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#16. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005-____)
CBS, Comedy
Choice Songs:
- IT'S SECRETARIAT EVERYBODY!:
- Doctor Who:
- I'm Yours:
- Istanbul:
- Look Out There's A Monster Coming:
- Melt With You:
- Some of Magic Week:
- Big Bang Theory:
- Oops, I Did It Again:
Whaddadoo, everybody! Whaddadoo. It's a great day for ranking shows! Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show finally gets its write-up after spending months waiting for the top twenty twenty to be reached.
There are some (okay, a lot of) late night talk shows that I enjoy the monologue but dislike the interviews unless there's a top-notch guest on like Tom Hanks, Denis Leary, or Sandra Bullock. There are some where I usually like the interviews better than the first half-hour. Then there are the late night shows I don't watch except for their best bits. Conan's the monologue. Fallon's the interviews. Kimmel's the bits. Leno and Letterman? Meh. Craigyferg's the only one where I love watching the entire thing, every time, no matter who the guest is. The random-whatever-the-hell-we-want-to-do opening, the free-flowing monologue, Checking Ze Tweets (Und Also E-Mails), the note free interviews, the awkward pauses, the blowing the mouth organ, and the kitty graphic. Oh my! Every time I'm in love.
Like a lot of this things this year, I haven't watched it all that often so I have no idea what new bits he's done, what the best interviews have been recently, if Secretariat's still around. Hell, I think the last time I was watching regularly was when Bridger (a.k.a. tiny Conan) was still new and I don't know if he's even appearing on the show anymore. I can't believe it's been half a year since the year he was learning Spanish every episode, even though that ended like four months in. I really need to get on that, but by 12:30 I'm zoned out on GameFAQs or playing video games the next three hours. *shrug*
It's usually fun and games, but there have been some memorable serious things on the show. The Desmond Tutu interview. Holy **** that was incredible. Go look for it right now if you haven't seen it. TVsCraigFerguson channel ought to have it somewhere. I'm not going to link it or else I'll be spending another hour watching Kristen Bell interviews that I've already seen ten times each, but go do so you cheeky little monkeys! And each time his parents died. ****. The guy's human. I think the first time I actually watched the show (or took notice of the show as I watched it) was when he refused to make fun of Britney Spears. That was awesome.
But most of it is comedy. Except for Magic Week. And Shark Week. And Puppet Week. And ooh, did you know? In August, they're doing shows in Paris. With Kristen Bell as co-host! I KNOW! It's going to be fantastic. I loved when Conan did Chicago with the Sears Tower Wearing Sears Clothing and all of his trip to Poland, but Mr. Ferguson and Mrs. Bell in Paris? Explodagasm. I don't know if that's even a thing, but it should be.
Why do I keep mentioning Kristen Bell? Because she is an amazing guest. Watch any interview of hers and she's amazing, but the chemistry on Late Late Show is perfection. If she or Ewan McGregor or Betty White or Neil Patrick Harris or the Mythbusters are on the show, you just know it's going to be an incredible hour of television. Okay, Mythbusters are about 50/50 for turning it up to 11, but Grant gave us Geoff Peterson so they get a pass.
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