{"id":25219,"date":"2013-09-21T02:15:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T02:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=25219"},"modified":"2013-09-19T22:06:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T22:06:41","slug":"craig-ferguson-johnny-carson-miniseries-lollipop-fundraiser-blue-card-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-johnny-carson-miniseries-lollipop-fundraiser-blue-card-rip\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Carson Miniseries Planned<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carson-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25221\" alt=\"carson sl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/carson-sl-150x86.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/carson-sl-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/carson-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/carson-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/carson-sl.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nNBC plans to launch a miniseries based on the life of <strong>Johnny Carson<\/strong>, late host of <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/nbc-developing-johnny-carson-miniseries-632336\" target=\"_blank\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2013\/09\/19\/nbc-developing-johnny-carson-miniseries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, the series will be drawn from the soon-to-be-released book, &#8220;Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait,&#8221; by <strong>Bill Zehme<\/strong>, who will co-executive produce.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Lollipop Theater Network Drive<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25220\" alt=\"Lollipop Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo-150x60.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo-250x100.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Lollipop-Logo.png 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A charity <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> has long supported, the <a href=\"http:\/\/lollipoptheater.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lollipop Theater Network<\/a>, brings first-run films and actors to visit hospitalized children. The group is presently embarked on a fundraising drive. If you&#8217;d like to contribute, you can visit its page on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/LOLLIPOPDonorDrive2013\" target=\"_blank\">crowdrise.com<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Blue Cards Ripped<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWhen did Craig begin his ritual of tearing up the blue card containing prepared questions for his guests? Previously, he had ignored or pushed the card to the side, but on January 11th, 2008, the ripping began.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Fergufool<\/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\/LRpHSuFAHTQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"420\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/LRpHSuFAHTQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on 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