So Much For A Break
As we have been reporting over the past few days, Craig Ferguson & Company stored some episodes to be used in the next two weeks during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament so they could take a break. Well, it turns out that they are taking a break… but only from Los Angeles.
We have now officially confirmed that Craig is taking the show to Scotland! As we first reported back in January when the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper got wind of the idea, Craig had been talking to friends in the old country about doing some episodes back home. Now, it appears he has been taping a week of shows, just as he did in Paris last summer. Craig’s team has been very quiet about specific locations where they have been taping and about guests who will appear on the shows. However, the local Cumbernauld News reports that Craig taped a segment at the town’s high school along with guest Michael Clarke Duncan. We’ve also been told that they taped a segment at Glasgow’s Tron Theater on Thursday, where Craig performed as a stand up comedian in the 1980’s. We will pass along more details as they are announced.
The show will be broadcast the week of May 14-18, which is in the midst of the May television ratings period.  “With the statute of limitations finally expiring, it seemed like a great time to go back,†Craig joked in a news release from CBS about bringing his late-night show to Scotland.
Calling All UK Skellies!
Just as we relied on many of our Euroskelly friends to help tell the story of Craig’s shows in Paris, we are counting on our contacts in the UK to help us tell the story of Craig’s visit to Scotland. If you are a Craig Ferguson fan and happen to be around the areas where Craig is taping the shows, we want to hear from you!
Last summer, we were fortunate to receive many stories and photographs from fans during the week the shows in Paris were taped and we’re hoping to do the same again this time. For brief messages, tweeting a direct message to us is the easiest way to pass along what you see and hear. For more detailed information, we recommend using our Contact Us form. You may need to send more than one message using the form, if it takes a lot of words to explain. And as always, longer-form stories and photos on blogs are wonderful. Just send us the links and we’ll be sure to pass them along to the rest of the Robot Skeleton Army.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Just like in Paris, if you do have the chance to watch part of a taping for an episode, please keep a respectful distance from the area where the crew is working. Fans in Paris quickly discovered that if they got a little too close, they were shooed away. But if they watched from nearby and kept cool, they could see as much as they wanted. We appreciate enthusiasm but also want everything to go smoothly. We also will wait to report about Craig being at any particular location until after he has left, to help keep distractions for the crew to a minimum.
We’ll have more on the upcoming shows and more Craig-related news later tonight.
