{"id":30548,"date":"2015-12-02T03:15:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T03:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=30548"},"modified":"2015-11-29T23:10:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T23:10:46","slug":"craig-ferguson-graceland-florida-hand-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-graceland-florida-hand-show\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Taking Care of Business<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30549\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Craig with LMP Plane\" width=\"169\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Craig-with-LMP-Plane-749x999.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> is on the road in Florida this week, with the <em>New Deal Tour<\/em>. with stops ahead in Orlando, Miami, Clearwater and Immokalee before heading back to the west coast the following week. After a short break for Thanksgiving, Craig performed in Birmingham, Atlanta and Memphis. He really enjoyed his Sunday afternoon in Memphis, with a visit to Graceland, home of the late great <strong>Elvis Presley<\/strong>. Craig tweeted a sly <em>Spinal Tap<\/em> reference:\r\n<p class=\"notea\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30552 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"CF Jungle Room\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Jungle-Room-749x999.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a>Right now I&#8217;m in the jungle room at Graceland. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/toomuchfuckingperspective?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\">#<b>toomuchfuckingperspective<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\nWhich drew an immediate, funny reply from one of the writers and stars of the film, <strong>Michael McKean<\/strong>:\r\n<p class=\"notea\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigyFerg\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"112508240\">@<b>CraigyFerg<\/b><\/a> You owe us $4.78<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30553 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-113x150.jpg\" alt=\"CF Walls\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/CF-Walls-749x999.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><\/a><br clear=\"none\" \/>Craig also sent a tweet to <strong>Russel Brand<\/strong>:\r\n<p class=\"notea\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustyrockets\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"19562228\">@<b>rustyrockets<\/b><\/a> there are fuzzy walls in Graceland. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/flashback?src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\">#<b>flashback<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\nAnd finished with a tweet in front of Elvis&#8217; jet, the <strong>Lisa Marie<\/strong> (shown above).\r\n<p class=\"notea\">Fascinating day with a plethora of retail opportunities. I got this commemorative Convair880. Thanks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VisitGraceland\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"2205471258\">@<b>VisitGraceland<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Pictures from the Tour<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30486 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl-150x87.jpg\" alt=\"Craig Buff 15 sl\" width=\"150\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/10\/Craig-Buff-15-sl.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>We saw a few great pictures of Craig on tour, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/-p6hJfQB0piJaQPxuiF8S3VGjcW1HDZPzr18E0\/\" target=\"_blank\">including one<\/a> from @<strong>carlaruth30308<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatelynGee\/status\/670805075879665666\" target=\"_blank\">and one<\/a> from @<strong>KatelynGee<\/strong>. Have you seen Craig on tour this fall? Please send us your photos and your stories, and we&#8217;ll share them with the rest of the robot skeleton army. Just use our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> form, or tweet us a link to your own site. Thanks to several skellies, including @<strong>Coleen_Byrne<\/strong> for spotting the photos as the fly by on the Tweety.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Give a Hobo a Helping Hand<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30554 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM-150x100.jpg\" alt=\"Dorinda GFM\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2015\/11\/Dorinda-GFM.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nOne of the robot skeleton army&#8217;s longtime soldiers is @<strong>dorindaletitbe<\/strong>, a huge Craig fan and one of our followers from the early days. Her son is in need of a medical device to help with physical therapy, and Medicare won&#8217;t pay for it. If you&#8217;re so inclined, she has set up a page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/yw6d4g48\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe.com<\/a> to raise money. She says when he recently tested out the device, it worked very well. It&#8217;s a good cause on this #GivingTuesday.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Wrong Show<\/strong><\/span>\r\nIt&#8217;s happened more than once: Contestants on <em>Celebrity Name Game<\/em> forget which show they&#8217;re on, and give their answers in the form of a question, much to the consternation of the host:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKj5vEhMtr4\" 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\">Craig visits Graceland, tour rolls through Florida, a helping hand, plus the wrong game show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" 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