{"id":30570,"date":"2015-12-16T03:15:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T03:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=30570"},"modified":"2015-12-14T22:16:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T22:16:35","slug":"craig-ferguson-winter-opening-yount-calexico-bridger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-winter-opening-yount-calexico-bridger\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"Tour Break\"cf<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig Ferguson<\/strong>‘s New Deal Tour<\/em> has wound down for the year and will be on a break until later this winter, with several appearances scheduled on the west coast. You can see the complete list on our Live Comedy Tour<\/a> page. In the meantime, Craig will take some time off for the holidays and we anticipate after the first of the year he’ll be doing some publicity for his new show, Join Or Die<\/em>, which is slated to debut on the History Channel in February. He also has more episodes of Celebrity Name Game<\/em> to tape for the spring, so it will be a busy few months ahead.\r\n\r\nOpening Act<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\"Hampton<\/a>Comedian Mark Forward<\/strong> opened for Craig during much of this year’s fall tour, but was booked to do his own solo gigs in December, so Dave Stone<\/strong> opened during Craig’s run through the Southeast this month. And for the west coast shows last week, Hampton Yount<\/strong> took the stage each night to get things started. If that name sounds familiar, it should. He’s been on Last Comic Standing<\/em>, Adam’s House Party<\/em>, Conan<\/em> and more. And he’s been tapped to be the new voice of Crow T. Robot<\/strong> in the reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000<\/em>, paired with Baron Vaughn<\/strong> as Tom Servo<\/strong>. He’s a busy guy. If you’re a fan of MST3K<\/em>, take note they’ve just raised a gajillion dollars on Kickstarter<\/a> to produce the new show.\r\n\r\nScottish Sounds\"Dead<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig was recently tweeted by the band Dead Man Fall<\/strong>, whose anthem Bang Your Drum<\/em><\/a> became the soundtrack to Craig’s final episode of the Late Late Show<\/em>. The band has a new single called Calexico<\/em><\/a>, and they invited Craig to see them perform it:\r\n

NEW VIDEO!!!!! Here’s our new video for CALEXICO. Please Retweet & come along to see us @OranMorGlasgow<\/b><\/a> Dec 23rd<\/p>\r\n\r\nCraig agreed:\r\n\r\n

Trippy dancing skeletons! Yup. I’m in. See you on the 23rd.<\/p>\r\nWhere Are They Now?<\/strong><\/span>\r\nMany Late Late Show<\/em> fans will remember Bridger Winegar<\/strong>, the red-haired production assistant who made many on-camera appearances during the show. He’s been working as a writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em>, and the RSA’s Max<\/strong> spotted him last week, interviewing people on the street about Donald Trump<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nVideo courtesy: Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/span>\r\n