{"id":17844,"date":"2012-06-16T02:15:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T02:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=17844"},"modified":"2012-06-17T02:14:56","modified_gmt":"2012-06-17T02:14:56","slug":"craig-ferguson-alphabet-brave-review-billi-sock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-alphabet-brave-review-billi-sock\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Alex Salmond on the LLS<\/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=\"135\" height=\"112\" 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: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>\r\nOn Monday, when <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Brave<\/em> co-stars <strong>Kelly MacDonald<\/strong> and <strong>Kevin McKidd<\/strong> are guests on the Late Late Show, the Scottish theme will continue as Scotland&#8217;s First Minister <strong>Alex Salmond<\/strong> joins Craig to read tweets and emails. Craig interviewed Salmond when the LLS visited Scotland. <a href=\"http:\/\/tv.broadwayworld.com\/article\/Scotlands-First-Minister-Salmond-to-Visit-CRAIG-FERGUSON-618-20120615#ixzz1xtbIlP1yhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/LhiS8W\" target=\"_blank\">BroadwayWorld.com<\/a> was first to report that Salmond would drop by during a visit to LA. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for the link!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Scottish Alphabet<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17848\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Scottish Alphabet\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet-99x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"79\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet-250x375.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Scottish-Alphabet.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 79px) 100vw, 79px\" \/><\/a>\r\nSomeone has gone to the trouble of trying to explain the Scottish alphabet, with some examples of how to use each letter on conversation. We think they&#8217;ve done a pretty good job.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>A Brave Review<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8058\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"08 Brave Still 1\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/08-Brave-Still-1.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><\/a>With some somewhat significant spoilers, the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bleedingcool.com\/2012\/06\/10\/pixars-brave-the-bleeding-cool-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">BleedingCool.com<\/a> reviews the Disney\/Pixar film <em>Brave<\/em>, saying the treatment of the story is not necessarily authentically Scottish but has the rich, thorough visual treatment moviegoers have come to expect from Pixar.\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>A Different Scottish Animated Film<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-17836\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Sir Billi\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/06\/Sir-Billi-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\nThe RSA&#8217;s <strong>Gus<\/strong> reminded us that there was another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/46789549\/ns\/business-press_releases\/t\/sir-sean-connerys-animated-feature-film-sir-billi-premieres-sonoma-international-film-festival-april-th\/#.T9oeRsVqT2p\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish-themed animated film<\/a> released this year, featuring the voice talents of none other than <strong>Sir Sean Connery<\/strong> who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uyUbTQB_P2s\" target=\"_blank\">talks about the movie<\/a>. The film <em>Sir Billi<\/em>, the first ever animated feature created in Scotland, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B0bqU5OeL80&amp;feature=channel&amp;list=UL\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> at the Sonoma International Film Festival in April.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Church Pickup Lines<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig sympathizes with a viewer&#8217;s email about being nervous in a conversation with a girl at church, and introduces us to the magic of &#8220;sock cleavage.&#8221;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Fergufool<\/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\" 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