Carey to Guest Host LLS
On Monday, Craig Ferguson served as guest host of The Price Is Right, in an episode of the game show to be aired on April 1st. In exchange, we learned today that Drew Carey will host an episode of The Late Late Show while Craig is touring in Canada. The episode is scheduled to be taped on the afternoon of March 21st and will be broadcast that night. There’s no immediate word on who Drew’s guests will be, but we can be sure it’ll be a fun show. The guest list has been updated through February 25th, including Kevin Costner, previously bumped comedian Tony Deyo, restaurateur Lisa Vanderpump (after all of Craig’s jokes about her name, that should be interesting), show favorites Zooey Deschanel, Sharon Osbourne and more. You can see the most up-to-date listings on our Guests page any time.

Pilot Completed
Josh Robert Thompson says the pilot episode of his improvisational television show WJRT TV has been completed, with the help and support of fans who contributed to a kickstarter campaign. Josh will be shopping the show around, and has said they have enough material for five or six shows. We’ll keep you posted on the show’s progress.

Happy to announce the WJRT TV Pilot is finished! Thanks so much to the cast, crew and Kickstarter supporters. pic.twitter.com/j4qGS2lSOI

Before ‘Who’
In this interview from 2009, Craig chats with his old bandmate Peter Capaldi, whose suit looks rather prescient, now that we’ve seen the Scottish actor’s new outfit on Doctor Who.

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LLS Hires ‘Tonight’ Co-Producer
The Late Late Show is taking advantage of The Tonight Show moving to New York by hiring a key behind-the-scenes person. PRNewswire reports Michael Alexander is joining the LLS, after working at Tonight since 1992, the year Jay Leno debuted as host. The move reunites Alexander with LLS Executive Producer Peter Lassally, who was executive producer at Tonight for many years. Alexander confirmed the move on his Facebook page.

Paging Dr. House
USA Today is reporting that a German patient was treated after his doctors used clues from an episode of Fox television’s House to make a diagnosis. His symptoms matched those of a fictional patient in the show’s seventh season, and the cause turned out to be the same. The doctors wrote about their experience for a medical journal.

Celebrity Breakup
In this monologue from 2006, Craig laments the end of “Vaughnistan.”

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Mug Part Deux
When it comes to snake mugs, our fearless leader Craig Ferguson has more than one snake up his sleeve. As we reported earlier, Craig’s snake mug from the Albuquerque Rattlesnake Museum was accidentally broken on Wednesday night’s show. But it appears they had at least one identical “stunt mug” in storage to take its place. And there may be even more. At one point, one of the mugs had a broken fang, and rather than having a gold fang glued on, it may have been replaced with a different mug altogether. Some mugs have the “censored” sign on the bottom and some don’t. We aren’t sure how many of the original-style mugs remain, or if the one that was broken was the “original,” but just as the fireplace on the set gets magically repaired every time Craig throws a log through it, snake mugs can apparently appear and vanish at will. The Late Late Show props team is ready for anything!

Gift Keeps On Giving

When Jay Leno officially retired from The Tonight Show on Thursday, Craig sent him an appropriate going-away present. As E! Online reports, Craig gave the one thing a car lover like Leno would truly appreciate: A car! Specifically, it was the old Ford Bronco Craig bought from Danny Bonaduce several years ago.


Reinventing Late Night
The website Bustle.com has a thoughtful article offering Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyer some advice as they take over their new shows later this month: Follow Craig Ferguson’s example. We couldn’t agree more.

American Cars
In this monologue from 2005, Craig talks about driving and American cars, including his Bronco.

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HTTYD Posters
With a planned release date of June 13, new posters are beginning to surface for the DreamWorks animated feature film How To Train York Dragon 2, featuring the voice of Craig Ferguson. As reported by RedCarpetCrash.com and DigitalSpy.com, the posters are focusing on some of the characters who will appear in the new adventure.

More Morse, Less Lady Mary
Has Craig pulled the plug on Downton Abbey for good? Last week, he tweeted in favor of the drama Endeavour:

Just discovered Endeavour, the Inspector Morse prequel on @netflix. It is now my favorite TV show. Outstanding UK actors. So long Downton.

K. Fed and Paris Hilton
In this monologue from 2006, Craig talks about Paris Hilton’s album and Kevin Federline.

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Discovery Late-Night Show
Along with hosting The Late Late Show, writing screenplays and novels, hosting a new game show, performing stand up comedy across the country and much more, Craig Ferguson also has a production company which has several projects in the works. One of them is a late-night show coming to the Discovery Channel, called Discovery After Dark. Modeled after the successful Shark After Dark, which recapped each evenings prime-time programs during “Shark Week” last August, the new show will recap the network’s hit show Naked and Afraid, interviewing contestants, along with celebrity guests and other surprises. Discovery After Dark will be hosted by Joe Bareta, and will feature Bob (the shark) Oschack, who has been a longtime writer with the LLS. It will debut on March 16th, following the season premiere of Naked and Afraid, reports CapitalNewYork.com.

Small Town Girl Series
Earlier this month, we reported that Craig’s mother-in-law Linda Cunningham has a romance novel being published soon. Based on the marketing material from her publisher, it appeared to be her second novel, A Corporate Affair. But that book is already available online from several outlets, and it now seems that the third book in her “Small Town Girl” series is the one expected to arrive soon, entitled Keeping the Peace. We’ll continue to watch for word on its release date.

Nice Ring
In this 2004 clip from one of Craig’s audition shows for the LLS, he proposes to Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima.

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Snake Mug Disaster
Perhaps it was inevitable. In the frenetic world of The Late Late Show studio where interns in horse costumes roam free, makeup and hair stylists dance and guests appear on roller skates, how long could a ceramic mug last? After nearly five years of service, Craig Ferguson‘s mug from the Albuquerque Rattlesnake Museum, a gift from guest Mary McCormack, is no more, after being bumped from Geoff Peterson‘s podium on Wednesday night’s show by the robot skeleton’s remote-controlled, flailing left arm. As the RSA’s @bgrhubarb has researched, there are stand-in mugs that have appeared from time to time on the show, so the snake mug tradition may continue. The original had naughty bits drawn on the bottom (covered by a “censored” sign) and a gold tooth after it was chipped. The newer models available in the CBS gift shop are slightly different and a bit smaller. Stay tuned for more from Craig about the future of snake cups on the show. In the episode when Mary brought the mug for Craig, he ceremoniously destroyed his previous mug.

Leno Departs
Thursday night marks the final episode of The Tonight Show to be hosted by Jay Leno. The Los Angeles Times reports on his departure, the show’s return to New York and the comic’s future.

Thursday Night Football

CBS has been awarded a contract to carry eight Thursday night NFL football games in the fall, which could push The Late Late Show even later on those nights, due to the unpredictable length of games. We’ll keep you posted on nights when the show could be delayed.


Not Tom Cruise
In this opening segment from a few years ago, a dude in the audience who looks remarkably like Tom Cruise catches Craig’s attention. He’s just a bit too tall.

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Craig’s Paley Talks

As the RSA’s @JBrianCoyle reminded us, you can now get a DVD or download featuring Craig Ferguson‘s appearances at the Paley Center for Media in New York and Los Angeles. Both recordings are sold together, showing Craig in conversation about his career, The Late Late Show and more. They’re available from Amazon Instant Video and on DVD.


Small Town Girl
Craig’s mother-in-law Linda Cunningham‘s newest romance novel in her “Small Town Girl” series called A Corporate Affair is due to be released on March 12th.

Sly’s Birthday
In this monologue from 2006, Craig wonders about Planet Hollywood, Sylvester Stallone and the 6th of June.

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