On occasion, I enjoy introducing someone of character to my readers. Usually it is not such a character! If you have not yet caught an episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, (on CBS) do yourself a favor. Record the show one weeknight beginning at 12:35 A.M. (That's after midnight, which is why I personally record it and enjoy it at the sane old man's hour of 9:00 the following evening.) Even if you discover that you don't care at all for his zany type of humor, his ground-breaking concept of a show with a sidekick who is actually a robot, his left-over Scottish accent which he plays to a fine effect - you can't go wrong in checking him out.
Ferguson also leaves his show for a week each year to host one of the large July 4th celebrations in the country. For several years running, he was the face of the Boston fireworks display that included great performances by The Boston Pops on a plaza near the Charles River. He was chosen as the comic to host one of the annual correspondents dinners in Washington D.C. back in the Bush years (a tough job for anyone!). And that was at the very time he was swearing his new citizenship in the USA.
Well, there is plenty online and in books he has written and elsewhere, so I cannot add anything other than to state my personal preference of this very bright man as my all-time favorite comedian. And it isn't all about his twist of comic craziness. Much of my high esteem for the guy is due to the very touching manner in which he handles such UNfunny realities as the deaths of his parents (who died in Scotland about two years apart but both during his 7-year run of his show in Los Angeles) and this most recent tragedy of the theater shootings in Colorado.
If you know nothing about Craig Ferguson, I do hope you will click on the above link.
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