Keeping Up With Craig
Craig Ferguson is taking some time off between touring and taping episodes of Celebrity Name Game. He’s been tweeting his way across Europe, including stops in Glasgow and Paris. He also drew attention to the plight of Syrian refugees, displaced by years of war:

HEY! LOOK @ THIS! 4m Syrians now @refugees.Time to help if you can. Join UNHCR – be a Lifeline http://bit.ly/1KYjoFg

The link connects to the United Nations refugee agency, which has noted that the number of refugees from Syria has surpassed four million.

Josh Nails It At Comic-Con
Josh Robert Thompson drew some great attention at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego, dressed in full makeup as George Lucas. He tried it out the gag at a Star Wars convention earlier this year and brought it back in San Diego, complete with a picket sign reading “Greedo shot first.” The whole thing was covered by Business Insider and Yahoo, and drew an appreciative tweet from Mythbuster Tori Belleci. He also did a great interview recently on The Edge podcast.

Tour Update
Craig will be touring in September and October, with dates scheduled in the U.S. and Canada. So far on the list are six shows at the Comedy Works in Denver, and tour stops in Ridgefield, CT; Staten Island, NY; Westhampton Beach, NY; and in Toronto. One other tentative date popped up for a show in October in Niagara Falls, NY. We keep an eye on several ticket outlets including Ticketmaster to see when tickets will go on sale, and it listed a sale date of July 10. But the Ticketmaster listing disappeared a few days later. We’re not certain if there was a scheduling conflict or a technical reason it has been taken down, but as soon as we hear more about that show or others, we’ll update it on our Live Comedy Tour page.

UPDATE: The Niagara show has been restored, with tickets going on sale July 17. The on-sale date for Staten Island has been pushed back to July 22, and a show has been added in Troy, NY on September 27. See all the details and links on our Live Comedy Tour page.

Pull My Finger
In a preview of the upcoming season of Celebrity Name Game, we see Craig recalling a touching moment he shared with one of the Desperate Housewives.

Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game

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