrate!

Craig is Conan O’Brien‘s guest on Tuesday.  Before the show, Twitter user @katlenhart, who works at Conan’s show tweeted: Apparently, Craig Ferguson is taping his show, and taking a helicopter from CBS to WB to tape our show on time. #WIN During the taping, Craig’s assistant, Rebecca Tucker twitpic’d a monitor in the studio during the interview: Tonight: Craig on Conan! http://twitpic.com/3xuhj1 And afterward, Craig tweeted:  Just taped guest segment on the lovely @ConanObrien show. Gosh he’s tall. He is like a giant @bridger_w. #latenightlove TeamCoco.com always posts video clips in case you miss the show on TBS.

The RSA’s @SexyCraigFerg, who is a master at finding Craig-related stuff on the interwebs, discovered a wonderful video clip of a ukulele version of the Late Late Show theme song.

Tuesday on the Late Late Show, actress Emily Blunt and Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney are Craig’s guests.  Then on Wednesday, comedian/actor/producer Carl Reiner returns to the show, and Craig cooks with chef Cat Cora.

The premiere of Craig Ferguson‘s new stand up comedy special Does This Need To Be Said is less than two weeks away.  The folks at EPIX posted a new promo for the show today, with interviews of fans recorded just after Craig’s Nashville shows.  If you don’t have EPIX on your cable or satellite service, you’ll be able to see the show when it premieres on Saturday, February 19th at 8pm ET on EpixHD.com.  You need to be a subscriber of the website to see it but they’re offering a special 14 day free trial *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* for Craig’s fans!

A word to the wise, LLS assistant producer Andrea Wayland recommends no email or Twitter questions about the baby if you hope to have them answered on the air:  My advice, no baby questions if you’d like to up your chances. That advice should be no surprise… Craig has said from the beginning he doesn’t plan to answer questions about the baby unless he feels like it.  Be respectful and it’ll go a long way.

Craig’s assistant Rebecca Tucker tweeted:  For those who asked, there is a reason for the delay in listing Craig’s standup dates on CBS website. Hold tight and they will be up soon That could mean some new dates are pending.  We’ll keep an eye on it for you.  In the meantime, you can always check out our listings, which have every date we’ve heard about so far.

A reminder:  Craig will appear as Conan O’Brien‘s guest on TBS on February 8th at 11pm ET.

As Rebecca Tucker wondered and @SexyCraigFerg confirmed, so too has @malinky2stoatir captured for all of us to enjoy: Craig’s brief but tasty appearance on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. Watch carefully or you might miss him.

Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson

The full episode of the battle for cupcake supremacy at the Grammy nominations concert will air a final time Saturday, February 19th at 4pm ET/PT.

The RSA’s General @malinky2stoatir also reminds us that February 8th is an important day in RSA history. That’s right… it was one year ago that our fearless leader called us to follow him on the tweety and assemble in the hollowed-out volcano. It hardly seems like an entire year has gone by but 1100+ tweets and more than half million followers later, @CraigyFerg is still going strong.

Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson

Monday on the Late Late Show, it’s Craig’s first day back after the birth of his son Liam.  Craig will answer tweets and emails with actor Dominic Monaghan, chat with actress Gabrielle Union and bring us a performance by comedian Kurt Metzger.  Tuesday, Craig welcomes actress Emily Blunt and Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney.

Monday will be Craig Ferguson‘s first day back to work after the birth of his new son, Liam James. We suspect our fearless leader may be a little tired and might have a parenting joke or two in the monologue.  At the end of the week, he’ll head to Oklahoma for his first stand up comedy performance of year on Saturday and fly right back to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards on Sunday.  We’re crossing our fingers for a big win on Sunday night!

Back in 2009 when Craig was promoting his autobiography, he was profiled by the New York Times, which asked him about his youth in Scotland and when he was chosen to host the Late Late Show.

The title of Craig’s new stand up comedy special premiering February 19th and EPIX and EpixHD.com is Does This Need To Be Said.  In this interview clip, you’ll see why:

Video courtesy: EpixHD

Do you have your Secretariat ring tone yet?  It’s #9 on this list.  (Shh!)

Gabrielle Union Photo by: Andrew Macpherson/ CORBIS OUTLINE

It’s another week of all-new episodes of the Late Late Show… Craig’s first week back since the birth of his son Liam.  On Monday, Craig will read some emails with actor Dominic Monaghan, chat with actress Gabrielle Union and bring us a performance by comedian Kurt Metzger who was bumped from last week.  On Tuesday, Craig’s guests are actress Emily Blunt and Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney.  Although she studies ancient Egypt, she may have some insight on the current situation there.  Wednesday, legendary comic actor/producer Carl Reiner is on the show and Craig cooks with Chef Cat Cora.  Actress Jennifer Beals is Craig’s guest on Thursday.  And on Friday, watch for actor Jason Biggs and science writer Jennifer Ouellette.

Craig Ferguson’s autobiography American On Purpose is still selling well, more than a year after its release.  It’s ranked #14 by Amazon.com in its category, Biographies & Memoirs/Arts & Literature/Television Performers (#88 among all Entertainer biographies).  The audio edition is also selling in advance of next Sunday’s Grammy Awards, for which Craig has been nominated in the spoken word category.  Meanwhile, Craig’s novel Between the Bridge and the River is listed as #84 in the Entertainment/Humor/Self-Help & Psychology category.  It’s great to hear that Craig’s words are reaching so many people!

TVSquad.com liked Craig’s conversation with Matt LeBlanc Thursday about Rocky Mountain oysters:

Video courtesy: TVSquad.com

A blogger for NorthJersey.com recommends Craig’s autobiography, American On Purpose.

A columnist for 411mania.com spends just sentence on Craig’s conversation Tuesday with Dr. Cornel West but it’s a good sentence.

Saturday, February 5th is Constitution Day in Mexico and Weatherpersons Day.  Meteorologists have had a wild couple of weeks recently. Sunday, February 6th is the birth date of President Ronald Reagan, Babe Ruth and Bob Marley.  Having those three people in a room would have been quite interesting.  And it’s a great day for New Zealand because it’s Waitangi Day, which marks the signing of the document which founded of the country.  Say hello to one of the RSA’s Kiki ambassadors, @robtreacher to celebrate!