Christmas Craig
You might remember earlier this fall when Craig Ferguson talked about shooting a CBS holiday promotional ad, featuring him destroying a gingerbread man and getting a black eye in the process. The promo has started to run, and CBS even posted an animation on its Tumblr page. It’s one of those four-second ads for the network that run between programs, so as the RSA’s @bgrhubarb says, “blink and you’ll miss it.” Watch for it during CBS daytime and prime time programming through the end of the year.

Party with Pickler
Occasional Late Late Show guest Kellie Pickler tweeted that she would appear on Wednesday night’s show to sing a seasonal song:

WATCH @LateLateShowCBS @CraigyFerg TONIGHT! I’m performing my new Christmas song! 😉 #UnderTheMistletoeWithGeoff pic.twitter.com/x5oH6kT1uB

If you’d rather not wait, check out her song here.

The Great Beyond
In this monologue from 2005, Craig ponders the afterlife.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

AdWeek Award
You voted for it and Craig Ferguson got it: The AdWeek Award for Hottest Late Night Host. Despite the folks at AdWeek picking another host as their choice, the voters put Craig on top. The magazine actually sent Craig a trophy, which he tweeted:

So Adweek sent me this. Thanks readers of Adweek. Does this mean I don’t get the Grammy? pic.twitter.com/1LqFchy7Lq

Regis Tweets
He’s outta control! Regis Philbin, who hosts a show on Fox Sports 1, is now on Twitter. He even sent his first selfie, featuring New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck.

Morgan Freeman GPS
Josh Robert Thompson‘s commercial spoof for a GPS system with the voice of Morgan Freeman shows how personalized your GPS should be.

Video courtesy: JoshRobertThompson

Things They Like
After Craig Ferguson launched a string of tweets last he called, “Things I Like,” one of the people who made his list, comedian/actor/producer Ricky Gervais decided to do the same thing. He tweeted:

Blatantly copying @CraigyFerg‘s example, I too am going to do some “Things I like awards 2013”. You may suggest categories if you like 🙂

He started with some nominations for best tweeter and could add more.

Digging Kraftwerk
The online music magazine Vanyaland.com is getting a kick of of Craig and Josh Robert Thompson doing holiday-themed sketches in the personas of Florian and Ralf from the band Kraftwerk.

Book Discussion
Back in 2009 as he was promoting his autobiography American On Purpose, Craig hosted a discussion on C-Span about current books. He starts the event by talking about his own book, then talks with more authors on the panel.

Video courtesy: The Film Archives

Craig’s Citizenship
As they discussed on the show and as we reported here, Geoff Peterson, operated by Josh Robert Thompson, recently made TV Guide’s list of great TV and movie robots. Earlier this month, Craig Ferguson made a TV Guide list as well, featuring the greatest talk show moments. He came in at number 55, for his 2008 quest to gain his American citizenship.

Chicago Shout-Out

Chicago radio personality Nick Digilio is a vocal fan of The Late Late Show, and last week, he had one of his emails to Craig read on the air. Craig and Josh even incorporated Nick as the drummer in the show’s unseen band. Dilgilio reacted on his radio show with audio clips.


Police Box Drone
Some fans of Doctor Who design HD camera-carrying drones at their day job, so what better way to have some fun on their time off than to design a flying TARDIS? It all seemed to go well until the very end, but it was a great start. Read more about the flight from the UK’s Western Gazette.

Video courtesy: Flyonix

Late-Night Shows

The Hollywood trade publication Variety had a feature article this week, talking about the growing proliferation of late-night shows. It starts with an observation from Craig Ferguson and moves into a pair of new shows trying to find their place after prime time.


Kraftwork in U.S.
As Craig mentioned on the show this week, the German band Kraftwork are still an active group and are touring. They will be in the United States in March, with a series of concerts in Los Angeles and Oakland.

A Cup of Cabbage
We rarely post a complete episode of The Late Late Show, but this one from 2009 was special. It starts with a special appearance by Cabbage the dog, plus a pair of unusual “Elevator Confessions” skits, the entertaining Dwight Yoakam and an appearance by Mary McCormack that marked the debut of Craig’s famous snake cup.

Video courtesy: Seb Reel

International Craig Fans
Craig Ferguson has fans all over the world. The Late Late Show is broadcast in the U.S., Canada and Australia, but due to the reach of the world wide web, his fans pop up all over. Some of the regular readers of this website are from places like Germany, Japan, Chile, Costa Rica, South Africa and many more. The RSA’s @bgrhubarb spotted a blog post from the Netherlands about the show. Here is the original in Dutch and the somewhat clunky Google Translate version, which at least gives you a basic understanding of what’s being said.

Walking Geoff

When two television worlds collide, this is what you can get: A great drawing from @AaronFelizmenio combining The Walking Dead and Geoff Peterson in a comic book cover design.

@CraigyFerg @joshrthompson Hey Craig and the gang! Look at what my friend made me draw! pic.twitter.com/RDAzsR0CQT

Craig’s Crazy Dogs
In this monologue from 2005, Craig wonders about his dogs.

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

HTTYD Books
A series of How To Train Your Dragon stories in audio book for, narrated by Scottish actor (and the tenth Doctor Who) David Tennant, are now on sale in the U.S., according to the Tennant News blog. Still to be released are How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale and the original How To Train Your Dragon book, also narrated by Tennant, which is due out in January in the U.S.

An Order of Lovato

When singer Demi Lovato appeared on The Late Late Show this week, the entertainment website cambio.com took notice. They enjoyed Craig and Demi’s conversation about their tattoos and the reasons behind them.



Craig and the Mob
In this monologue from 2006, Craig ponders the mafia, including the Scottish version he calls the “Scotia Nostra.”

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson