{"id":26807,"date":"2014-02-18T03:15:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T03:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=26807"},"modified":"2014-02-18T13:51:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T13:51:58","slug":"craig-ferguson-texas-reviews-iowa-surfing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-texas-reviews-iowa-surfing\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Southern Highlights<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> and <strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> drew big crowds over the weekend in Austin, Dallas and Atlanta. The shows went well, drawing positive reviews, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaterjones.com\/ntx\/reviews\/20140216145506\/2014-02-16\/Southern-Methodist-University\/Craig-Ferguson\" target=\"_blank\">including this one<\/a> from the Saturday night show in Dallas. Thanks to the always-observant @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> and @<strong>colleen_byrne<\/strong> for spotting the best photos on the tweety, with thanks to the photographers @<strong>andrewyak30062<\/strong>, @<strong>allie3ga<\/strong> and @<strong>CourtneyCheek<\/strong>.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-26808\" alt=\"Craig on Stage Feb 14a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-150x114.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-600x457.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-250x190.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-386x290.jpg 386w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a-193x145.jpg 193w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14a.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-26809\" alt=\"Craig on Stage Feb 14b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-114x150.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-600x783.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-250x326.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b-765x999.jpg 765w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14b.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-26810\" alt=\"Craig on Stage Feb 14c\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c-150x85.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c-600x342.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c-250x142.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/02\/Craig-on-Stage-Feb-14c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Iowa Memories<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24679\" alt=\"Adler Theatre Davenport\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport-150x113.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport-250x189.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport-193x145.jpg 193w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/Adler-Theatre-Davenport.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nBack in October, Craig brought the <em>Hot And Grumpy Tour<\/em> to the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa. A student from the Quad Cities area&#8217;s Black Hawk College was at the show and offers <a href=\"http:\/\/benthomaspayne.com\/a-scotsman-in-scott-county-craig-ferguson-works-the-adler-theatre\/\" target=\"_blank\">this review<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>BTBATR Audiobook<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-26510\" alt=\"BTBATR Cover sl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl-150x86.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/BTBATR-Cover-sl.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe long-awaited audiobook version of Craig&#8217;s novel <em>Between The Bridge And The River<\/em> is now available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Fiction\/Between-the-Bridge-and-the-River-Audiobook\/B00HXICT1U?&amp;source_code=TWTGB903HWS020614\" target=\"_blank\">audible.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Between-Bridge-River\/dp\/B00HXI8OFU\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1390112343&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Between+the+Bridge+and+the+River+audiobook\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/audiobook\/between-bridge-river-unabridged\/id804288989\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>.\r\n<br clear=\"none\" \/>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>California Style<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn this two-part monologue from 2006, Craig takes a look at surfing.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson<\/span>\r\n<iframe 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