TARDIS Appears
Craig Ferguson is on vacation and was in Glasgow this week, where he tweeted a photo featuring one of the UK’s iconic blue police call boxes, recognizable to Doctor Who fans around the world as the Doctor’s preferred mode of transportation, the TARDIS. He tweeted:

In Glasgow. Bumped into an old friend in the Merchant City.

School Days
Glaswegian Twitterer @scottthorburn1 recently posted a photo featuring a familiar face in the back row.

@CraigyFerg recognise anyone in this picture?!?! Great teacher…and those are not hollow words.

Drew Carey Days
How about a publicity photo from Craig’s first season on the Drew Carey Show? Or perhaps a picture of Craig and his cat from this week? Both seem like they were only yesterday.

Unintelligible Accents
On Celebrity Name Game, Craig can sympathize, but he isn’t equipped to have guests left behind.

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

With Craig on vacation, Join or Die on hiatus and Celebrity Name Game in summer “encore presentation” mode, we’re going to take a short break ourselves and return after the Independence Day holiday weekend. Watch for our regular Wednesday post to return on July 6th. Of course, if any big Craig news breaks between now and then, we’ll be sure to pass it along. Thank you as always for being loyal readers and fun residents of the hollowed out volcano!

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Just Plane Fun
Craig Ferguson has been on a brief holiday, spending some time in Scotland this month. Since he’s enjoying his vacation time, he hasn’t been on Twitter very much, but did send out a thank you to radio host Peter Sagal for touting his autobiography, and tweeted a photo of himself standing in front of a vintage biplane.

Sorry I haven’t tweeted in a while. I’m in Scotland experiencing airplane envy.

The Scottish Sun newspaper couldn’t resist writing a story including the supposed value of his house in Scotland (which they include in every story about him for no reason whatsoever), and making note of his tweet. They also included a previous tweet he sent as a shout out to Glasgow.

Meanwhile in Aberdeen
Several skellies took note that the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, recipients of a gift from Craig and his family to improve their critical care unit, have been working on other projects as well. The hospital is remodeling its front entrance and reception area to reflect its mission as a place for children to heal. Aberdeen’s Press and Journal newspaper covered the story. The project was supported by the hospital’s fundraising arm, the Archie Foundation.

Lynn In NYC
Craig’s talented sister Lynn Ferguson will be in New York on Wednesday, June 15th to take part in a storytelling event for The Moth. She’ll be at a venue called the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. She has appeared on the public radio broadcast of The Moth several times. She tweeted:

New York I am coming to get you. Ready to get all snuggled in with my peeps at @TheMoth

Nine Is Good
Pro tip: If there is a tricky clue in the final round of Celebrity Name Game sometimes it pays for the first contestant to pass, to give the second contestant plenty of time to help the celebrities guess it. Case in point:

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

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‘Join Or Die’ Returns
Craig Ferguson has been enjoying a short break from his two television shows before jumping back into the fray. Celebrity Name Game continues in encore presentations and Join Or Die is back the History Channel this week, with back-to-back episodes on history’s biggest fraud, and history’s biggest badass. Meanwhile, they’ve tallied up the donations from Red Nose Day and they’re talking about all the good things those donations can do for children and families in the US and around the world. If you’d like to donate, you still can.

Nerdist Invades UK
Chris Hardwick, host of the Comedy Central show @Midnight says the show will now be available in the UK, starting June 14. The news comes not long after Craig’s Join Or Die was added to the History Channel UK schedule, giving British viewers more late-night options on the box.

Scottish Twitter
Scottish people aren’t just funny on television. Turn them loose on Twitter and they’re hilarious. If you’re up for a good laugh, check out these tweets. It helps if you read them in a thick Glasgow accent. Note: Strong language, with no “tutsi-fruitsi” flags.

Corden on Colbert
The late-night television world is coming together in New York this week. Late Late Show host James Corden appeared on Stephen Colbert‘s Late Show on Monday, and he’ll be on Late Night with Seth Meyers, his direct competitor, this week as well. Corden is promoting his upcoming appearance as host of the Tony Awards, Sunday, June 12th on CBS. It will be the first time Corden, a Tony winner himself, has hosted the show. Here is his appearance on Colbert’s show, in two clips:

Video courtesy: The Late Show

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Red Nose Day Raises Millions
Red Nose Day 2016 with host Craig Ferguson was a smashing success, raising nearly 32 million dollars for children and families in need in the US and around the world. The broadcast, now in just it’s second year in the US, topped last year’s total of 23 million dollars, and drew support from hundreds of celebrities on both sides of the Atlantic. The trade publication Variety reported on the event, as did Digital Spy, the Daily Mail and many other outlets. Organizer Emma Freud wrote in the Telegraph about the experience, and Broadcasting & Cable talked about how viewers had nice things to say about Craig. You can see highlights of the show thanks to Entertainment Tonight, and NBC posted the show on its website. If you’d still like to contribute, you can donate $10 by texting the word GIVE to 80077.

Summer Break
Craig is getting a much-deserved break as the summer gets under way. Celebrity Name Game will be running encore presentations through the summer with new episodes scheduled to begin in the fall. Meanwhile, new episodes of Join Or Die are on hold for a few weeks as the History Channel airs its remake of the television series Roots. They’ll be running the show in prime time and repeating each episode in other time periods, including Join Or Die‘s regular Thursday 11pm time slot. There are still some new episodes to come, and as the RSA’s @bgrhubarb spotted in an article featuring an interview on Deadline.com with the CEO of the channel’s parent company, History may be planning some episodes to coincide with the big political conventions this summer. Stay tuned.

Forward to Toronto
Comedian Mark Forward, who opened for many of Craig’s stand up shows on the Hot and Grumpy Tour will be appearing at the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Toronto, September 22nd through October 1st.

Going For The Win
Feel like seeing an exciting win on Celebrity Name Game? We thought so.

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

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Red Nose Day Thursday
Be sure to join host Craig Ferguson for the US version of Red Nose Day on Thursday, May 26th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on NBC. Craig will be joined by dozens of celebrities to help raise money for children and families in need in the US and around the world.

Want to help? You can buy a red nose at Walgreens stores, or simply by retweeting this tweet from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has pledged $10 for every retweet. The donation has already climbed to more than one and half million dollars.

Behind The Scenes
Craig spent the weekend pre-taping segments for the show, including one featuring none other than Jay Leno. Craig tweeted a photo:

Filming bedroom scene the world has wanted for years. It’ll be on @RedNoseDayUS on @nbc on Thursday. *porn music*

Stylist Okera Banks posted a photo on her Instagram account from the dressing room, with Craig, Jay, a familiar face: hair stylist Tuyen Tran and LA makeup artist Alison Gladieux.  Tran has worked with Craig on The Late Late Show, Celebrity Name Game and Join Or Die.

Tons of laughs with @craigyferg #JayLeno #rednoseday2016

Fun On The Tweety
Twitter user @repd1975 recently tweeted:

Not sure if @CraigyFerg should slick his hair back like that…

Active on Twitter this week, Craig replied within minutes:

I hear ya but it kept it out of my face shooting @CelebNameGame. Am going full hobo now. Kinda “dumpster-Rachel”

Another Twitter user, @lillybillyan, asked Craig for some help:

I give you the privilege of naming my kitten @CraigyFerg

Craig answered:

Dracula

About Red Nose Day
For more on Red Nose Day, take a look at this promotional video, and give generously.

Video courtesy: RedNoseDayUS

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Red Nose Day Approaching
For just the second time, the United States will host its own version of Red Nose Day on Thursday, May 26, to raise money for children and families in need. Originally started in 1980s to provide aid in response to famine in Africa, the mission of the event has grown to provide help for poor and disadvantaged people around the world. The UK version of Red Nose Day and a companion telethon called Sport Relief have raised more than one and half billion dollars over 30 years. The US version has helped families in all 50 states and 15 countries. Bringing the event to the US has been championed by actress Emma Freud, a British actress living in the United States and longtime friend of Craig Ferguson, this year’s US TV host. She recently wrote a piece in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, talking about the show and its goals.

NBC Passes on ‘Crunch Time’
Back in April, Craig shot the pilot for a sitcom called Crunch Time (listed on some websites as Time Crunch), in which he plays a rowdy game show host. The show was one of 15 comedies NBC was reviewing this spring as a possible new half-hour show, but when the network officially announced its fall lineup this week, it decided not to pick up the show as a series. Competition was tough, because NBC renewed many of its existing programs, leaving a small window for new shows. They added five dramas and five comedies, some of which won’t start until mid-season, after The Voice and Sunday Night Football wrap up. The website ComingSoon.net has a good summary of the new dramas, comedies and specials NBC is planning for the coming year. The decision may be a blessing in disguise for Craig, who is pretty busy at the moment, hosting two television shows, as well as working on several future projects and his ongoing stand up comedy tour. As always, we’ll keep you up to date as new projects are announced.

Craig Congratulates ‘The Chew’
The RSA’s @bgrhubarb was scanning the interwebs for Craig-related goodies, and found a clip of our fearless leader, congratulating the team at ABC’s The Chew for reaching its 1000th episode. He has made a few appearances on the show, and is the third celebrity guest in the clip. Naturally, he makes it funny!

Speaking Tarzan’s Language
On this clip from Celebrity Name Game, Craig furnishes us with a bit of movie history. Or not:

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

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Craig on ‘The Talk’
Craig Ferguson appeared on the CBS daytime show The Talk on Monday, and complemented hosts Sheryl Underwood and Julie Chen for being good game show contestants on Celebrity Name Game. The pair will appear on Name Game on Friday of this week. Check your local listings for the time and channel “in your region.”

Being a Contestant
So what is it like being a contestant on Celebrity Name Game? Blogger and Twitter user @luvbabyb had a chance to compete on the show, and her episode recently aired (here is a clip), freeing her to talk about it. She wrote extensively about her experience on the show, with some great details about how things happen backstage.

Emmy Ceremony
The Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was not telecast this year, or even streamed live on the web, but it was recorded. When Craig was announced as Outstanding Game Show Host for the second consecutive year, Celebrity Name Game Executive Producer Scott St. John accepted the award on his behalf. You can see the clip here, starting at the 25:29 mark.

Favorite Films
Craig continues to make movie suggestions for the Tribeca Shortlist website. His latest film suggestions include Run Lola Run, Basquiat, Trainspotting, Doctor Strangelove and Sling Blade. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for this tip and more this week.

Full Dad Mode
Craig contends with a young contestant on Celebrity Name Game:

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

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