{"id":10708,"date":"2011-07-11T02:15:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T02:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2011-07-12T02:21:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T02:21:06","slug":"craig-ferguson-new-opening-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-new-opening-acts\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"A Busy Time for Craig<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> has five all new shows this week. The volcano is buzzing about his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<\/em> coming up on Wednesday.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig’s newest film, Winnie The Pooh<\/em> opens on Friday in a theater near you.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig still has four appearances on stage this month and continues to work on screenplays in his spare time.\u00c2\u00a0 And don’t forget, we’re just three weeks away from the Paris episodes on the Late Late Show.\u00c2\u00a0 At all sounds like a typical summer for our fearless leader.\r\n
New Openers<\/strong><\/span>
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Joe Matarese<\/p><\/div>\r\nWith Randy Kagan<\/strong> busy working on his new web-based show, Craig tapped two comedians to be his opening acts over the weekend. In Atlantic City on Friday night, Joe Matarese<\/a><\/strong> warmed up the capacity crowd. And in Hammond, Indiana on Saturday, Michael Palascak<\/a><\/strong> started off the show. Both Joe and Michael have appeared on national television and radio and both were getting lots of compliments from roboskellies on Twitter this weekend. Welcome to Joe and Michael!\u00c2\u00a0 Randy is expected back for Craig’s shows in Toronto and Boson later in July.<\/div>\r\nCraig in a Podcast<\/strong><\/span>\r\nAlong with doing stand up, comedian Joe Matarese does a podcast and had Craig as his guest<\/a> on Friday evening, recorded immediately after the show.\u00c2\u00a0 PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 Joe talks with a friend of his for about a half hour before he gets to Craig but it is worth the wait!\r\n\r\nYour Stories and Pictures<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIf you have pictures from either the Atlantic City or Hammond shows, or want to share your story with the rest of the RSA, please let us know!\u00c2\u00a0 We’re happy to post your contributions here on the website.\r\n\r\nThe In My Pants Game<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>The lovely Stephen Fry<\/strong> took a spin at the In My Pants game<\/a> on Twitter, using movie titles while he was waiting in the Los Angeles airport for his flight back to London on Sunday. Lots of roboskellies played along.\r\n

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 <\/p>\r\nJosh Having Fun<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe voice of Geoff Petersen<\/strong>, Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> posted a fun video Sunday:\r\n

This one time I walked into an all-Black barbershop: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XsGJzuPWxwA&<\/a><\/p>\r\nHe added this on Sunday evening:\r\n

I grew up an only child who played w puppets in his basement. Now I’m a gay robot on @CraigyFerg<\/a>. Old habits die hard.<\/p>\r\nWinnie The Pooh Premiere<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>The US Premiere of Winnie the Pooh<\/em> was held Sunday in Los Angeles.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig’s assistant Rebecca Tucker<\/strong> was there:\r\n

Pooh premiere! http:\/\/twitpic.com\/5o7q8s<\/a><\/p>\r\nMore premiere pictures, courtesy of WireImage<\/strong> and thanks to @colleen_byrne<\/strong> for finding these and more<\/a>:\r\n

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This Week’s Guests<\/strong><\/span>
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Jim Cummings<\/p><\/div> It’s another week of all new episodes of the Late Late Show, beginning Monday with actor Elijah Wood<\/strong> and TV host Cat Deeley<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Tuesday, it’s The Talk and Big Brother host Julie Chen<\/strong> and singer Joss Stone<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Wednesday, Craig welcomes actor DJ Qualls<\/strong> and actress Angela Kinsey<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Actress Zooey Deschanel<\/strong> and voice actor Jim Cummings<\/strong> from Winnie The Pooh are in the studio on Thursday.\u00c2\u00a0 And on Friday, Craig’s guest is actor Tim Daly<\/strong>.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A busy time for Craig, two new comedians get a chance to be Craig’s opening act, Craig interviewed in a podcast, we’re looking for your stories, Stephen Fry is in our pants, Josh has fun, The Winnie The Pooh premiere in LA, plus this week’s guests.<\/p>\n

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