{"id":2154,"date":"2010-11-15T03:15:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T03:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2011-02-12T20:26:30","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T20:26:30","slug":"craig-ferguson-peter-lassally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-peter-lassally\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4672\" href=\"http:\/\/\/craig-ferguson-peter-lassally\/02-craig-ferguson-50\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4672\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (50)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/02-Craig-Ferguson-50-150x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/02-Craig-Ferguson-50-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/02-Craig-Ferguson-50-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/02-Craig-Ferguson-50.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Google searches can be a wonderful thing.\u00c2\u00a0 We started poking around to see what the media were saying about <strong>Craig <\/strong>when he first started hosting the Late Late Show on January 3rd, 2005.\u00c2\u00a0 We came up with a pair of great articles.\u00c2\u00a0 One is a syndicated piece from <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/television\/2002192735_craigferguson01.html\" target=\"_blank\">Knight-Ridder<\/a> newspapers, focusing on Craig and his style of actually listening to his guests, the other is a <a href=\"http:\/\/select.nytimes.com\/gst\/abstract.html?res=FA0E17FA3E540C748DDDAE0894DD404482\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a> profile of Late Late Show Executive Producer <strong>Peter Lassally<\/strong>, who understood what a uniquely talented man he found to host the show.\r\n\r\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20101114\/COL36\/11140392\/1011\/NEWS09\/Guide-to-late-night-viewing\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Free Press<\/a> reviewed some late night hosts, including Craig.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/watching-tv.ew.com\/2010\/11\/12\/conan-obrien-tbs-first-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>&#8216;s take on Conan&#8217;s first week includes some nice things about Craig.\r\n\r\nWhen you make your robot skeleton gear purchase at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/RobotSkeletons\" target=\"_blank\">RSA Store<\/a>,   all proceeds go to charity.  Last month for Breast Cancer Awareness   Month, that charity was Susan G. Komen for the Cure.  For November,   store operator @<strong>Colleen_Byrne<\/strong> tells us the charity will be Habitat for Humanity.  Show off your RSA spirit and help those in need at the same time.\r\n\r\nOn Friday, Craig&#8217;s assistant <strong>Rebecca Tucker<\/strong> made lemons out of lemonade:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Car is being washed for 1st time in a year. Good news is that I found some missing girl scout cookies in the back seat!<\/em>\r\n\r\nAfter Sunday&#8217;s power outages at the New Meadlowlands Stadium during the Cowboys-Giants game, <strong>Geoff Petersen<\/strong> just couldn&#8217;t resist tweeting:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>For my tweeps watching Giants-Cowboys in the New Meadowlands&#8230; I guess I&#8217;m not the only appliance that can be unplugged.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong>DVR Alert<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 Craig will be interviewed by <strong>George Lopez<\/strong> on <em>Lopez Tonight<\/em> on TBS Tuesday night (midnight ET).\u00c2\u00a0 Check your local listings for the time &#8220;in your region&#8221;.\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_4673\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-4673\" href=\"http:\/\/\/craig-ferguson-peter-lassally\/05-matt-smith-doctor-who\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4673\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4673\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"05 Matt Smith Doctor Who\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/05-Matt-Smith-Doctor-Who-150x93.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/05-Matt-Smith-Doctor-Who-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/05-Matt-Smith-Doctor-Who-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/05-Matt-Smith-Doctor-Who-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2010\/11\/05-Matt-Smith-Doctor-Who.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Smith<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nAre you ready for another week of all new episodes of the Late Late Show?  So are we!\u00c2\u00a0 On Monday, Craig welcomes comedian <strong>Dennis Miller<\/strong> and actress <strong>Bianca Kajlich<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 On Tuesday, watch for actor <strong>Jeff Goldblum<\/strong> and the newest <em>Doctor Who<\/em>, actor <strong>Matt Smith<\/strong> along with special guest, the @Nerdist, <strong>Chris Hardwick<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 On Wednesday, actor <strong>Russell Crowe<\/strong> will be in the studio.\u00c2\u00a0 Wednesday&#8217;s schedules conflict about the other guest.\u00c2\u00a0 It may be either perennial favorite, actress <strong>Elizabeth Banks<\/strong> or from the daytime TV show <em>The Doctors<\/em>, OB\/GYN <strong>Dr. Lisa Masterson<\/strong>, of whom Craig may have a few timely questions.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;d guess that if one appears on Wednesday, the other will probably be rescheduled for later in the month.\u00c2\u00a0 On Thursday, the schedule lists actor <strong>Mark Ruffalo<\/strong> and entrepreneur and author <strong>Dennis Lehane<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 And finally on Friday, Craig welcomes the always quirky comedic actress\/author <strong>Amy Sedaris<\/strong> and the <em>Mythbusters<\/em>, <strong>Adam Savage<\/strong> and <strong>Jamie Hyneman<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHer segment had been taped quite a while ago.\u00c2\u00a0 She had been tentatively scheduled to appear at least a couple of times.\u00c2\u00a0 Then last Friday, the LLS snuck in that powerful performance by musician <strong>Bettye Lavette<\/strong> without mentioning it beforehand.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if it&#8217;s a last-minute change, we&#8217;ll do our best to promote it like crazy.\u00c2\u00a0 We promise!<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early articles about Craig and the Late Late Show, plus some fresh press this week, your RSA gear purchase will help Habitat for Humanity, Rebecca explores the far 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