{"id":30942,"date":"2016-10-12T02:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T02:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=30942"},"modified":"2016-09-07T00:37:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T00:37:23","slug":"craig-ferguson-block-hopper-bridger-harvey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-block-hopper-bridger-harvey\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Getting Hopped Up<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-30834 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl-300x173.png\" alt=\"Hopper Book sl\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl-150x87.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/03\/Hopper-Book-sl.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nAs we&#8217;ve reported, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sunlight-Shadow-Stories-Inspired-Paintings\/dp\/1681772450\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464729162&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=edward+hopper+lawrence+block\" target=\"_blank\">anthology of stories<\/a> based on the paintings of <strong>Edward Hopper<\/strong> is due to be released later in the year, and Craig is one of the featured authors. He got his advance copy and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigyFerg\/status\/757636159396777985\" target=\"_blank\">tweeted about it<\/a>. In a recent post on the Mystery Writers of America&#8217;s New York <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mwany.org\/2016\/05\/based-on-material-from-another-medium\/\" target=\"_blank\">chapter website<\/a>, accomplished writer and mystery novelist <strong>Tom Straw<\/strong> (whose television credits including being a staff writer for <em>The Late Late Show<\/em>), interviews <strong>Lawrence Block<\/strong>, who edited the collection. They talk about the project and say nice things about Craig. <em>Note:<\/em> There is a teensy-weensy <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">spoiler<\/span> about the nature of Craig&#8217;s story in the article. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for finding it!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Bridger Branches Out<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-31024\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-150x75.jpg\" alt=\"Bridger\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-150x75.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger-250x125.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2016\/08\/Bridger.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Fans of <em>The Late Late Show<\/em> from around 2010-2012 remember production assistant <strong>Bridger Winegar<\/strong>, who was put into embarrassing situations by Craig in dozens of comedy skits. He later went on to work as a staff writer for <strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> on his ABC late night show. Today, he works as a writer on the Netflix show <em>Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt<\/em>. Bridger was recently interviewed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.papermag.com\/bridger-winegar-tv-writer-unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt-1954931644.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paper Magazine<\/a> about his life and career.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Late Night Revolution?<\/strong><\/span>\r\nOn the website <a href=\"http:\/\/uproxx.com\/tv\/late-night-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">Uproxx.com<\/a>, <strong>Jason Tabrys<\/strong> argues that it&#8217;s time for a new revolution in late night television. In an interesting article, he talks about some of the key changes to late night over time, and says nice things about Craig.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig&#8217;s Steve Harvey Suit<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWhen Craig wears his &#8216;<strong>Steve Harvey<\/strong>&#8216; suit on <em>Celebrity Name Game<\/em>, things get &#8216;cray cray.&#8217;\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\/MoXBDGnLMow\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nWant more news about Craig Ferguson? 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