{"id":25114,"date":"2013-09-15T02:15:40","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T02:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=25114"},"modified":"2013-09-14T18:40:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T18:40:08","slug":"craig-ferguson-uk-stand-up-talk-talking-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-uk-stand-up-talk-talking-animals\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>UK Stand Up<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-24034\" alt=\"Lynn Ferguson sl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl-150x86.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/Lynn-Ferguson-sl.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nIf you live in the greater Los Angeles area, you might want to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywood.improv.com\/show.cfm?id=268534\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood Improv<\/a> on Sunday, September 15, when you can see several comics from the UK, including recent <em>Late Late Show<\/em> guests <strong>Andi Osho<\/strong> and <strong>Gina Yashere<\/strong>. Also on the bill is <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s talented sister <strong>Lynn<\/strong>, who tweeted:\r\n<p class=\"notea\">Doing stand up this weekend for the first time in about&#8230;ooh I dunno&#8230;400 years. Sphincter beginning to contract already.<\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on &#8216;The Talk&#8217;<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-25162\" alt=\"Craig and Sharon on The Talk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk-150x84.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Craig-and-Sharon-on-The-Talk.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\r\nCraig appeared on the CBS daytime show The Talk on Wednesday. In case you missed it, you can see the episode on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/the_talk\/video\/WUwzEu9l0cDkatyPMVJ6gzeWpTl86bqP\/the-talk-9-11-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS website<\/a>. <strong>Note:<\/strong> Craig&#8217;s portion begins at about 24 minutes into the show.\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Animals Talk<\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig wonders about why we should trust talking animals.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: gregarnst<\/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=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/i1z9vGeObiQ?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" 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