Tucker’s Best
Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker takes the top ten list a step further and does a top twenty list of the best shows on television. And guess which show rounds out his 2011 list at number 20?

A Naidus Cactus
LLS producer Michael Naidus is spending part of his holiday break in Arizona, where he send a picture of some of the Tucson area’s famous “organ pipe” cacti:

Cactus “forest” near Tucson … These grow to insane heights, 30+ feet …. http://yfrog.com/mnivcbmj

When Craig Got the Gig
Most of this week, we’ve shown you stories from the New York Daily News from the time that Craig first joined the Late Late Show. The story was also covered in the New York Times by reporter Bill Carter, writer of the definitive books on late night television.

Five More Questions
In our last post, we showed you the “five questions” game from one of Craig’s two appearances on the Late Late Show when it was hosted by Craig Kilborn. Here is the other:

Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson

Tonight’s Guests
Thursday on the Late Late Show, the re-run fairy continues to sprinkle some dust with the October 12th show featuring actor Jim Parsons and music by Cake. On Friday, watch for the November 3rd show with actor Alan Alda and reality TV personality Ariel Tweto.

Guest Update

The guest list has been updated through January 10th, attaching specific dates to appearances by Carrie Fisher, RZA, Tom Selleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Howie Mandel, Isaac Mizrahi and more.  Check out the latest listings on our Guests page.

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