{"id":25996,"date":"2013-11-23T03:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T03:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=25996"},"modified":"2013-11-22T23:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T23:44:48","slug":"craig-ferguson-skellies-history-texas-sean-sitcom-early-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-skellies-history-texas-sean-sitcom-early-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Roboskellies Make News<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-24249\" alt=\"Lyric Stuart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart-150x110.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart-250x184.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Lyric-Stuart.jpg 625w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>In an article about <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s stand up comedy performance at the Lyric Theatre in Stuart, Florida on Tuesday posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hispanicbusiness.com\/2013\/11\/20\/treasure_coast_newspapers_stuart_fla_ginny.htm\" target=\"_blank\">HispanicBusiness.com<\/a>, several members of the Robot Skeleton Army were mentioned by name. The story talks about Craig&#8217;s show and his loyal fans. Congratulations, ladies!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>This Week in History<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-26007\" alt=\"Bing Hitler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler-150x124.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler-250x206.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/11\/Bing-Hitler.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>Your local newspaper probably has a section mentioning &#8220;this week in history,&#8221; where brief stories from past issues of the paper are included to remind people what was going on back then. Earlier this week in Scotland&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayrshirepost.net\/ayrshire-news\/2013\/11\/15\/25-years-ago-102545-34043327\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ayrshire Post<\/a> newspaper, they mention a stand up comedy performance by Craig 25 years ago, under his stage name, <strong>Bing Hitler<\/strong>. Time flies when you&#8217;re having fun!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig Coming to Dallas<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/McFarlin-Auditorium-SMU-Dallas.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25980\" alt=\"McFarlin Auditorium SMU Dallas\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/McFarlin-Auditorium-SMU-Dallas-150x100.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/08\/McFarlin-Auditorium-SMU-Dallas-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/08\/McFarlin-Auditorium-SMU-Dallas.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nAs was hinted earlier in the week, Craig will be appearing in Dallas at McFarlin Auditorium on the campus of Southern Methodist University on Saturday, February 15th. He&#8217;ll be in Austin the night before and Atlanta the night after. To see details about all of Craig&#8217;s upcoming appearances, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/live-comedy-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Live Comedy Tour<\/a> page any time.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on Sean Saves the World<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn case you missed Craig&#8217;s appearance on <em>Sean Saves The World<\/em> on NBC Thursday night, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/11\/22\/craig-ferguson-obsessed-in-love-with-sean-saves-the-world-video_n_4322354.html\" target=\"_blank\">enjoy a clip from the show<\/a>, thanks to the Huffington Post.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Early Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn this monologue from 2006, Craig talks about a time Thanksgiving came early.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LJ9xgswC9c?rel=0\" height=\"420\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Short Break<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<p class=\"notec\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RSANews1.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-10361\" alt=\"RSANews\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-147x150.png\" width=\"103\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-147x150.png 147w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-250x253.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/RSANews1.png 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><\/a>With the current leg of Craig&#8217;s fall tour wrapping on on Saturday night and the show taking a break from tapings, we&#8217;ll be stepping aside for a week for the Thanksgiving holiday. We&#8217;ll return on December 2nd when taping resumes at CBS Television City. In the meantime, Craig has a pair fresh-frozen episodes of the Late Late Show on tap for Monday and Tuesday, followed by a three-day visit from the rerun fairy over the holiday break. You can see the complete listings on our Guests page. Until then, enjoy the holiday and thank you as always for being loyal readers. 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