# Craig Ferguson (CBS Late Late Show) is a mad genius
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 6, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899 "2009-06-06T02:13:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/1 "2009-06-06T02:13:22Z")
Proof [here](http://www.cbs.com/late_late_show/video/video.php?cid=1015770088&pid=g_dyWvJ_vx_AxFzahOmoWKknlp5JonKZ&play=true&cc=2) and [here](http://www.cbs.com/late_late_show/video/video.php?cid=1015770088&pid=USk7TWvwrJdtEQy_YTi5U3vP4IjZITXj&play=true&cc=2).
More video [here](http://www.cbs.com/late_late_show/video/?category=recent).
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### Author:  [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/2 "2009-06-06T02:39:22Z")
I agree with you on the “mad” but I’m not convinced of the “genius.”
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/3 "2009-06-06T02:42:09Z")
I’d seen the Britney Spears one, bu the They Might Be Giants was classic!
Thanks for posting this! Clearly, the man has so much creative freedom because he’s on so late. No one at CBS is even watching his show!
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/4 "2009-06-06T02:53:01Z")
May I add:
[Wonderful Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqhw1tnKhM&feature=fvw)
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/5 "2009-06-06T03:06:41Z")
I only watched the Istanbul one, but it seems to me like he’s not really enjoying himself, just doing the skit. That takes a lot out of the enjoyment for me. ☹ Shame, too, because I can totally identify with this.
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### Author:  [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/6 "2009-06-06T03:27:10Z")
I sorta see what you mean, **Bosstone** , but I don’t think it’s true. I suspect he had to focus on the teleprompter more on this one than on others, because the words go by so fast. But it’s as good as the others, and I think he’s still having fun with them.
\*Wonderful Night \*is my favorite. I’d never heard the song before I saw it on Craig.
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/7 "2009-06-06T03:40:06Z")
> [@commasense](#):
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> I sorta see what you mean, **Bosstone** , but I don’t think it’s true. I suspect he had to focus on the teleprompter more on this one than on others, because the words go by so fast.
What, you mean there’s people that _don’t_ know that song by heart? 😕 😉
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/8 "2009-06-06T03:55:55Z")
> [@Bosstone](#):
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> I only watched the Istanbul one, but it seems to me like he’s not really enjoying himself, just doing the skit. That takes a lot out of the enjoyment for me. ☹ Shame, too, because I can totally identify with this.
Wow, I think he’s in heaven. I’m surprised anyone would see it that way. He loves doing those.
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### Author:  [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/9 "2009-06-06T06:58:02Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> May I add:
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> [Wonderful Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqhw1tnKhM&feature=fvw)
YES! I thought that was brilliant, but it wasn’t on the CBS website.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/10 "2009-06-06T11:03:58Z")
Yeah, he makes me laugh and is more talented IMO than Conan, but these didn’t do it for me. (Only watched the Britney parody.)
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### Author:  [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/11 "2009-06-06T11:08:48Z")
The puppet choruses always kill me on these. Adds an extra layer of surreal to it.
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/12 "2009-06-06T16:41:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> May I add:
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> [Wonderful Night](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwqhw1tnKhM&feature=fvw)
I just watched this one, and yes, he’s having lots of fun with it. Looks like it was just a fluke with Istanbul. 😛
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/13 "2009-06-06T17:41:19Z")
> [@Bosstone](#):
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> I only watched the Istanbul one, but it seems to me like he’s not really enjoying himself, just doing the skit. That takes a lot out of the enjoyment for me. ☹ Shame, too, because I can totally identify with this.
Watch the Britney Spears one, too. It’s probably the best one.
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### Author:  [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/14 "2009-06-06T21:44:09Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> The puppet choruses always kill me on these. Adds an extra layer of surreal to it.
It cracks me up everytime he uses the puppets.
There are people that like puppets and then there are people who are wrong for not liking them.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/15 "2009-06-07T03:14:38Z")
Speaking of surreal, [Henry Cho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zKxg7UjgE) was on last night. I hadn’t seen him before, and hearing that accent come out of his face is, well, **surreal**.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/16 "2009-06-07T11:53:52Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> Speaking of surreal, [Henry Cho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zKxg7UjgE) was on last night. I hadn’t seen him before, and hearing that accent come out of his face is, well, **surreal**.
I’ve seen him on Comedy Central. He often makes me laugh.
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/17 "2009-06-07T13:19:38Z")
The first one I saw of Craig’s dancing routine was [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-4tEUTxdjs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcomics101%2Ecom%2F%3Fpage%3DMB&feature=player_embedded).
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### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/18 "2009-06-07T13:52:26Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#):
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> Speaking of surreal, [Henry Cho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-zKxg7UjgE) was on last night. I hadn’t seen him before, and hearing that accent come out of his face is, well, **surreal**.
Yes, Cho is hilarious. He’s spent his whole life having to tell people, “No, really. That’s my accent.”
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### Author:  [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/19 "2009-06-07T18:49:15Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#):
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> The puppet choruses always kill me on these. Adds an extra layer of surreal to it.
I love that the shark is wearing a turban and the dinosaur is wearing a fez in the “Istanbul” skit.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craig-ferguson-cbs-late-late-show-is-a-mad-genius/498899/20 "2009-06-07T19:19:49Z")
Craig is the only late-night dude we bother recording and watching. I love him very, very much. It cracks me up when he cracks himself up, and also when he goes off on a rant on stuff. I also like the little guy in the leather shorts. And when Craig’s fake teeth fall out when parodying Prince Charles.
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