{"id":26800,"date":"2014-02-23T03:15:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T03:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26800"},"modified":"2014-02-20T19:59:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:59:46","slug":"craig-ferguson-tweety-mchale-wh-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-tweety-mchale-wh-power\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig on the Tweety<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-26802\" alt=\"Craig Phone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-150x112.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone-193x145.jpg 193w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-Phone.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> is not a frequent tweeter by most measures, but most of his timely and funny tweets get favorited and re-tweeted by hundreds of people and draw quick responses from fans. He currently ranks as the 542nd most-followed Twitter user in the world, with 1.8 million followers. He gains an average of 400 followers a day and is expected to crack the two million-follower mark in 2015.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>McHale Gets WH Gig<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-26801 alignright\" alt=\"Variety's 4th Annual Power of Comedy presented by Xbox One Benefiting the Noreen Fraser Foundation - Show\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale-150x110.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale-250x184.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Joel-McHale.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nFrequent LLS guest, actor, comedian and tv host <strong>Joel McHale<\/strong> has been tapped to speak at the White House Correspondents Dinner on May 3rd. As <a href=\"http:\/\/tvline.com\/2014\/02\/14\/joel-mchale-host-white-house-correspondents-dinner-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\">tvline.com<\/a> reports, <strong>Conan O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Brien<\/strong>, <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>, <strong>Seth Meyers<\/strong> and <strong>Jay Leno<\/strong> have performed at the event in the past. Craig was the featured speaker at the dinner in 2008.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Power Outage<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn this monologue from 2005, Craig talked about a power outage in Los Angeles.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DNGF7jellU0?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 on the Tweety, McHale gets WH gig, plus Craig recounts an LA power outage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-tweety-mchale-wh-power\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via 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