Night at the Westbury
Craig Ferguson brought his stand up comedy show to the Atlantic City on Saturday night at the Trump Taj Mahal. Josh Robert Thompson opened the show, and will do the same on Sunday at the NYCB Theatre in Westbury, wrapping up a quick three-night east coast leg of the Hot and Grumpy Tour.
More Kind Words
The folks over at Acculturated.com give us their reasons why Craig is the best late-night talk show host.
One Fan’s Thoughts
The RSA’s Nikki used a poetic style to write some thoughts about Craig and what he has meant to her as a fan.
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A Late Late Discovery
This place is magical.
I’ve never been here, but I’ve been here every night.
It’s always the same: a huge stage with a desk and a podium on the left side
and a red curtain and a fake stable on the right side.
Every night a robot skeleton, a fake horse, and a man come in and add that spark.
They have the magic that makes me laugh,
informs me about things
I never would’ve thought of before,
and brings me closer to my mom and to myself.
When I was in high school we would tape the show every night,
and then Mom let me watch the monologue
while getting ready for school the next day.
It made getting ready early in the morning
so much easier,
and as we laughed and discussed the material,
we learned more about each other.
We understood each other on a new level.
I didn’t fit in during my early years of high school,
but watching the morning monologues, I knew that at least two people understood me:
my mom in my own home and the foreign man in LA.
Then I transferred to a new school,
and I got it.
I learned the biggest lesson:
You don’t have to fit in.
It’s OK to stand out.
People will like you better and more honestly
for being the person you really are
than they ever would if you were fake.
That’s what the self-described “creepy foreigner” was saying all along:
All you have to be is you.
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Thanks for sending us your poem, Nikki. As always, if you have a story you’d like to share with the rest of the robot skeleton army, send it using the Contact Us form on our website, or just tweet us a link to your own blog or website. We enjoy spreading the Craigy goodness!
Miami Vice
In this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig looks back at Miami Vice.
Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson
Comedian Dobie Maxwell has appeared on The Late Late Show and opened for Craig Ferguson at a live stand up show near Chicago a number of years ago. Upon hearing the news of Craig’s plan to leave the show, Maxwell wrote a blog post that caught the attention of several of Craig’s fans. He said some nice things, and after hearing some reaction, wrote a follow-up piece a few days later. To get the joke of the title, be sure to read all the way to the end. Thanks to the RSA’s @bgrhubarb and others for drawing our attention to both stories.
