Update: All Quiet So Far Tuesday
We’ve been keeping our eyes peeled on the interwebs and our legion of spies in and around Paris have been searching high and low but so far, there have been no sightings of Craig Ferguson taping anything for a show in the past 24 hours. Although he had said he would tweet about when and where audiences could see him in action, Craig has not tweeted since Sunday afternoon in Russia and the rest of his team seems to be maintaining radio silence as well. We are still assuming that because of the short time frame and the cost of keeping a video crew on call, there must be at least some taping going on… perhaps of opening segments, comedy sketches and maybe even some interviews… but there have been no calls for audiences as yet. We’ve heard a few hints about possible guests, including the one Craig mentioned on the show last week, French actor Jean Reno. There is also British comedian and writer Charlie Higson, who recently exchanged tweets with Craig about getting booked on the show and who tweeted on Tuesday:
Popped over to Paris for lunch. Very civilised. Slightly pissed.
Could that lunch have included an interview with his old friend and writing partner Craig Ferguson? We may have to wait until August to know for sure. Finally, the RSA’s @ericphilippona tells us the French comedian Olivier Giraud has said on his Facebook page that he will be a guest later this week. As always, if you see Craig or hear about what’s happening in Paris, please tweet us and we’ll pass it along!  Bonsoir!
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City of Lights Welcomes CraigCraig Ferguson is in Paris to tape a week of episodes of the Late Late Show, renamed appropriately, Le Late Late Show avec Craig Ferguson. We still have not seen a list of guests, apart from those Craig has mentioned so far: French actor Jean Reno and Craig’s two sidekicks for the trip, Kristen Bell and Geoff Petersen. Craig is expected to tweet the location of tapings and ask a “flash mob” of fans to join him and create an instant audience. As of late Monday evening, we have seen no tweets from Craig… so it is possible that there were no audience-related segments taped on Monday. There are sure to be some comedy segments and other elements where an audience is not required, so the crew may well be working under the radar. We’ll continue to watch for any news of tapings and locations. In the meantime, things seem to be going well. Craig’s assistant Rebecca Tucker tweeted:
Friends in France are treating us very, very well. I think I could get used to this.
Craig on Arthur’s Show
One of the possible reasons we haven’t heard of any LLS tapings so far is that Craig was busy Monday afternoon in Paris, appearing as a guest on Jaques “Arthur” Essbag‘s talk show. One of our readers posted a picture from the set in our comments section and there are more pictures here and here. We’re hoping to hear more from them about their experience. Arthur’s show is off the air for the summer but is due to resume in September, so the segment will be held until then. Because Arthur’s people have been diligent in keeping his show off of YouTube, it may be difficult for skellies outside of France to see the show but we’ll keep our eyes peeled.
French Media Coverage
Craig’s appearance on Arthur’s show was not widely known but French websites have been talking about Craig’s visit to Paris since January. On the site Premiere.fr, in the original article and the awful Google translation, they talk about how Craig will be in the city this week and that it would create another opportunity to meet with Arthur. And on PurePeople.com, the original article and even worse Google translation talks about how Arthur is a big sports fan and that he would get along with Craig. Our thanks to the RSA’s @Regan_Henry for helping us better understand those articles. We appreciate our Francophone skellies for giving us a hand this week!
Country Music Fans
Craig was among the notables congratulating the Country Music Association on the 40th anniversary of its festival. AngryCountry.com reports that Craig gave a pre-recorded message on the festival’s opening night last Thursday.
Joel McHale in Chicago
Frequent Late Late Show guest, television host and comedian Joel McHale will be performing in Chicago on Friday at the Chicago Theatre. Tickets are still available for the 7:30pm show.
Tonight’s Guests
While Craig and Company are working in France, the re-run fairy is keeping the home fires buring on CBS. Monday on the Late Late Show, we’ll see an encore of the April 14th episode featuring actress Kristen Bell and country singer Jason Aldean. On Tuesday, it’s the April 18th show with actress Tina Fey and music by Everest.
