Category: Talk Show

  • Craig’s First Late Late Show
    Craig’s First Late Late Show

    On the 3rd January 2005, Craig Ferguson took over as host of The Late Late Show. He’d previously guest hosted for Craig Kilborn a few times. This is worth a watch. A few things to note. He’s already clearly bored/uncomfy with the monologue format, and within months he would abandon it for something much more…

  • Ce Soir Avec Craig Ferguson
    Ce Soir Avec Craig Ferguson

    Here’s the moment when Craig Fergusion reacted on screen to the revelation that there was a show airing in France that bore a striking resemblance to The Late Late Show. https://youtu.be/IV-5-YSpjNY A little later, he embraced the idea, and invited Arthur onto his show. He stayed for further segments. https://youtu.be/_F5k7rGDxTM The following year, Craig finally…

  • Die ‘David Letterman’ Show
    Die ‘David Letterman’ Show

    Something smells awfully familiar in Cologne these days. It’s The Harald Schmidt Show, starring the German city’s most famous celebrity since Thomas Aquinas, Harald Schmidt. Then again, you could just call him ”David Letterman on the Rhine.” Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 26th January 1996 I mean, that must be overstating it right? A talk show is…

  • Craig On The Other Side Of The Desk
    Craig On The Other Side Of The Desk

    Here’s a fun run of appearances by Craig Ferguson on Conan shows. First up, from 2000, featuring a weird story about how he ended up being cast on The Drew Carey Show. Followed up, in 2003, also on Late Night, doing a variation on some of the same material, interestingly. If you want to know…

  • An Awkward Pause With Tina Fey
    An Awkward Pause With Tina Fey

    Tina Fey visited with Craig Fergsuon to promote her new book.

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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