{"id":26389,"date":"2014-01-10T02:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T02:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26389"},"modified":"2014-01-10T00:23:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T00:23:22","slug":"craig-ferguson-shorty-mole-rats-ross-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-shorty-mole-rats-ross-interview\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>More Polls, More Votes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-23376\" alt=\"Craig Beard Avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-250x250.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-60x60.jpeg 60w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/05\/Craig-Beard-Avatar.jpeg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> is on a roll with online polls in the past couple of months, winning Ad Week&#8217;s readers choice poll for hottest late-night host, and TV.com&#8217;s funniest late-night host. Now it&#8217;s time for nominations for the Shorty Awards. You can nominate Craig for <a href=\"http:\/\/shortyawards.com\/category\/6th\/comedian\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media&#8217;s Best Comedian<\/a>. The winner will be announced April 7th.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Naked Mole Rats<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-26390\" alt=\"Naked Mole Rat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat-150x93.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Naked-Mole-Rat.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>While Craig was surfing the tweety box, he spotted a tweet about Science Magazine naming the naked mole rate as &#8220;vertebrate of the year&#8221; for their role in cancer research. Craig tweeted:\r\n<p class=\"notea\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153<a class=\"twitter-atreply pretty-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qikipedia\">@<b>qikipedia<\/b><\/a>: The naked mole rat named Vertebrate of the Year by Science Magazine. <a class=\"twitter-timeline-link\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/qikipedia\/status\/420978681142452224\/photo\/1\" data-pre-embedded=\"true\">pic.twitter.com\/d0Uv7iLm4m<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dammit! I never win anything!<\/p>\r\nYou&#8217;re still our favorite vertebrate, Craig. Getting that second Grammy nomination took real &#8220;backbone.&#8221;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Working with Wossy<\/strong><\/span>\r\nHere&#8217;s a blast from the past: Craig being interviewed on British television by <strong>Jonathan Ross<\/strong> about his (then) current projects, stand up comedy and more.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: palimpsest2011<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-h8ZsBtUDE?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\">Nominate Craig for another award, CF and naked mole rats, plus Craig interviewed in 1991.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" 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