Finland Digs Craig After Craig Ferguson and his robot skeleton pal Geoff Peterson spent some time on Thursday’s show talking about Finland, it didn’t take long for Finland to notice. The RSA’s @MissGraoully spotted the story. We ran it through Google Translate and edited it to give you a sense of what they said: [stextbox id=”custom”]America’s favorite program talks about Finland The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson focused strongly on Finland Thursday. On Thursday, the unifying theme of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson was Finland. Seen on the network CBS, the program focused heavily on Finland around the country’s Independence Day. In the first half of the program, presenter Craig Ferguson congratulated the Finnish, who had reached the top position as the world’s least corrupt country. After a while, he mentioned that Finland was a very neutral compared to many neighboring countries. Geoff Peterson the robot skeleton talks about the Finnish identity on a number of topics, including the world-famous Angry Birds game. During the show, the Finnish flag popped up on the screen several times. The program host had a playful little theory about Finland’s lack of corruption, saying it was due to the cold weather. “I was in Finland, and it’s really cold,” he joked. He added that people are not able to take their hands out of their pockets because of the cold weather. As a result, people are not able to accept bribes. The host also tried to imitate the Finnish accent. He went on to say that Finland is a great country. He mentioned that the coldest section is located in the north, and it is called Lapland. It’s so cold there that people traditionally massage each other’s thighs to keep each other warm, which resulted in the invention of the lap dance, he explained jokingly. He later said that’s not true but if it were true, wouldn’t it have been great? The program can be found on YouTube. The Late Late Night Show with Craig Ferguson has been running since 2005. It won the prestigious Peabody Award in 2010.[/stextbox] Toby Keith Honored Frequent Late Late Show guest Toby Keith was named one of Country Music Television’s Artists of the Year announced on Saturday night. As CMT explains on its website, as Toby was being presented with his award, he saw a special recorded message from Craig, which you can see about 12 minutes into this video clip.
Canadian Mention The RSA’s Sarah tells us: [stextbox id=”custom”]Thought you might like to know that anchors Jennifer Hedger and Darren Dutchyshen name-checked “The Late Late Show” on the 11:30 p.m. ET edition of “SportsCentre” on TSN in Canada Friday night December 8. Discussing the ongoing NHL lockout, Hedger threw to a frustrated tweet from a player, saying “For all you Craig Ferguson fans out there, it’s ‘Time to check the Tweets'”, followed by Dutchyshen adding “I’ll be Geoff” (Hedger clarified “Geoff Peterson”). After the angry tweet was read, Dutchyshen then followed with his version of Geoff’s George Takei-like “Oh My!.” It was random and great![/stextbox] Sugar Daddy The RSA’s @keepintouch0 put together a video montage with the complete lyrics to “Sugar Daddy,” as performed by Craig and Richie Sambora on Friday’s show. Video courtesy: keepintouch0 Tonight’s Guests It’s another week of all-new episodes of the Late Late Show, beginning Monday with actress Kristen Stewart, author Sloane Crosley and ventriloquist Terry Fator. On Tuesday, Craig chats with actress Betty White and actress Morena Baccarin plus we’ll see a performance by comedian Dylan Moran. On Wednesday, watch for actor Chris O’Dowd and actress Beth Behrs. TV host Howie Mandel and actress Olivia Williams are in the studio on Thursday. And on Friday, Craig welcomes actor Bradley Cooper and chef Wolfgang Puck.

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