Craig Ferguson - late night's cheeky monkey. A big rave. Get comfy...but stay awake...
(I'll get to Reality TV Part Deux in a minute - promise)
I don't know if you're up late, but you should be. Or your tivo should be. This is the most refreshing [new] show on the tube!! Who knew "Mr. Wick" from The Drew Carey show had it in him?
If ol' Les Moonves (one of those suits) at CBS has any balls, we're witnessing Letterman's heir-apparent. He's following in the footsteps of Carson, who rejuvenated the format after Paar, and Letterman, who skewed it just enough to make it his own. In record time, (barely over one year), Craig Ferguson owns it. And as Dave is starting to show how tired he is, Craig seems poised.
I don't know if you're up late, but you should be. Or your tivo should be. This is the most refreshing [new] show on the tube!! Who knew "Mr. Wick" from The Drew Carey show had it in him?
If ol' Les Moonves (one of those suits) at CBS has any balls, we're witnessing Letterman's heir-apparent. He's following in the footsteps of Carson, who rejuvenated the format after Paar, and Letterman, who skewed it just enough to make it his own. In record time, (barely over one year), Craig Ferguson owns it. And as Dave is starting to show how tired he is, Craig seems poised.
No three-joke-and-out monolog here. He jumps right in by actually baring his own life, and these long personal diatribes are wildly funny, cutting, cheeky, revealing, deep, always smart and never an insult to his audience. And then, he owns the desk, too. His first desk segment, with the funny/almost-annoying sound effects, (cracking whips, monkeys, donkeys, and more), and his brilliant mind-to-mouth asides, is amazing. Next, he seems to truly care about his guests, and the genuine interest comes through in different, sometimes strange, but always wonderful interviews with an incredibly wide range of people who appear to enjoy him as much.
This show is just superb, and gives me hope for the future of late night! And we know I'm up...blogging!!!
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