{"id":10619,"date":"2011-07-04T02:15:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T02:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=10619"},"modified":"2011-07-05T02:16:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T02:16:17","slug":"craig-ferguson-independence-day-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-independence-day-speech\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Randy And the City<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10620\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"08 Randy Kagan Album Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover-250x334.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Album-Cover.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/a>Craig&#8217;s opening act, comedian <strong>Randy Kagan<\/strong> has been in New York city over the holiday weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 He sent a couple of pictures:\r\n<p class=\"anote\">My album cover.  <a title=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h2a5kvbj\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qe8hjO5\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/t.co\/qe8hjO5<\/a> \/\/ <a title=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/h4rf1hkj\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/RdJdJT9\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/t.co\/RdJdJT9<\/a><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10621\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"08 Randy Kagan Bear\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear-250x334.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Randy-Kagan-Bear.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/a>The second photo was taken on Park Avenue.  The RSA&#8217;s @<strong>NancyInTampa<\/strong> found the story behind it at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christies.com\/about\/press-center\/releases\/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4647\" target=\"_blank\">Christie&#8217;s auction house<\/a> website.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Double Entendres Affect the Brain<\/strong><\/span>\r\nThe RSA&#8221;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> spotted an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/332073\/title\/News_in_Brief_Body_%252B_Brain\" target=\"_blank\">ScienceNews.org<\/a> that talks about a study, showing puns and double entendres have a positive, stimulative affect on wide areas of the brain, including areas that have to do with rewards.\u00c2\u00a0 We know how rewarding Craig&#8217;s wordplay can be!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Paris is Hot<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn an <a href=\"http:\/\/jam.canoe.ca\/Movies\/2011\/06\/30\/18357171.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> making its way around the Canadian press this weekend, the author talks about how Paris has been a popular place for television and films lately, and mentions Craig&#8217;s week of taping.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Geoff in Politics?<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10622\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"08 Geoff for President\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President-118x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President-118x150.jpg 118w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President-250x316.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/07\/08-Geoff-for-President.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/><\/a>The RSA&#8217;s @<strong>doxieone1<\/strong> recalled a phrase used by perennial presidential candidate and comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pat_Paulsen\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Pat Paulsen<\/strong><\/a> to come up with a campaign poster for Geoff Petersen.\u00c2\u00a0 The elections are only a year and half away!\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on Independence Day<\/strong><\/span>\r\nBy popular demand (and @bgrhubarb&#8217;s tireless devotion to it) how could we not post Craig&#8217;s 2008 Independence Day speech in Boston?\u00c2\u00a0 He speaks for only a few minutes but its impact lasts much longer.\u00c2\u00a0 As if you needed another reason to believe Craig is a great and special human being, this is surely one:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: chianti95<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n74PDCgk8nY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/n74PDCgk8nY?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>This Week&#8217;s Guests<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIt&#8217;s another week of all new episodes of the Late Late Show, including Monday, July 4th, when Craig welcomes actress <strong>Ellen Page<\/strong> and comedian <strong>Marc Maron<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 On 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