{"id":68,"date":"2010-04-23T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-23T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=68"},"modified":"2010-04-23T20:15:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T20:15:00","slug":"its-great-day-for-america-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/its-great-day-for-america-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cNCOHFRMcjY\/S9HIzvzJRBI\/AAAAAAAAARA\/uxVpbeJ4NCI\/s1600\/e45f98da_craigferguson_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_cNCOHFRMcjY\/S9HIzvzJRBI\/AAAAAAAAARA\/uxVpbeJ4NCI\/s200\/e45f98da_craigferguson_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463368614306989074\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s a great day for America (and Canada), everybody.  Craig &amp; Co. are on the road.  Craig tweeted this morning:   <span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Arrived in Toronto. <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Already bowled over by the  friendliness of Canadians and the gentle hint of bacon &amp; maple syrup  in the air . Oh Canada.<\/span><br \/><br \/>Craig performs two shows in Toronto tonight and heads for Greensburg, Pennsylvania (just east of Pittsburgh) on Saturday.<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">  The Toronto Star<\/span> makes only a brief mention of Craig&#8217;s show in today&#8217;s edition but the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/span> has a longer listing in its entertainment section:  <\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/><p><em><strong><\/strong><\/em><\/p><blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><em><strong>Ferguson at the Palace<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">If you stay up late, you know what Craig Ferguson is like as a  talk-show host. How does he rate as a standup comedian? You can find out  Saturday night when he steps out of the TV and into the Palace Theatre  in Greensburg.<\/span><\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The Scottish-born comic, now living the life in LA, has had an  unusually varied career, ranging from punk-rock drummer (The Bastards  from Hell) to actor (&#8220;The Drew Carey Show&#8221;) to screenwriter (&#8220;The Big  Tease&#8221;) to novelist (&#8220;Between the Bridge and the River&#8221;).<\/span><\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">His biggest claim to fame is &#8220;The Late Late Show,&#8221; which he took over  from Craig Kilbourn in 2005. &#8220;I think they were just looking for  another bloke named Craig,&#8221; he has joked. Since then, he&#8217;s won viewers  with the offbeat and down-to-earth style of his monologues.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><p><\/p><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Friday fact: If you sent a &#8220;hello&#8221; tweet to a different one of Craig&#8217;s 183,540 followers every minute for eight hours a day, it would take more than a year (a year and 17 days).<br \/><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cNCOHFRMcjY\/S9HRUayN2uI\/AAAAAAAAARI\/KFLicOdH9HU\/s1600\/carey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cNCOHFRMcjY\/S9HRUayN2uI\/AAAAAAAAARI\/KFLicOdH9HU\/s200\/carey.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463377971694656226\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>Tonight on the Late Late Show, Craig&#8217;s guests are <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Price is Right<\/span> host Drew Carey and country singer Jason Aldean.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a great day for America (and Canada), everybody. 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