Craig Rocks Montreal

All @CraigyFerg has to do is walk on stage to get a standing ovation! Wow! #JFLcraigyferg

That was the tweet from the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal on Saturday night as Craig Ferguson hosted the first two shows.  Craig acted as emcee, inviting comedians from around the world to strut their stuff on stage, including Randy Kagan.  It must have been nice to have Craig open for him for a night! Also appearing in Montreal was the @nerdist Chris Hardwick.  Craig tweeted about their adventures on Saturday and played around with the “Fatbooth” app to make Chris’ face match the day’s activities:

Taking @nerdist to Beauty’s diner in Montreal. So long skinny nerd ahhahaha! // It seems @nerdist enjoyed his pancakes. #fatbooth http://twitpic.com/5ydnww

Chris tweeted:

Here is the meal @CraigyFerg is trying to fatten me up with #IsHeAWitch #Deliciousness #LeTitsNow http://t.co/7I1Ii4O

Craig even sent a nice view of some of the festival area from his vantage point on Saturday afternoon:

http://yfrog.com/klt0iaqj Montreal Comedy Festival from my hotel room.

And guess who put his multilingual skills to work? The folks at the comedy festival tweeted:

Surprise appearance from @eddieizzard to introduce @CraigyFerg in French! #JFLcraigyferg

Next up for Craig is a solo stand up comedy show in Boston before he takes his summer break. We’re not sure who is opening for Craig on Sunday, since Randy Kagan is working in Montreal. We’ll pass along details when we find out.

Toronto Review
MILD SPOILERS:  The website Canoe.ca reviewed Craig’s stand up show in Toronto on Friday night.  The review contains some spoilers about Craig’s topics in his stand up routine, so if you’re planning to see the show in Boston on Sunday or near Minneapolis in September, you may want to skip it.

Paris Preview Video
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CBS has sent out a preview video for Craig’s week of shows in Paris. It contains a few spoilers about locations and guests, as well as a couple of “insider” video clips. If you’d rather wait until next week to be surprised, do not click the arrow.

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Video courtesy: CBS

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End of July Holidays

There aren’t many holidays for the last weekend in July that we could find but Saturday, July 30th is Independence Day for the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific.  It is also the birthday of sculptor Henry Moore and baseball’s Casey Stengel.  Sunday, July 31st is the start of Ramadan at sundown in the Muslim faith, it is the anniversary of the US Patent Office and the birthday of Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

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