{"id":17234,"date":"2012-05-17T02:17:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T02:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=17234"},"modified":"2012-05-18T02:19:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T02:19:09","slug":"craig-ferguson-birthday-alex-salmond-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-birthday-alex-salmond-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Happy Birthday, Craig<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/02-Craig-Ferguson-56.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-16310\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (56)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/02-Craig-Ferguson-56-150x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/04\/02-Craig-Ferguson-56-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/04\/02-Craig-Ferguson-56-250x240.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/04\/02-Craig-Ferguson-56.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>\r\nOn Thursday, May 17th, our fearless leader turns 50 years old.\u00c2\u00a0 Happy birthday to <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>, and many more!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Coverage of Scotland&#8217;s First Minister<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-17222\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Salmond Interview\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview-150x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview-250x207.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Salmond-Interview.jpg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a> Craig&#8217;s Tuesday interview with Scotland&#8217;s First Minister <strong>Alex Salmond<\/strong> is getting some attention from the country&#8217;s media, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/politics-news\/2012\/05\/16\/alex-salmond-makes-case-for-independence-as-he-appears-on-late-late-show-in-us-86908-23861489\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Record<\/a> newspaper and Scotland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.stv.tv\/politics\/100167-the-first-minister-the-chat-show-host-and-the-case-of-the-heilan-coo\/\" target=\"_blank\">STV News<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Amid the show&#8217;s comedy sketches and travelogue moments, the in-depth interview took a serious look at Scotland&#8217;s latest efforts to secure a greater degree of political independence from the United Kingdom.\u00c2\u00a0 Here is the full interview, along with a brief history of the Declaration of Arbroath:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson2<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NwKSxjiwZps?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"315\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NwKSxjiwZps?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Perez Shows Up<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Perez-Hilton.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17237\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Perez Hilton\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Perez-Hilton-150x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Perez-Hilton-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/Perez-Hilton.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\nHollywood gossip king\/queen <strong>Perez Hilton<\/strong> rarely reports on Craig Ferguson but since <strong>Mila Kunis<\/strong> is involved in this week&#8217;s shows from Scotland, the added star power was enough to <a href=\"http:\/\/perezhilton.com\/2012-05-15-mila-kunis-craig-ferguson#.T7OB_MUcvlw\" target=\"_blank\">garner a mention<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on ET<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWe have not seen Craig&#8217;s full interview this week with <em>Entertainment Tonight<\/em> posted anywhere but they did make a &#8220;web extra&#8221; interview available, where Craig talks about the Scotland shows, his birthday and how he prepares for shows:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Fergufool<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pLnqnADDZDI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pLnqnADDZDI?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Secretariat Running Free<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWhat was the best part of Secretariat running free at the end of Monday&#8217;s show? Surely it must be the Secretariat theme music performed on the bagpipes.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: TVsCraigFerguson2<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"410\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HI0rZCtYf6I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"410\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HI0rZCtYf6I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Tonight&#8217;s Guests<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-17239\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"MC Duncan\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1-150x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1-250x242.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/05\/MC-Duncan1.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>Wednesday on the Late Late Show, Craig returns to his hometown of Cumbernauld with <strong>Michael Clarke Duncan<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 On Thursday, Craig visits Scotland\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two largest cities, 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