Holiday Week Craig Ferguson wrapped up his 2012 stand up comedy tour with two great shows at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC which will become his new stand up comedy special, coming to a television near you early next year. From there, Craig & Company get a week off to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family, before returning to the studio on Monday, November 26th to start taping new episodes of the Late Late Show. There are a pair of new, pre-recorded shows scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week, to be followed by three encore presentations later in the week. Details are on our Guests page. Chicago Fun Craig played to a full crowd at the Chicago Theater on Thursday evening, with Josh Robert Thompson as his opening act.  The RSA’s Dave was in the audience and sent us his story:
[stextbox id=”custom”]We were at Craig’s show in Chicago after driving down from Minneapolis. We were in the first row, two seats from center stage. Josh opened the show and was fantastic. The crowd really liked him and I thought he could have gone longer. Then Craig came on and he busted me. I was trying to take a quick picture to post here. He pointed at me an said “What’s-a-come-and-a-go in the front row? Tweeting?” I was nailed by the master, so the iPhone went in my pocket. About 30 minutes later, a women was standing and yelling at Craig about four rows back on the right side of the theater. Craig walked over and started saying “Can you get off your ass?” It took us a while to figure out he was asking the security guy to get up from his chair. Folks were rolling when they figured out what he was doing. He then ran to the left side of the stage. Another highlight was Craig taking a shot at Chicago’s own Oprah and running around the stage so her people could shoot him. Overall it was a great show. The people in the front rows were laughing the entire time.[/stextbox] Were you in the audience in Chicago or Washington? We want to hear about your adventure! You can use our Contact Us page to send us the words, upload a photo on the same page or use our Flickr photo page, or tweet us a link to your blog or website. The rest of the robot skeleton army enjoys the chance to go along for the ride! DC Flight Craig didn’t waste any time after the show in Chicago and was landing in Washington just a few hours later. He tweeted:

twitpic.com/bdll9e  Arrived DC #herecomedaplayaz

DC Day The president of Craig’s production company, Rebecca Tucker, sent along a nice photo from Washington on Friday with a funny tweet:

Serious discussion with @craigyferg at the Lincoln Memorial. (we were actually telling fart jokes) http://twitpic.com/bdrr5o

Meanwhile, the RSA’s @colleen_byrne and a group of RSA ladies were getting ready to go see Craig’s shows at the Warner Theater, and making the trip in style:

Watch out @CraigyFerg @joshrthompson, we’re on our way to the show! #RSAinDC can’t wait to see you. <3 http://twitpic.com/bds5m7

Doctor Who Christmas Special Attention Dr. Who fans: The new trailer for this year’s Christmas special is out. Enjoy! Video courtesy: BBC Tonight’s Guests Friday on the Late Late Show, Craig talks with the verbose James Spader and Variety Deputy Editor Cynthia Littleton.

Guest Update

The list of guests for future tapings have been updated, as the show prepares to record a flurry of segments before the December holidays.  Added to the list are Matthew Gray Gubler, Lily Tomlin, Daniela Ruah, Mayim Bialik and Cee Lo Green. You can see the most up-to-date listings on our Guests page any time.

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