{"id":29092,"date":"2014-10-21T02:15:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T02:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=29092"},"modified":"2014-10-20T18:57:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T18:57:39","slug":"craig-ferguson-fun-weird-al-leno-twain-hignfy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-fun-weird-al-leno-twain-hignfy\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Fun With Al<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/10\/Weird-Al-and-Craig-sl.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29093 \" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2014\/10\/Weird-Al-and-Craig-sl-300x173.png\" alt=\"Weird Al and Craig sl\" width=\"201\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>As the website <a href=\"http:\/\/consequenceofsound.net\/2014\/10\/weird-al-yankovic-performs-lame-claim-to-fame-on-craig-ferguson-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Consequence of Sound<\/a> points out, <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Late Late Show<\/em> doesn&#8217;t have as many musical guests as some other late-night talk shows, so when he does invite musicians to perform, it&#8217;s a special event. That was the case Friday when the legendary <strong>&#8220;Weird Al&#8221; Yankovic<\/strong> appeared to promote his new album.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Leno Honored<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/05-Jay-Leno.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-24305 \" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/06\/05-Jay-Leno-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"05 Jay Leno\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nFormer <em>Tonight Show<\/em> host <strong>Jay Leno<\/strong> was honored over the weekend with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvnewscheck.com\/article\/80141\/jay-leno-honored-with-humor-prize-in-dc\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Twain Prize<\/a> for American Humor. The show, recorded in Washington, DC on Sunday, will be broadcast nationally November 23rd on PBS.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig Has News For You<\/strong><\/span>\r\nBack in November of 1991, <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> was a guest on the popular British panel show <em>Have I Got News For You<\/em>. The show asks guests to comment on the week&#8217;s news. Craig was joined by news presenter <strong>Trevor McDonald<\/strong>, regular panelists <strong>Ian Hislop<\/strong> and <strong>Paul Merton<\/strong>, and then-host <strong>Angus Deayton<\/strong>. We&#8217;ve shown clips of this show before, but thanks to a link from the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>IIIJossephat<\/strong>, we can see the whole episode. Enjoy.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: bobalmighty<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/embed\/video\/xro7it\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"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\">CF has fun with Al, Leno honored in DC, plus Craig has &#8216;news for you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-fun-weird-al-leno-twain-hignfy\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt 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