{"id":19268,"date":"2012-09-19T02:15:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T02:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=19268"},"modified":"2012-09-20T02:16:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T02:16:07","slug":"craig-ferguson-vegas-ellen-bridger-netflix-basil-brush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-vegas-ellen-bridger-netflix-basil-brush\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Vegas Fun<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18557 alignright\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"Venetian Showroom\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom-150x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/07\/Venetian-Showroom.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>\r\nWhen <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> performs his live stand up comedy show in Las Vegas, as he does roughly every two years, it gives fans a chance to see his work on stage. It also gives VIP ticket holders a chance to meet him briefly backstage. One fan who has met Craig on several occasions is the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>diane4mail<\/strong>, who sent us her story:\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/>[stextbox id=&#8221;custom&#8221;]<strong>A Delightful and Hilarious Surprise<\/strong>\r\nFollowing Craig\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s killer show at the Venetian, I was thrilled to get a chance to talk with Craig briefly at the Meet &amp; Greet this past Saturday night. After @<strong>Sjump54<\/strong> had her criminally wonderful meeting with Craig it was my turn.\r\n\r\nI excitedly stepped up to Craig and brought my paper back copy of <em>Between the Bridge and the River<\/em> for him to sign. I have two hardback copies but I thought he might find it amusing that I had taken notes and made comments throughout this copy of his amazing work of incredible and magical fiction.\u00c2\u00a0 He put his arm around me and our picture was taken. He put his hand on the cover of the book and said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a dream maker.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I agreed and told him I had written in it when I read it for our book club discussion.\r\n\r\nHe flipped through it and looked at page 48. Ignoring my comments of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153genius\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153like Craig\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he noticed that I had circled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boom Boom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and had written \u00e2\u20ac\u0153what?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Craig asked, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what this means?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I said no. He then said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want you to Google <strong>Basil Brush<\/strong>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He said something about it being a character of some type. I assumed it was a literary character I did not know. (In the excitement of the moment, it is hard to remember his exact words) He seemed quite amused that we had read the book for our book club.\r\n\r\nAfter Craig had a sweet conversation with @<strong>Colleen_Byrne<\/strong> we said thank you and goodbye and ran off to relive our encounter. I had forgotten the name of the character and we tried Googling several \u00e2\u20ac\u0153B Bash\u00e2\u20ac\u009d names to no avail. I was thrilled when I woke up the next morning with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Basil Bosche\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in my head (close enough).\r\nAfter my flight home the next morning I Googled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boom Boom Basil Boshe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and found \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boom Boom-Basil Brush.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d What a hilarious and delightful surprise Craig had given me! Another lovely insight into his past childhood influences that helped shape who he is today.\r\n\r\nThank you Craig! You never fail to surprise and delight your skellies.[\/stextbox]\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>DTNTBS Back on Netflix<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-9592\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"07 Craig Comedy Special\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special-150x85.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special-250x142.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/05\/07-Craig-Comedy-Special.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\nThe RSA&#8217;s <strong>Rolf<\/strong> reminds us that after being gone for a few months because of cable television agreements, Craig&#8217;s stand up comedy special <em>Does This Need To Be Said?<\/em> is once again available on Netflix.\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Sunset at Television City<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-19311\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"CBS Sunset\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/09\/CBS-Sunset.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 135px) 100vw, 135px\" \/><\/a>\r\nOn his way out of the office on Monday night, Late Late Show Producer <strong>Michael Naidus<\/strong> paused to take a pretty sunset photo at CBS Television City.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Basil Brush<\/strong><\/span>\r\nAs @Diane4mail mentioned in her story, here is an example of Basil Brush:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Starfire250Productions<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"420\" 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\/8tzM5nhJmSw?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param 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