{"id":3953,"date":"2011-02-07T03:15:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T03:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2011-02-17T23:54:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T23:54:40","slug":"craig-ferguson-comedy-special-times-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-comedy-special-times-profile\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3956\" href=\"http:\/\/\/craig-ferguson-comedy-special-times-profile\/02-craig-ferguson-74\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3956\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (74)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/02-Craig-Ferguson-74-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/02-Craig-Ferguson-74-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/02-Craig-Ferguson-74-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/02\/02-Craig-Ferguson-74.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Monday will be <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s first day back to work after the birth of his new son, Liam James. We suspect our fearless leader may be a little tired and might have a parenting joke or two in the monologue.\u00c2\u00a0 At the end of the week, he&#8217;ll head to Oklahoma for his first stand up comedy performance of year on Saturday and fly right back to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards on Sunday.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re crossing our fingers for a big win on Sunday night!\r\n\r\nBack in 2009 when Craig was promoting his autobiography, he was profiled by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/29\/arts\/television\/29fergus.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times<\/a>, which asked him about his youth in Scotland and when he was chosen to host the Late Late Show.\r\n\r\nThe title of Craig&#8217;s new stand up comedy special premiering February 19th and EPIX and EpixHD.com is <em>Does This Need To Be Said<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 In this interview clip, you&#8217;ll see why:\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Veranda; font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: EpixHD<\/span>\r\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/baExtaIhP8g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/baExtaIhP8g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\nDo you have your Secretariat <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sendspace.com\/folder\/c3tv6x\" target=\"_blank\">ring tone<\/a> yet?\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s #9 on this list.\u00c2\u00a0 (Shh!)\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_5240\" style=\"width: 122px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5240\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-comedy-special-times-profile\/actress-gabrielle-union\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5240\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5240\" title=\"Actress Gabrielle Union\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/04-Gabrielle-Union-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabrielle Union Photo by: Andrew Macpherson\/ CORBIS OUTLINE<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nIt&#8217;s another week of all-new episodes of the Late Late Show&#8230; Craig&#8217;s first week back since the birth of his son Liam.\u00c2\u00a0 On Monday, Craig will read some emails with actor <strong>Dominic Monaghan<\/strong>, chat with actress <strong>Gabrielle Union<\/strong> and bring us a performance by comedian <strong>Kurt Metzger<\/strong> who was bumped from last week.\u00c2\u00a0 On Tuesday, Craig&#8217;s guests are 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