Ferguson’s War Mash-Up
Craig Ferguson has become a vocal fan of the British drama series Foyle’s War, seen on PBS stations in the U.S. and available on digital streaming services. For fun, @NewLeafInteract wondered what it would be like to have Craig in the title role and came up with some mash-up cover art for a would-be DVD. Even though it’s not real, it’s fun to imagine Craig in a role like that. Thanks to the RSA’s @cozyhobo for letting us know about it!

Josh Interviewed
The man behind robot skeleton sidekick Geoff Peterson, actor Josh Robert Thompson, was recently interviewed on a new podcast from CineSnob.net. In the 80-minute interview, Josh goes in-depth about his work as an impressionist, the joys and challenges of improvising on The Late Late Show each night and much more.

Frivolous Lawsuits
In this monologue from 2006, talks about frivolous lawsuits.

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Craig as a Game Character
In our most recent post, we told you about a tumblr post featuring a Minecraft-style version of the set of The Late Late Show. Now, the folks behind a new smartphone app called “Family House” have offered a video game-style image of Craig Ferguson. Players of the game are able to create likenesses of themselves, friends or family while building a dream home. To demonstrate how you can make custom characters, the game’s makers tweeted:

Made-in-Scotland from pixels: Dundee in-game version of top Scot @CraigyFerg! #FamilyHouse http://bit.ly/1pr6DGX pic.twitter.com/dRmHqSI90C

Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for the link!

Leno Urged CF to Stay
In a new interview with Chicago’s WLS-AM radio, comedian Jay Leno talks about retiring from The Tonight Show and mentions that he had urged Craig to stay on the LLS. The entire interview is interesting, and the bit about Craig comes near the end at around 12 minutes in.

Silent Movies
In this monologue from 2005, talks about silent movies and art.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Name Game Casting
Casting for the premiere season of Celebrity Name Game with host Craig Ferguson is under way in Los Angeles this week. The website BuzzerBlog.com, which focuses on the game show industry, directs interested folks to an ad on Craiglist, which makes us chuckle. Auditions are open through this Friday. There is still no word when tickets will be made available for audience members. We’ll keep you posted.

CraigCraft
The RSA’s @NancyInTampa spotted a post from tumblr user ellenchanglx which features some video-game style images of the set of The Late Late Show. They look great to us! Since we’re in the hollowed-out volcano, our only advice would be to watch out for cave spiders.

Josh’s New Project
Josh has tweeted a hint or two about a new project coming up in the fall, including a photo with some new friends. We’ll be watching for more news from him.


New Who Preview
Over the holiday weekend, the BBC posted a very brief trailer for the new series of Doctor Who with the new doctor, Peter Capaldi. It has received more than two and a half million views in a matter of a few days, so excitement is running high. Enjoy!

Video courtesy: YouTube

Epic Moments
The cable network VH1 has assembled what it calls the Most Epic Moments from Late-Night TV, and Craig Ferguson made the list. After spending a week in Paris, Craig invited the dancers from the Moulin Rouge to stop by The Late Late Show if they were ever in Los Angeles, and they did. The result was an unforgettable opening segment.

Capaldi’s Break
In an article in the UK’s Daily Record, film director Bill Forsyth recalls giving actor Peter Capaldi his big break, and mentions how Capaldi’s Dreamboys bandmate Craig Ferguson has done all right for himself as well. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for spotting the article.

Ancient Rome
In this monologue from 2005, Craig takes us back to Ancient Rome.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

June Approaches
As May gives way to June, Craig Ferguson and company have lined up a stellar slate of guests on The Late Late Show. For the past two months, the show has been taping extra guests, stockpiling them to allow the crew to get some summer vacation time. We’ll see fresh new shows for the next few weeks, and there will be planned breaks from taping in mid-June and early July. Among the guests this week will be Betty White, American Ferrera, Jane Lynch and Craig’s old show business pal Hugh Laurie. You can see the full listings on our Guests page any time.

Food Discovery
Craig’s talented sister Lynn Ferguson recently wrote about how her six year-old son made an important discovery about food.

Paranormal Scotland
Scotland is about to host its first-ever paranormal festival, thanks in part to a sponsorship boost from American actor Dan Aykroyd. The Herald Scotland newspaper reports the Ghostbusters star is helping to back the event in Stirling on the weekend of Halloween. Thanks to the RSA’s @HoboRobot who spotted the story.

Secret Societies
In this monologue from 2006, Craig talks about secret societies.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

HTTYD2 Music
As the premiere of the DreamWorks animated feature film How To Train Your Dragon 2, featuring the voice of Craig Ferguson, draws near, we’re seeing and hearing more about the movie every week. The website FilmMusicReporter.com has three tracks to enjoy, which appear to be from the ending of the film. As in the first film, composer John Powell brings HTTYD2 a lush score to provide a canvas for a big adventure. Powell received an Oscar nomination for the original movie.

‘Bridge’ Fan
As we enjoy the remaining months of nightly fun on The Late Late Show, fans continue to talk about how they have enjoyed watching Craig over the past decade, but also about Craig’s many other talents. A blogger who goes by the name FattyFanGirl talks about being moved by Craig’s novel, Between The Bridge And The River. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb for the link.

Snakes on a Plane
In this monologue from 2006, Craig rants about snakes on planes.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Short Holiday Break

With the Memorial Day holiday weekend upon us in the U.S., we’ll step away for a short break. We’ll return with our next post on Monday evening, ahead of another week of fresh, new episodes of The Late Late Show. You can see the complete listings on our Guests page. Until then, thank you as always for being great fans of Craig and loyal readers of our site. See you soon!

CNG Casting Begins
The syndicated daytime game show Celebrity Name Game hosted by Craig Ferguson will be coming to a local television station near you (in at least 90 percent of the country at last count) this fall. But in order to have episodes ready to go, taping will get under way this summer. So far, the folks who handle the audience for the show have not posted any taping dates, but we’ll keep an eye on it. In the meantime, the show’s producers are getting ready to choose some contestants to play along with celebrities and win prizes. One tweet popped up this week:

Casting new game show hosted by Craig Ferguson “Celebrity Name Game”. Email photo, contact number to [email protected]

Note: The original Tweet was in all upper case letters. We changed it here so it wouldn’t be quite so shouty. #netiquette  Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb and others for spotting the tweet. If you’re thinking about being in the audience, be ready to visit a new location: When the show begins taping, the set will not be at CBS Television City, but instead at the nearby CBS studios on Radford Avenue in Studio City, California. We’ll keep you posted.

A Multitalented Artist
Tuyen Tran is not only a talented hair stylist and makeup artist at The Late Late Show, she’s a visual artist as well. Josh Robert Thompson this week tweeted an image of one of Tuyen’s drawings, featuring some familiar faces:

“Portrait of Man and Robot” by make-up artist, hair stylist & #TLLS dancing girl extraordinaire, Tuyen Tran! pic.twitter.com/PG5OVPX2xq

Graduation Time
‘Tis the season for commencement exercises at universities across the country. Schools must choose who will address the new graduates to inspire them as they embark on their future lives. At George Washington University this past weekend, the administration invited Spanish American Chef José Andrés to be this year’s graduation speaker. Andrés opened his remarks by joking that he may not have been the University’s first choice, and proceeded to introduce a video taped piece, featuring several celebrities “turning down” invitations from the school’s president. Guess who was the first celebrity on the tape:

Video courtesy: discovergw

You can also see his full speech.