Promoting ‘Name Game’
As spring draws to a close and summer begins, anticipation is building for the fall launch of Celebrity Name Game, hosted by Craig Ferguson. The promotion group Promax is drawing attention to the show and the work already getting under way to promote the show. In a post this week, they explain how the show’s producers have been taping Craig interacting with people on the streets of Hollywood, giving them sample questions and ad-libbing to their reactions. The promos will be shown to stations carrying the show next month. As soon as we see them, we’ll include them here.

Leno to Win Twain Prize
Comedian Jay Leno will be recognized with one of the nation’s top awards for comedians, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, reports the Associated Press. The ceremony will be held in October and broadcast on November 23rd on the PBS station “in your region.”

Theme Restaurants
In this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig complains about theme restaurants.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Craig in Paint
We always enjoy sharing the work of talented artists who are fans of Craig Ferguson. This time, artist Rob Thrasher has painted an image of Craig that really seems to capture his personality. Great work!

Imahara On Stage
The Mythbusters Grant Imahara recent appeared on a stage at a pop culture convention in Australia called Supernova 2014. As the website capsulecomputers.com.au explains, Imahara talked about his career at Industrial Light and Magic, Mythbusters and building Geoff Peterson, the robot skeleton sidekick at The Late Late Show, and took questions from the audience.

Horse Racing
In this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig talks about horse racing.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Craig Takes Tokyo
Craig Ferguson is enjoying some time off in Japan this week, and is sending along photos of his trip. This week, he sent a picture of a foggy scene:

Fog in Tokyo. Godzilla weather. #scared pic.twitter.com/hYvHNV94mT

Twitter fan @burasiyimi responded with a tweet featuring the same scene with Godzilla:

@CraigyFerg pic.twitter.com/qQasqpH1mK

Craig responded with a tweet featuring a huge Transformer who looks capable of handling almost any situation:

Godzilla crisis averted thanks to this guy. #arigatogundam pic.twitter.com/KYlyF9sUgy

Backstage Auctions
A pair of charity auctions are offering a chance to go backstage at The Late Late Show. One auction, which benefits the Citizens of the World Charter School-Silver Lake, ends Thursday June 19th at 3pm ET, which includes a green room visit with LLS guest Joel Stein on Monday June 23rd. The other, which benefits the Western Los Angeles County Council, Boy Scouts of America, ends next Thursday, June 26th at 3pm ET, including a backstage visit on a future date. Bid early to avoid disappointment! Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for spotting the auctions.

Keith Richards Zombies
In this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig considers the possibility of armies of Keith Richards zombies roaming around.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

New York Memories
Back in 2012, fans of Craig Ferguson from all over the world gathered in New York City for one of our fearless leader’s stand up comedy performances, as well as an appearance at the Paley Center for Media. Among them was the RSA’s @bgrhubarb, who put together a fantastic account of her adventure. When posting the link to that post on Twitter this week, she sheepishly admitted that it is being published a couple of years late, but we’re happy to see it. Meanwhile, she has been in Los Angeles this month to see some tapings of The Late Late Show in person. And with any luck, she’ll write it before 2016, right Sticky?

Lessons Learned
The RSA’s Rebecka has complied a list of lessons learned from Craig. We’ve tried to learn those lessons and many more. If you have too, please send us a link to your blog or website and we’d be happy to share it with the rest of the robot skeleton army.

Soap Flakes
In this sketch from the early days of the LLS, Craig confronts his soap opera nemesis, Daniel McVicar. The actor enjoyed the bit so much, he included the video on his website.

Video courtesy: Monke96ify

Vacation Oriented
Our fearless leader Craig Ferguson is on vacation this week. Episodes of The Late Late Show this week are all new and were taped earlier in the month. Craig tweeted from Japan early on Monday morning U.S. time:

Selfie in undisclosed location. #clueitstokyo pic.twitter.com/LnDn5RkKLK

We hope he’ll send along more photos as the week goes on.

Dragon Love
With How To Train Your Dragon 2 opening in wide release over the week, reviews are pouring in and they are great! Check out these assessments from The Los Angeles Times, DenOfGeek.us and a summary by MTV of several more.

Dueling Connerys
Among the many interviews about HTTYD2, we couldn’t pass up this one, featuring Craig and Gerry Butler showing off their Sean Connery impressions.

Video courtesy: AndrewFreund

Ferguson Flashback
Fifteen years ago, Craig Ferguson and his sister Lynn were the subjects of a profile in the Herald Scotland newspaper’s Sunday magazine. The in-depth article features a lot of interplay between Craig and Lynn, and talks more about Craig’s past than his new “Hollywood” life, working on The Drew Carey Show at the time. Writer Billy Adams has reposted the article on his own website and the RSA’s @RaniVermonty found it. Thanks for sending it our way!

Craig on Stage
Back in 2010, blogger ThatDanGuy attended one of Craig’s stand up comedy shows and wrote a great review, praising his work on the LLS as well as on stage. Thanks to the RSA’s @cozyhobo for the link!

Valentine’s Day
In this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig talks about Valentine’s Day.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Sweden Map
Once again, the geography department at The Late Late Show was working overtime last week to come up with a new map, so Craig Ferguson could talk about Sweden’s independence day. Sweden, of course, is that country just north of Hasselhoffistan. We have to believe that ABBAstan is a hip, happening place.

Craig at Length
Back in 2012, around the time Craig & Company took the LLS to Scotland for a week, the website TVWorthWatching.com published an article by one of the country’s most insightful television critics, David Bianculli. He sat down with our fearless leader for a long, detailed interview. They talked about the Scotland trip but about many other things as well. We’ve posted it once before, and it’s one of our favorites.

Emotion in HTTYD2
The movie website RottenTomatoes.com interviewed Craig and Gerry Butler about the emotion in HTTYD2.

Video courtesy: RottenTomatoes