{"id":27608,"date":"2014-04-16T02:15:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T02:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=27608"},"modified":"2014-04-15T05:46:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T05:46:20","slug":"craig-ferguson-levine-almost-perfect-capaldi-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-levine-almost-perfect-capaldi-warming\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Almost Perfect<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-27609\" alt=\"Craig on Almost Perfect\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-150x104.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-600x416.png 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect-250x173.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/04\/Craig-on-Almost-Perfect.png 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Emmy winning writer\/director\/producer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Levine_%28screenwriter%29\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Levine<\/a><\/strong> has written for some of the best shows on television, including <em>M*A*S*H<\/em> and <em>Cheers<\/em>, and has worked as a consultant for shows like <em>Frasier<\/em> and <em>Wings<\/em>. One of the shows he helped create was <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almost_Perfect\" target=\"_blank\">Almost Perfect<\/a><\/em>, starring <strong>Nancy Travis<\/strong>. It ran for a full season starting in the fall of 1995, but CBS pulled the plug four episodes into season two. In all, 34 shows were produced. Ken recently posted an episode of the show on his blog, featuring an actor not yet well known in the United States named <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>. He plays a character named <strong>Peter Church<\/strong>, who runs into the main character many years and recalls a past liaison. Thanks to the eagle-eyed @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for drawing our attention to the clips.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Capaldi&#8217;s Life<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-26600\" alt=\"Doctor Who Capaldi Suit\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit-126x150.jpg\" width=\"101\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit-250x295.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/01\/Doctor-Who-Capaldi-Suit.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nThe website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhotv.co.uk\/the-life-and-times-of-peter-capaldi-so-far-62436.htm\" target=\"_blank\">DoctorWhoTV.co.uk<\/a> recently posted a detailed article about the life of <strong>Peter Capaldi<\/strong>, leading up to his new role as the Doctor in the upcoming series of <em>Doctor Who<\/em>. It includes a reference the time Peter and Craig spent time playing in a band together.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Global Warming<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIn this monologue from 2006, Craig talks about global warming.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: YouTube<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hDDOpsSil0k?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/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\">See Craig&#8217;s 1995 role in &#8216;Almost Perfect,&#8217; Capaldi&#8217;s life, plus global warming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-levine-almost-perfect-capaldi-warming\/\">Read More 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