HTTYD2 on DVD
The DreamWorks animated feature film How To Train Your Dragon 2, featuring the voice talents of Craig Ferguson, is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray, just in time for the holidays. As Broadway World reports, there are plenty of DVD extras, including an additional adventure featuring the original voice cast, deleted scenes, and an hour-long documentary about the making of the film, shot and created by the film’s writer and director Dean DeBlois.

Viewer’s Voice
Craig won Channel Guide Magazine‘s Viewer’s Voice Award in the “Best Person to Keep You Up at Night” category, in a landslide, taking 72 percent of the vote.

Good Irish Lass
Aisha Tyler gives the best clue possible on Celebrity Name Game, but a “good Irish lass” contestant can’t say the word.

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Who’s That at the Door?
As Craig Ferguson wraps up his run on The Late Late Show in December, he’ll take with him one of the show’s familiar characters, Secretariat, the show’s resident horse (not a real horse). Like the familiar horses from British pantomime theater tradition, he provides comic relief to what is an already funny show. Af first, he mostly danced when summoned by the doorbell, but in recent years he has reacted to Craig, sniffed out guests in the show’s opening segment, interacted with Geoff Peterson (whose operator Josh Robert Thompson provides the horse’s voice in the guise of Morgan Freeman), and more. As with many LLS traditions, there were a few party poopers on Twitter who started to complain about the horse, which prompted Craig to make sure Secretariat appeared on every show. Longtime fan @JuliejStewart has written a great piece about our favorite horse, and why she’ll miss him. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for the link!

Robot Shop Talk
Josh has struck up a Twitter conversation with Bill Corbett, who you may remember provided the voice of Crow in the final three seasons of the cult hit TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000.Josh tweeted:

Hey, @BillCorbett. I’ll show you my robot if you show me yours. #soontoberetiredrobotskeleton

And Corbett replied:

@joshrthompson Let me pre-welcome you to the retired robot guy community.

Names Under Pressure
Jerry Springer and Retta talk about the pressure when playing Celebrity Name Game.

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Keep On Voting
Remember, you can vote as many times as you like for Craig Ferguson to become the People’s Choice for Favorite Late-Night Talk Show Host. Craig is wrapping up his final two months on The Late Late Show, and this is his first chance for a win in the category. Craig is competing against Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel.Voting continues through December 4. The winner will be announced during the People’s Choice Awards ceremony on January 7th, live on CBS. Keep on voting!

Kimmel’s Convo
On Friday, Craig talked with ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel about hosting late-night talk shows and about moving on to other things. Both hosts agreed that it can be an enjoyable job. If you missed the conversation, GossipCop.com and other sites featured it over the weekend.

Those Meddling Kids
Craig questions whether a Celebrity Name Game contestant’s clue was entirely correct.

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Movies for Hospitalized Kids
The Lollipop Theater Network, which brings first-run films to long-term patients in children’s hospitals, is about a third of the way toward its fundraising goal. The charity, which has been a favorite for Craig Ferguson in Los Angeles, is trying to raise $200,000 to do its work. You can contribute by visiting the group’s CrowdRise funding page.

Friends on the Show
Celebrity Name Game Co-Executive Producer Courtney Cox says her daughter would probably do better at Friends-related trivia than she would. And as she tells Entertainment Tonight, her dream guest on the game show would be Jennifer Aniston.

Improving the Game
Contestant Sheryl Underwood makes some suggestions to improve Celebrity Name Game.

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Craig in Costume
Despite suggesting he might dress up as the Pokémon character Pikachu, Craig Ferguson yielded to his son’s request to celebrate Halloween as Robin, sidekick to the caped crusader Batman. As Craig revealed on The Late Late Show on Monday, he attended a Halloween party hosted by Joel McHale, and had a photo from event to prove it. Thanks to the RSA’s @CXGinBigD for getting a screen grab of the photo.

Animation Awards
Craig had a busy weekend, including serving as a presenter at the World Animation and Visual Effects Summit. He presented the Feature Producer of the Year Award to Bonnie Arnold of DreamWorks Animation, for her work on How To Train Your Dragon 2. @ASIFAHollywood got a great picture of Craig at the podium.

Pressure of the Game
Contestants Tom Arnold and Peter Facinelli discuss how the pressure gets to you on Celebrity Name Game.

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December Guests
As The Late Late Show winds toward wrapping up Craig Ferguson‘s time as host, the show has announced its planned guests for the month of December. On the list are some of the show’s most frequent guests, including Tim Meadows, Thomas Lennon, Betty White and Henry Winkler. Craig will also chat with Mila Kunis, Rashida Jones, Ariel Tweto, Kristen Bell, Steve Carell, Don Cheadle, Carrie Fisher, Jon Hamm, Lisa Kudrow, Jim Parsons, Michael Sheen and more. The show’s final guest will be Jay Leno.

There are a few shows around Thanksgiving for which guests have not yet been announced, but we’ll update them as soon as we hear more details. We expect the shows on Thanksgiving Day and following Friday will be encore presentations. From December 22-January 2, ten more reruns featuring Craig will be aired. A series of guest hosts will begin on January 5, and will continue until new permanent host James Corden takes over in March. You can see the most complete and up-to-date list on our Guests page.

Media Coverage
Media outlets quickly picked up the story as word spread about the show’s plans for December. The Hollywood Reporter and The Wrap were among the first, along with Deadline.com and Broadway World. Although Craig’s final shows are still weeks away, the early announcement was probably made now so the show can make make fresh news in the next few weeks about the slate of guest hosts for January and February.

What’s For Dinner?
Craig tries to think of a Mariah Carey song on Celebrity Name Game.

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Craig Therapy
Craig Ferguson will be one of the guest stars on this season of Showtime’s Web Therapy with Lisa Kudrow. The show airs on Wednesday nights. So far, we haven’t seen a specific date for Craig’s appearance but we’ll be sure to pass it along. He does turn up in a preview clip of the show’s new season. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for the link!

Talking About a Talk Show
Broadcasting and Cable, a trade publication, is the latest to speculate that Craig & Co. may be nearing a deal to produce a daily late afternoon/early evening talk show for Tribune starting in the fall of 2015. If it’s going to happen, an announcement will be coming soon, to give enough time for local stations to consider adding it to their fall schedule. We’ll continue to watch for developments.

A Skeleton Duet
In the spirit of Halloween this past week, the RSA’s Mishugana sent us a video clip of a duet with a skeleton that looks a little familiar.

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