{"id":13889,"date":"2011-12-12T03:35:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T03:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=13889"},"modified":"2011-12-13T03:17:12","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:17:12","slug":"craig-ferguson-des-moines-smothers-foley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-des-moines-smothers-foley\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Des Moines Update<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>A ticket page for Craig Ferguson<\/strong>‘s appearance in Des Moines, IA on January 26th has now appeared on the Hoyt Sherman Theater website.\u00c2\u00a0 Tickets will go on sale through the Hoyt Sherman box office online and by phone beginning Friday, December 16th at 10am Central Time.\u00c2\u00a0 Note that the show’s starting time has been change to 8:00pm.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 We still haven’t seen any updates on Biloxi or Nashville but we’ll post the information as soon as we get it.\u00c2\u00a0 As always, you can see the latest information about Craig’s live shows on our Live Comedy Tour<\/a> page.\r\n\r\nPatton Power<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nCraig tweeted about upcoming guest Patton Oswalt<\/strong> on Sunday evening:

I think @pattonoswalt is going to get an Oscar nom for Young Adult. He’s great in it. He’s a chubby American Cate Blanchet. #impressed<\/p>\r\nThe film Young Adult<\/em>, directed by Jason Reitman<\/strong>, opened in selected cities this weekend and goes into wide release on December 16th.\r\n\r\nHow They Looked<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe website Snakkle.com<\/a> has a fun slideshow, showing “then and now” pictures of late night television hosts from their school days.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig wasn’t one of the hosts included.\u00c2\u00a0 We’ve seen lots of pictures of Craig from the 1980s and afterwards because he was performing publicly on stage and on television on a regular basis.\u00c2\u00a0 But does anyone have a picture of Craig from\u00c2\u00a0 the 1960s or 1970s?\u00c2\u00a0 We’d enjoy sharing it with other roboskellies.\r\n
Smothers Brothers Film<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nLongtime television critic David Bianculli<\/strong>‘s 2009 book about the Smothers Brothers<\/strong><\/a> has been optioned by George Clooney<\/strong>‘s production company for a future film, with Brian Hecker<\/strong> and Craig Sherman<\/strong> attached as screenwriters.\u00c2\u00a0 LLS Producer Michael Naidus<\/strong> retweeted Bianculli’s announcement<\/a> on Saturday.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone who is interested in what can happen when subversive comedy meets network television will enjoy the book, and we’re betting on the big screen version to be successful as well.\r\n\r\nCraig and Dave<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig has fun with Dave Foley<\/strong>, whoopie cushions and the sound machine:\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: RoQu3tO<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nThis Week’s Guests<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n
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John Hodgman<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nIt’s another week of all new episodes of the Late Late Show, beginning Monday with chef Cat Cora<\/strong> and actor DJ Qualls<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Tuesday, actor Ben Kingsley<\/strong> will be on the show.\u00c2\u00a0 Wednesday, actor Patton Oswalt<\/strong> is Craig’s guest.\u00c2\u00a0 Actor Sean Hayes<\/strong> and author John Hodgman<\/strong> are in the studio on Thursday.\u00c2\u00a0 And on Friday, Craig welcomes actress Mindy Kaling<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Watch for a few more guests to be added soon.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Des Moines show update, kudos for Patton Oswalt, late night hosts then and now, the Smothers Brothers story on the big screen, Craig and Dave Foley mix drama and comedy, plus this week’s guests.<\/p>\n

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