smokeandmirrors
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Always loved his interviews even if I havent been able to catch the show.
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Craig Ferguson may be getting replaced as Late Late Show host
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KefkaPalazzo
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If that happens, I wouldn't mind if CC offered Craig a nice contract to take the void that will be left after the Colbert Report finishes...of course I would have Colbert and Ferguson back to back though.
God, there's no one in the entertainment industry I loathe more than Chelsea Handler. Please please please let her never see prosperity.
You need a comedian for these shows. They're all about the monologue and she's not that type of entertainer.
You need a comedian for these shows. They're all about the monologue and she's not that type of entertainer.
SlowRevolution
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Chelsea Handler (or anyone, really, but she's one of the worst possible options) replacing Ferguson would be fucking tragic.
If he actually gets replaced, though, seeing him completely not give a shit would be fantastic.
If he actually gets replaced, though, seeing him completely not give a shit would be fantastic.
Ferguson has a clause which gives him a payout if he doesn't replace Letterman. They may be trying to dissuade him from exercising it.
Black Republican
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Handler would be awesome
CoffeeJanitor
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Aw man. Fuck.
Craig is the best.
Craig is the best.
KaiserBecks
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Probably just the usual PR "we have other options"-jibberjabber because they have to re-negotiate with Ferguson. Replacing him with someone like Chelsea Handler would be beyond stupid.
Spiritreaver
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Chelsea Handler lol. Please get her off TV, not on network. Ugh.
acheron_xl
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If they're going to kick Craig out for a token lady, at least make it someone cool like Aisha Tyler.
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qizah
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Please no. Ferguson is great.. I don't get why they'd want to do this.
Also please no to Chelsea Handler. There's a lot of other women who are way funnier than she is.
Also please no to Chelsea Handler. There's a lot of other women who are way funnier than she is.
My first thought was that if they have to do this (and I seriously hope not), an ideal female host would be Rebel Wilson. Hasn't had enough screen time as Poehler or Fey to have massive expectations or be considered a waste at that timeslot, but every time I've seen her as a guest on talk shows she's always been incredibly funny. And from what I saw of her hosting the MTV awards (I think? Or Teen Choice?) she was spot on.
Craig is the only host that could make damn good lemonade when life gives him lemons.
Any other host would've been like, fuck this, call me when shit's fixed. Instead, he makes a genuinely great monologue on the fly.
Any other host would've been like, fuck this, call me when shit's fixed. Instead, he makes a genuinely great monologue on the fly.
And the brits don't even pronounce the r's at the end of words
I'm Australian. Best of both worlds apart from the killer spiders.
Have you listened to his audiobook? Dude has enough lemons to last him three lifetimes. And a fuckload of lemonade.
Strongly recommend it.
Damn straight. Not much better than New Zealanders.
figadapaura
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Depends on which part of Britain they're from. In Scotland they do.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Would the fact that Seth Meyer's lead-in is creaming Craig Ferguson's lead-in in the ratings have any considerable effect on why his numbers are lower?
real_slime
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I kinda don't get this cos you CAN say Craig properly in an American accent. I get that the name might just be pronounced differently over there, but I would've figured people would know to at pronounce Craig Ferguson's name right. I'm sure he doesn't mind though.
As for this news - I'm Scottish so I hold a little torch for his success on those grounds (because it also helps me keep my own dying dreams alive that i could one day have success), but I actually don't like his comedy very much. He's just a silly man, yeah, but it feels too practiced and safe to me, and on the other end, he seems a little bit prickly when he comes up against something he doesn't understand, and he can be very ingenuine at times. Wish him well though!
Tim the Wiz
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Might actually be the best thing for both parties. He won a big contractual pay day getting passed over for Colbert and can now take his talents to a half-hour show. And CBS can sign somebody to potentially lift their poor ratings in the timeslot.
The low production costs of the current show is probably the only thing that would keep the status quo in check. Somebody like Handler will demand a higher salary.
Ouch lolNo, not Chelsea Handler, she's the dumbest person ever been on tv.
They have been consistently getting worse even before Fallon took over the Tonight Show
War Peaceman
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This interview is brilliant. She's such a bad interviewer, I can't believe anyone would think she warrants a promotion.
Diprosalic
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Replacing Ferguson with anyone would be a major downgrade but Handler? ugh...
freenudemacusers
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this seems like a pretty obvious jokeNo, not Chelsea Handler, she's the dumbest person ever been on tv.
Ken Masters
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Ferguson is god awful, I wouldn't mind handler getting the spot
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