{"id":25846,"date":"2013-11-13T03:15:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T03:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=25846"},"modified":"2013-11-13T00:58:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T00:58:43","slug":"craig-ferguson-canadian-venues-central-sidekicks-millionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-canadian-venues-central-sidekicks-millionaires\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Oh Canada<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/live-comedy-tour\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25903\" alt=\"Eastern Canada sl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Eastern-Canada-sl-150x86.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Eastern-Canada-sl-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Eastern-Canada-sl-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Eastern-Canada-sl-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Eastern-Canada-sl.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s recent string of sold-out stand up comedy performances across central and western Canada left a few Canadians in the east wondering when they&#8217;d get their turn to see our fearless leader in action. Fret not, northern brethren. Craig has announced eight more shows in January, reaching Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Kitchener, London and even Halifax, a place so far east it&#8217;s practically in Scotland. Tickets for these shows will go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 15. However, you can get them earlier if you use the pre-sale code Craig tweeted on Tuesday:\r\n<p class=\"notea\">More Hot &amp; Grumpy dates added. Get your tickets now using pre-sale code: <strong>secretariat<\/strong> at <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/www.hahaha.com\/ferguson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hahaha.com\/ferguson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/www.hahaha.com\/ferguson\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/www.<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">hahaha.com\/ferguson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\nSee the complete listings of Craig&#8217;s upcoming stand up tour venues, dates, times and links for tickets on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/live-comedy-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Live Comedy Tour<\/a> page, freshly updated for your convenience.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Art Imitating Art?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25848\" alt=\"CNN Ideas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas-193x145.jpg 193w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/CNN-Ideas.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nWhile watching last Thursday&#8217;s <em>Daily Show<\/em> on Comedy Central, the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>HoboRobot<\/strong> noticed an animated sketch poking fun at CNN. It showed a list of possible ideas to improve the news network, including a reference to robot sidekicks. Been there, done that!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Set Those DVRs<\/strong><\/span>\r\nDon&#8217;t forget, Craig appears on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> with <strong>Jay Leno<\/strong> on Thursday, November 14.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Millionaires and Strippers<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn this monologue from 2006, Craig considers old millionaires and strippers.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqpGYvvBT6I?rel=0\" height=\"420\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:20px; line-height:1.25em\">Craig doubles down on Canada, Comedy Central&#8217;s RSA reference, a DVR 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