Craig Gets Around
After this week’s posts featuring Craig Ferguson‘s 2011 tour stops, possible future venues and ideas for more on-location shows, we compiled a list at the bottom of the tour page, including (we think) all of the live stand up comedy performances Craig has done over the past couple of years.  We have confirmed only thirteen shows prior to 2010.  Craig had taken a long break from stand up comedy and didn’t get back on stage until 2006, starting in a small comedy club in California and doing more by 2008.  If you can point us to web links where we can confirm any live appearances we’re missing, please Contact Us or tweet us with a link.  Our thanks to the always resourceful @bgrhubarb for her able assistance in building the list!

Presidential Ambitions

Geoff Peterson is gearing up for a presidential run and already has a campaign poster:

Check out my new Twitter background. Oh, hell yeah. It’s on! #PetersonFerguson2012 #ABoneYouCanTrust

The Earlier Late Late Show
Long before there was a Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (or even his predecessors Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder) there has been a Late Late Show in Ireland.  It began in 1962 and has become the iconic television talk show there, and the flagship program of the RTÉ network.  It is both a serious show, with political figures as frequent guests and weighty social issues up for discussion; and a comedy, music and variety show like its American counterparts. Here’s a clip from the last minutes of the show one night. Then-host Pat Kenny wrapped up a conversation with comedian Jimmy Carr and tried to give away a trip as a prize to a viewer while Jimmy cracked jokes all the while:

Video courtesy: cupidstuntblog

Early October Holidays
Saturday, October 8th is Yom Kippur (started Friday at sundown), Alvin C. York Day, National Pierogi Day and Universal Music Day.  Sunday, October 9th is International African Diaspora Day, Leif Erikson Day and the birthday of John Lennon.  And on Monday, October 10th, we wish a Happy Thanksgiving to our many friends across Canada.

Video courtesy: IavMusic

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