{"id":7084,"date":"2011-03-02T03:17:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T03:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2011-03-02T18:45:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T18:45:42","slug":"craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Comedy Special Update<\/strong><\/span>:  Craig Ferguson&#8217;s stand up comedy special will be available on Netflix beginning May 20th.  Details on our <a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/stand-up-special\" target=\"_blank\">Stand Up Special<\/a> page.\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7115\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/02-craig-ferguson-53-4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7115\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (53)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-250x187.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Once again, <strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong>&#8216;s stand on not doing jokes about an actor clearly in distress is making news.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/monkeysee\/2011\/03\/01\/134161063\/paying-a-penny-at-bedlam\" target=\"_blank\">National Public Radio<\/a> blogged about Craig&#8217;s Monday monologue and as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fancast.com\/blogs\/2011\/tv-news\/sheen-jokes-are-winners-for-late-night-hosts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fancast.com<\/a> pointed out, Craig was the only late night host to step away from the <strong>Charlie Sheen<\/strong> jokes for now.\r\n\r\nComing up March 28-31, you can bid to win <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">autographed copies<\/span> of Craig&#8217;s books, <em>Between the Bridge and the River<\/em> and <em>American On Purpose<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 The winning bid will become a donation to the Red Cross&#8230; a portion will go to the Nashville Chapter which is conducting the auction and the rest will go to the national organization.\u00c2\u00a0 Bookmark the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfortheredcross.org\/craig-ferguson\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to the page if you are thinking about making bid.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ll repost the link closer to the opening date.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>Colleen_Byrne<\/strong> for letting us know about the auction.\r\n\r\nThanks also to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>BeeEssBee<\/strong>, who spotted that someone must have noticed Craig&#8217;s monologue about the King of Saudi Arabia&#8230; because there is now a version on YouTube with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mKvtVZbL7iA&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">Arabic subtitles<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglotopia.net\/doctor-who\/doctor-who-craig-ferguson-sends-nerdist-chris-hardwick-to-the-gallifrey-one-convention-in-la-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anglotopia.com<\/a> enjoyed Chris Hardwick and Bridger Winegar&#8217;s trip to the Los Angeles <em>Doctor Who<\/em> convention.\u00c2\u00a0 And in case you wanted to see it from the other side, one conference attendee got some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnwlDDAZvSM\" target=\"_blank\">video<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmshaft.com\/new-winnie-the-pooh-character-banners-plus-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\">FilmShaft.com<\/a> has an article about the upcoming <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em> film, opening in the US on July 15th.\u00c2\u00a0 It appears our British friends will have the chance to see it first&#8230; the film will open in the UK on April 15th.\r\n\r\n<strong>Josh Robert Thompson<\/strong> sent a tweet of advice:\u00c2\u00a0<em> Again I say: if ur following @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fakearnold\">fakearnold<\/a> and think it&#8217;s me, think again! #notmytweets<\/em>\r\n\r\nWith the one and only <strong>Hugh Laurie<\/strong> returning to the Late Late Show on Wednesday, we thought it only appropriate to show his first visit with Craig.\u00c2\u00a0 This interview is from November 10th, 2004 when Craig was auditioning to become the permanent host of the LLS.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>PandoricaLime<\/strong> for the link.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: karamell09<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/video\/xaxxe4\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/video\/xaxxe4\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object>\r\n\r\n<a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7085\" href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/04-carlo-gugino-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7085\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"04 Carlo Gugino\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/04-carlo-gugino-150x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/04-carlo-gugino-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/04-carlo-gugino-250x170.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2011\/03\/04-carlo-gugino.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Tuesday on the Late Late Show, Craig welcomes actress <strong>Carla Gugino<\/strong> and actor <strong>Tom Lennon<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 LLS Producer Michael Naidus sent a pair of\u00c2\u00a0 tweets about Tuesday&#8217;s show.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The first gives us a hint of tonight&#8217;s opening segment.\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Dear Lord, I think the rabbit&#8217;s been hanging out with the robot.<\/em> And the other was in response to Tom Lennon who tweeted:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Just shot @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigyFerg\">CraigyFerg<\/a>&#8216;s show for tonight!!! <\/em> Michael responded:\u00c2\u00a0 <em>@<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thomaslennon\">thomaslennon<\/a> Shot? Yes.  Killed? Yes (or no) depending on what you mean by &#8220;killed&#8221;<\/em> On Wednesday, actor <strong>Hugh Laurie<\/strong> returns to chat with Craig, his old show business pal.\r\n\r\n<strong>GUEST UPDATE<\/strong>:\u00c2\u00a0 Also on Wednesday, Craig will interview reality TV personality <strong>Ariel Tweto<\/strong> from <em>Flying Wild Alaska<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 And on Friday, <strong>Kathy Griffin<\/strong> will appear in place of actor <strong>Tim Meadows<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ll let you know when he is rescheduled.\r\n\r\nNote:\u00c2\u00a0 Our site redesign updates are now (mostly) complete.\u00c2\u00a0 And if you haven&#8217;t seen your daily email from us lately, there&#8217;s a reason.\u00c2\u00a0 We messed up.\u00c2\u00a0 Details in <a href=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/the-hov\/\" target=\"_blank\">The HOV<\/a>.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Craig&#8217;s stand up comedy special coming to Netflix May 20th.  Craig&#8217;s stand on Charlie Sheen gets media buzz, win autographed copies of CF&#8217;s books, the LLS with Arabic subtitles, behind the scenes video from the Doctor Who convention, Winnie the Pooh to open in April in the UK, Josh has a friendly reminder, Hugh Laurie&#8217;s first LLS appearance and tweets about Tuesday&#8217;s show in today&#8217;s RSA News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Robot Skeleton Army News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"RSANews\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"RSANews\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a\"},\"headline\":\"No title\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-02T03:17:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-02T18:45:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\"},\"wordCount\":516,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\",\"name\":\"- Robot Skeleton Army News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-02T03:17:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-03-02T18:45:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/\",\"name\":\"Robot Skeleton Army News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a\",\"name\":\"RSANews\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f717ce1e2e3dfbdbd06ef60c4139c7afb198dad8e8009f9ffcdbca883e2c838?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f717ce1e2e3dfbdbd06ef60c4139c7afb198dad8e8009f9ffcdbca883e2c838?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"RSANews\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/author\/rsanews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"- Robot Skeleton Army News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"RSANews","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/"},"author":{"name":"RSANews","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a"},"headline":"No title","datePublished":"2011-03-02T03:17:23+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-02T18:45:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/"},"wordCount":516,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/","name":"- Robot Skeleton Army News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-02T03:17:23+00:00","dateModified":"2011-03-02T18:45:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-charlie-sheen-hugh-laurie\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/02-craig-ferguson-531-150x112.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/","name":"Robot Skeleton Army News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/3041b7e68ae249dd8a6588cc6caf1c3a","name":"RSANews","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f717ce1e2e3dfbdbd06ef60c4139c7afb198dad8e8009f9ffcdbca883e2c838?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f717ce1e2e3dfbdbd06ef60c4139c7afb198dad8e8009f9ffcdbca883e2c838?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"RSANews"},"url":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/author\/rsanews\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}