{"id":26092,"date":"2013-12-06T03:15:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T03:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26092"},"modified":"2013-12-03T21:25:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T21:25:06","slug":"craig-ferguson-fan-autograph-book-geoff-robot-apostle-bg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-fan-autograph-book-geoff-robot-apostle-bg\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig Autograph<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26096\" alt=\"Benjamin Book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-150x113.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-600x453.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-250x189.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-1320x999.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/12\/Benjamin-Book-193x145.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>When the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>dorindaletitbe<\/strong> went to see <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> performing live in St. Petersburg, Florida last month, she had one mission in mind: To get an autograph for her son <strong>David Benjamin<\/strong> (she calls him Benjamin), who is a huge Craig fan. She sent us her story:\r\n<div style=\"background-color: #f3f3f2;\">\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I finally got tickets to one of the Florida shows. St. Pete&#8217;s Palladium Theater was an excellent Venue for Craig. It was small and intimate. His references to the snowbirds were something we, as residents, could really relate to. My seven-year-old son Benjamin was very upset that he could not go see &#8220;his friend Craig,&#8221; as he refers to him.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">My son has Cerebral Palsy and that night out was our first in seven years, since his birth. It was a big deal for me in more than one way, getting to see Craig, but also leaving my child for the first time. I asked him if I were able to ask Craig a question, what would he like me to ask? He went to his room and grabbed his book&#8230; a book that his class got published called <em>The S.O.S. Files<\/em>. He said, &#8220;Ask Craig if he would sign it for me.&#8221; He added, &#8220;He is a published author and so am I, so it would be really cool!&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I said, &#8220;That is a brilliant idea, son,&#8221; and so I was on a mission. I know the Executive Director at the Palladium, Paul Wilburn. He said to look for him that night. He had come and gone, so getting the book signed seemed a no-go. I went to see the secretary and explained. She called the man in charge of the box office. He came over and I again explained what I was trying to do. He took the book from me and handed to one of Craig&#8217;s guys&#8230; who, I have no idea.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">They took it and said they were in a hurry, but soon came back with my son&#8217;s book signed by none other than the big guy himself, Craig Ferguson! I hope you can imagine how this made my boy feel. He was so proud of that signature and even took it to school for Show and Tell.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On picture day this year he said &#8220;I want to wear a suit like Craig,&#8221; so he did. He looked in the mirror just before leaving for school and said in amazement, &#8220;I look like a man! I look like Craig Ferguson Mom!&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Thank you, Craig, for making him so proud and for touching our lives in such a fun and positive way!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nJust in case Craig needed any convincing, David Benjamin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n2_AA-UpuWQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">made this video<\/a> to ask for the autograph. But as it turned out, he got his wish. Thank you for your story, Dorinda! If you have a story from Craig&#8217;s tour you&#8217;d like to share with the rest of the robot skeleton army, please send it using our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> form. We&#8217;d be happy to let the RSA come along for the ride!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>TV Guide&#8217;s Favorite Robots<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-and-Geoff-on-Set.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26095\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Craig-and-Geoff-on-Set-150x107.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nTV Guide put out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/PhotoGallery\/Best-TV-Movie-Robots-1073980\/1073992\" target=\"_blank\">list of its favorite robots<\/a> this week, and <strong>Geoff Peterson<\/strong> is featured. Geoff&#8217;s voice and puppeteer, <strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong>, tweeted his thanks:\r\n<p class=\"notea\">Thanks <a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TVGuideMagazine\">@<b>TVGuideMagazine<\/b><\/a> for making Geoff Peterson #14 on your list of Favorite TV\/Movie Robots! <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/klx5sax\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/PhotoGallery\/Best-TV-Movie-Robots-1073980\/1073992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/klx5sax\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span><span class=\"js-display-url\">tinyurl.com\/klx5sax<\/span><span class=\"tco-ellipsis\"><span class=\"invisible\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a> <a class=\"twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23robbytherobotsux&amp;src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s><b>robbytherobotsux<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Apostle BG Returns<\/strong><\/span>\r\nJosh&#8217;s favorite preacher, the <strong>Apostle BG<\/strong>, is back to exhort his flock to not be doormats.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: JoshRobertThompson<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xj_CIcPT_oY?rel=0\" height=\"315\" 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\">A Craig fan gets an autograph, Geoff is a TV Guide favorite robot, plus the Apostle BG returns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" 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