{"id":31450,"date":"2017-07-11T21:45:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T02:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=31450"},"modified":"2017-07-11T20:06:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:06:29","slug":"craig-ferguson-pre-pub-mon-award-bingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-pre-pub-mon-award-bingo\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Pre-Show Publicity<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31456 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/Craig-Ferguson-Appearance-sl.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nThe latest leg of <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s centipede-sized <em>New Deal Tour<\/em> gets started later this month, and the pre-show publicity machine is already rolling. Craig did a nice podcast interview with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.app.com\/story\/entertainment\/events\/fan-theory\/2017\/07\/07\/craig-ferguson-brings-his-new-deal-red-bank\/456212001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asbury Park Press<\/a> newspaper, where he talked about his career, doing stand up comedy and <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>. He also spoke with the <a href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/6078231-craig-ferguson-says-he-s-bored-with-the-trump-bashing-on-late-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC Radio<\/a> station in New York about politics in comedy. And be sure to set those DVRs! As Craig gears up for his east coast run, he&#8217;ll be appearing on the 10-11am hour of NBC&#8217;s <em>Today Show<\/em> on Tuesday, July 18, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/07\/07\/harry-styles-fionn-whitehead-listed-nbcs-july-19-july-21-today-show-episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Headline Planet<\/a>. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for spotting it first.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Montreal To Honor Craig<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12355\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal-150x119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal-250x199.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/10\/Craig-in-Montreal.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/a>When Craig appears for a pair of shows at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, he will also receive the festival&#8217;s Alumni Tribute Award, reports the <a href=\"http:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/entertainment\/just-for-laughs-awards-winners-include-jim-carrey-trevor-noah-ali-wong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Montreal Gazette<\/a>. One of Craig&#8217;s first appearances in North America was at the festival, and it helped lead to other opportunities along the way.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Radio Show Bingo<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31455\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-116x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-600x776.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-250x324.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large-772x999.jpg 772w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/07\/DEOeJ3zXUAAE_WB.jpg_large.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nCraig Ferguson fan @<strong>Stimpsonjcat67<\/strong> put together <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stimpsonjcat67\/status\/883723928438538240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bingo game you can play<\/a> while listening to Craig&#8217;s SiruisXM show. It features things that seem to happen on almost every show, like when Craig or Joe step away from the microphone, Craig says &#8220;Tweety&#8221; or when he cusses. It&#8217;s a great idea. Play along and have fun!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Second Chances<\/strong><\/span>\r\nWe haven&#8217;t shown an exciting final round of <em>Celebrity Name Game<\/em> for a while, so here&#8217;s one from &#8220;second chance week.&#8221;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game<\/span>\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwHbLdYNidk?rel=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\nWant more news about Craig Ferguson? 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