{"id":1521,"date":"2010-10-16T00:52:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T00:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2011-04-30T21:44:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T21:44:11","slug":"craig-ferguson-rochester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-rochester\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4816\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-rochester\/02-craig-ferguson-10-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4816\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (10)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/02-craig-ferguson-101-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/02-craig-ferguson-101-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/02-craig-ferguson-101-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/02-craig-ferguson-101.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>Craig<\/strong> is on the road, performing live on stage in Rochester, New York Friday night and also hosting an all-new episode of the Late Late Show in Los Angeles, thanks to the magic of television.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s part of the homecoming festivities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.\u00c2\u00a0 Saturday he has a sold-out show in Washington, DC.\r\n\r\nAs he often does, Craig&#8217;s warm up comedian Randy Kagan is providing pictures of the tour, including these:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>CF smiling. A real smile. Not a show biz one. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/765h8j\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/yfrog.com\/765h8j<\/a> <a title=\"#RSA\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RSA\">#RSA<\/a> <a title=\"#craigyferg\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23craigyferg\">#craigyferg<\/a> View of our G4 from our tour bus. God bless CF! <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/yfrog.com\/mwa7yxj\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/yfrog.com\/mwa7yxj<\/a> <a title=\"#RSA\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RSA\">#RSA<\/a> <a title=\"#craigyferg\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23craigyferg\">#craigyferg<\/a><\/em>\r\n\r\nHere&#8217;s a look at the rest of his schedule, with live performances each of the next nine nights:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Oct 15 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct   16 The  Warner Theatre, Washington DC<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct  17 The Paramount Theatre,   Charlottesville, VA<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct 18 DuPont   Theatre, Wilmington, DE<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct  19  Sovereign  Performing Arts Center,  Reading, PA<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct 20 Weinburg    Theatre, Scranton, PA<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct 21 State   Theatre , New Brunswick, NJ<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct   22 Mohegan Sun Casino Arena,  Uncansville, CT<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Oct 23 Carnegie   Hall,  New York, NY<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSome locations, including New York City have two performances.\u00c2\u00a0 Check with each venue for specific show times.\r\n\r\nCraig arrived in Rochester for the show Friday evening and tweeted:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Arrived Rochester NY. Miserable driving rain and a cold northern wind. Like my childhood with better teeth.<\/em> To which his sister <strong>Lynn<\/strong> replied:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigyFerg\">CraigyFerg<\/a> have you got your vest on? And-or dufflecoat? X<\/em> If you&#8217;re in the Los Angeles area next week, you should catch Lynn&#8217;s one-woman show at the Stella Adler Theater called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/onehourtheater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heart &amp; Sole<\/a><\/em>.\r\n\r\nCraig also had a message for <strong>Drew Carey<\/strong> after Thursday&#8217;s show:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewFromTV\">DrewFromTV<\/a> Even though you cost me $10k tonight I could not be prouder of you. Good luck on the walk. I love you man.#notgayokmaybealittle<\/em> How did Drew&#8217;s visit cost Craig ten grand?\u00c2\u00a0 A pledge to a good cause, which Drew tweeted about:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Looking for Sponsors for the AIDS Walk in LA this Sunday! <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/b4QB2l\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/b4QB2l<\/a> Craig Ferguson pledged 10 grand! How about you?<\/em> Meanwhile, Craig&#8217;s assistant <strong>Rebecca Tucker<\/strong> is setting up shop in Washington, DC for Saturday night:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Dinner at Mini Bar in D.C. tonight. I&#8217;ll be wearing my stretchy eating pants. Bring it on Jose Andres!<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Geoff Petersen<\/strong>&#8216;s red carpet event was a hit.\u00c2\u00a0 Geoff&#8217;s voice, <strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> was happy:\u00c2\u00a0 &#8230; <em>on &#8220;The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson&#8221;: my history-making encounter with MORGAN FREEMAN!  #RSA<\/em>\r\n\r\nThe RSA&#8217;s @<strong>Coleen_Byrne<\/strong> noticed that Craig talked about an extra 20-minute <em>How To Train Your Dragon <\/em>feature, available only in the two-DVD box set which came out today.\u00c2\u00a0 She discovered that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B003TO62G0\/ref=cm_sw_su_dp\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a> has it available for just a dollar more than the single DVD.\r\n\r\nCharlottesville, Virginia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.greene-news.com\/entertainment\/gcn-entertainment\/2010\/oct\/15\/get-your-dose-ferguson-little-earlier-night-ar-565218\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greene Country Record<\/a> is already talking about Craig&#8217;s upcoming show on Sunday.\r\n\r\n<strong>Grant Imahara<\/strong> of the <em>Mythbusters<\/em> and creator of Geoff Petersen sent out a tweet Friday evening:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>We are having a friday afternoon office debate about who can kill who among the following: ninjas, pirates, robots, vikings&#8230;<\/em> And Geoff replied:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/grantimahara\">grantimahara<\/a> I can settle your office bet. Robot Skeletons are most lethal. Unless confronted by ninjas, pirates, or Vikings.<\/em> Grant joked:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GeoffTheRobot\">GeoffTheRobot<\/a> Thank goodness you have no fighting skills. Really, it&#8217;s for the good of mankind&#8230;<\/em> And Geoff said:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/grantimahara\">grantimahara<\/a> You wisely left out the aggression chip. Plus I am off warranty &#8230;<\/em> This could be a great question.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see how the Mythbusters deal with it.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4817\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-rochester\/04-julie-chen-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4817\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"04 Julie Chen 2\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/04-Julie-Chen-2-104x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/04-Julie-Chen-2-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/04-Julie-Chen-2-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/10\/04-Julie-Chen-2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/a>Friday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes TV host <strong>Julie Chen<\/strong>, actor<strong> Ty Burrell<\/strong> and country crooner<strong> Billy Currington<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 The folks at CBS gave us a tease about Craig&#8217;s interview with Julie:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>The Talk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Julie Chen teaches <a title=\"#CraigyFerg\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CraigyFerg\">#CraigyFerg<\/a> about being a woman on 2nite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Late Late Show. 12:37 AM ET\/PT on CBS. <a title=\"#RSA\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23RSA\">#RSA<\/a><\/em> And Geoff Petersen has been tweeting:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Expect more than the usual horseplay with The Fergermeister tonight on Late x 2 with my fave host @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigyFerg\">CraigyFerg<\/a> Just remember, kids. 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