I'll be the first to say that I rarely watch late night television. It has to be something spectacular to make me watch anything past the evening Monday through Thursday episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. That said, I've known that Craig Ferguson is a funny guy ever since he played the evil boss on The Drew Carey Show back in the late 1990s. And whenever I see a clip from The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on This Week with George Stephanoploulos during their "Sunday Funnies" segment, I think I should start watching The Late Late Show — alas, I'm typically asleep by then.
At any rate, Craig Ferguson recently had a new comedy special appear on Comedy Central called Craig Ferguson: A Wee Bit o' Revolution and it was released on DVD a couple of days later. He is a very funny man with a unique perspective based on his being raised in Scotland and gaining citizenship in the United States (he has dual citizenship in the US and the UK). He truly has a love for America.
Wee Bit o' Revolution was recorded in October 2008 at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Ferguson freely shares his views with the audience on sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll in his own particular no-BS way. It's great to see him speak without the typical boundaries he must face on late night television - freely able to swear and share suggestive gestures!
He starts by talking about how he came to be an American after a visit to New York as a teenager and being exposed to his first rock concert (Blue Oyster Cult) and smoking a doobie. He compares that to going to his second concert in Scotland after that and trying to get some drugs (very tough to come by in Scotland). A friend of a friend hooked him up with some chloroform and he passed out as Deep Purple hit the stage, only to wake up as they're going off. You have to love the irony.
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1 - Mary Garrett Engman
I must say I like this review, I objected to an earlier one. This guy know his stuff, Craig is a comic genius. He had a quick mind and doing his monologue five nights a week with only a few bullet points.
Other Late night host are okay but when you see thm reading off of cards, or reading every word off the teleprompter. Craig can use a few words and a facial expression an get more laughs than those other guys.
I would suggest that Fitz get a Tivo. I have three and all my favorites programs get recorded No rush to view them, or take them off the Tivo onto a DVD. Some of them get deleted but Mr. Ferguson's show is always recorded IF it is a first run. I have so many I really need to take some off the Tivo.