{"id":15475,"date":"2012-02-22T03:16:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T03:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=15475"},"modified":"2012-02-23T03:17:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T03:17:18","slug":"craig-ferguson-mcaloon-etiquette-maher-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-mcaloon-etiquette-maher-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Director Departs<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe only director the Late Late Show has ever had is leaving the show. Brian McAloon<\/strong> has spent 30 years in network television, working as associate director for the Late Show with David Letterman<\/em> and then as director for the Late Late Show in Los Angeles starting in 1995 with hosts Tom Snyder<\/strong>, Craig Kilborn<\/strong> and Craig Ferguson<\/strong>.\r\n
\r\nFor those not familiar with the staffing of television programs behind the scenes, the director is the person who plans and directs all of the camera, sound, lighting and other technical cues from the control room during the program. The director is responsible for the “look” of the show on the air during taping. For example, every time you see switching from one camera to another during the show, McAloon is the one who gave the order to make the switch, to turn microphones on and off, to roll video tape, to cue graphics and much more… countless times for more than 3400 episodes over 17 years. Congratulations to Brian for his dedicated service to making great television. The website deadline.com<\/a> was first to report the news.\r\n\r\nAdvice for Spammers<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nRemember when you were a kid jumping up and down in the store, asking your parent for a toy or a piece of candy… and the more you asked for it, the more determined they became not to give it to you? Sometimes that’s how it works, as Craig Ferguson<\/strong> reminded some overzealous fans on Tuesday:\r\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 we want an interview with the Latin singer @<\/s>DulceMaria<\/strong><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I have no idea who this woman is but her spamming fans have made me hate her.<\/p>\r\nHe is referring to the flood of requests from the actress and singer<\/a>‘s fans, who have been relentlessly sending out an avalanche of similar tweets for weeks, despite friendly advice to ease up a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s one thing to make a suggestion.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s another to have a small army of people flood a timeline with the same thing day after day.\r\n\r\nOne of the great things about Twitter is that it provides fans with a reasonably direct line to communicate with celebrities.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes, a well thought-out idea, funny observation or thoughtful suggestion actually makes it through the clutter and gets rewarded with a re-tweet, a response or an action.\u00c2\u00a0 But when it goes over the top and becomes<\/em> the clutter, you’ll only be shooting yourself in the foot.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s further proof that Craig reads his timeline, avoids negative people and tries to respond reasonably until someone crosses the line.\u00c2\u00a0 As fans, we would do well to return the favor of taking a reasonable approach.\r\n\r\nBill Maher Headlines New Yahoo Channel<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\nYahoo is launching a new online comedy channel, which will feature video clips of comedians as well as special live events.\u00c2\u00a0 As Digital Media Wire<\/a> reports, the first live event will be this Thursday, featuring LLS guest Bill Maher<\/strong>.\r\n
\r\nThe Flow of The River<\/strong><\/span>\"\"<\/a>\r\nThe Los Angeles Times<\/a> reviews The River<\/em>, which debuted Tuesday evening and stars LLS guest Eloise Mumford<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nFlying Dragons in Person<\/strong><\/span>\r\nDreamworks is launching a live arena show based on How To Train Your Dragon<\/em>, which will feature “life size” dragons. Check out the trailer for show, followed by a behind the scenes look at an early test of a flying dragon used in the show.\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: ShowBizIntl<\/span>\r\n<\/object>\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: Herald Sun<\/span>\r\n