{"id":92,"date":"2010-05-17T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/\/?p=92"},"modified":"2011-03-01T19:20:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T19:20:34","slug":"photo-by-cliff-lipson-its-great-day-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/photo-by-cliff-lipson-its-great-day-for\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5319\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-5319\" href=\"http:\/\/\/photo-by-cliff-lipson-its-great-day-for\/02-craig-ferguson-38-4\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5319\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5319 \" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"02 Craig Ferguson (38)\" src=\"http:\/\/rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/02-craig-ferguson-381-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by: Cliff Lipson\/ CBS<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\nIt&#8217;s a great day for America, everybody. Craig Ferguson turns 48 years old today and is celebrating by&#8230; working.  He is taping a new introduction for tonight&#8217;s encore presentation of the Desmond Tutu interview as well as taping (shh!) a couple of segments with guests who will appear later in the week.\r\n\r\nTo celebrate, RSA members are hashtagging their tweets with #happybirthdaycraigy all day, which as of 5pm eastern time Monday had been tweeted more than three thousand times.  Among those sending wishes were two Mythbusters:  Grant Imahara:  <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Happy Birthday @CraigyFerg! <\/span>and Adam Savage:<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span><span id=\"msgtxt14156143965\" class=\"msgtxt en\" style=\"font-style: italic;\">Meester Ferguson, a happy  happy birthday to you sir. <\/span><span id=\"msgtxt14156143965\" class=\"msgtxt en\">Craig&#8217;s stand up comic touring partner Randy Kagan chimed in: <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Without one crazy fuckin Scottish guy being hatched, I&#8217;d be boiling my own body parts for food. Happy Bday brotha! <\/span>Another well-wisher, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Ugly Betty<\/span> actor Christopher Gorham said: <\/span><span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">A little @<span class=\"tweet-url username\">SunnyAnnie84<\/span> told me it&#8217;s your BD today. Happy birthday!<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"msgtxt14156143965\" class=\"msgtxt en\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span> (SunnyAnnie84 is an RSA member who runs the <a href=\"http:\/\/s10.zetaboards.com\/CraigFerguson\/index\/\">Craig@theInternet<\/a> fan forum.) Notorious flirt Kirstie Alley chimed in: <\/span><span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Happy Birthday Craig.. would have bought you a  Jaguar if you had called me 4 years ago&#8230;since you didn&#8217;t..Happy Jaguar  Birthday<\/span><\/span><\/span><span id=\"msgtxt14156143965\" class=\"msgtxt en\"> Even comic book legend Stan Lee was gracious:<\/span><span id=\"msgtxt14156143965\" class=\"msgtxt en\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"> <\/span><span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Happy Birthday to the valiant CragyFerg!   A truly  noble Generalissimo graciously extends best wishes to his former,  vanquished foe.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nCraig acknowledged the birthday wishes and congratulations with a colorful reply:  <span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Thanks to all for the birthday wishes. I&#8217;m 48  today. I need a facelift a sports car &amp; a toupee. Or maybe just a  nap. Fuck.<\/span><\/span><\/span> He added:  <span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Happy birthday to @<a class=\"tweet-url username\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/bobsaget\">bobsaget<\/a> &amp;  enya &amp; Dennis Hopper &amp; Trent Reznor. I love you guys. You  understand.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nIn lieu of gifts, fans are encouraged to make donations to causes Craig has supported, such as the  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uso.org\/donate\/\">USO<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lollipoptheater.org\/\">Lollipop Theater Network<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/watching-tv.ew.com\/2010\/05\/17\/craig-ferguson-desmond-tutu\/\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>&#8216;s Ken Tucker talks about the Tutu interview in his blog today.  EW also reports <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodinsider.ew.com\/2010\/05\/16\/conan-obrien-to-shoot-new-talk-show-on-warner-bros-tv-lot\/\">today<\/a> that the multi-million dollar sound stage at Universal Studios, built for Conan O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s stint at the Tonight Show will remain vacant.  O&#8217;Brien will be taping his new TBS show at Warner Bros.\r\n\r\nTonight on the Late Late Show, don&#8217;t miss the encore presentation of Craig&#8217;s interview with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which was honored with the George Foster Peabody Award at a ceremony today.  Executive Producer Peter Lassally accepted the award on behalf of the show.  Publicist Katie Barker attended the award luncheon and tweeted:  <span class=\"status-body\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"status-content\"><span class=\"entry-content\">At the Peabody award luncheon in NYC &#8211; so proud of  @<a class=\"tweet-url username\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/craigyferg\">craigyferg<\/a> and The Late Late Show for being awarded  with &#8220;excellence in broadcasting&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><!-- 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, everybody. Craig Ferguson turns 48 years old today and is celebrating by&#8230; working. He is taping a new introduction for tonight&#8217;s encore presentation of the Desmond Tutu interview as well as taping (shh!) a couple of segments with guests who will appear later in the week. 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