The Late Late Show/Trivia

Craig Ferguson was an alcoholic through the 1980s, and only got into rehab on the good word of one of his comedian friends. Due to his first-hand experience with addiction, he won't make jokes about people showing signs of substance abuse.

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• Fan Community Nicknames: Craig himself uses "hobos" for his studio audience, and "robot skeleton army" for his Twitter followers.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: It's not out on DVD yet, but most (if not all) episodes from 2009-11 are floating around YouTube right now. Neither Craig or CBS really seem to mind, mainly since A) it gets Craig more international exposure, B) there's no annoying unskippable ads every few minutes, and C) there's no commercials period.
  • The Craig fans were hit hard in early 2010 when Malinky2Stoatir, probably the most well-known uploader of Late Late Show episodes (and a gigantic Craig fan herself, not to mention a very similar sense of humor) — whose uploads were watched by tens of thousands of subscribers around the world — had her account pulled down by YouTube. She quickly returned with a new account called "TVsCraigFerguson" and continued uploading new episodes (along with classics from the old channel) until it was hacked, at which point she moved to TVsCraigFerguson2.
  • While the show itself hasn't directly mentioned Malinky and her work, it's pretty obvious that they know about her. Indeed, among the 4,000+ followers of her Twitter account is none other than Craig himself.
• One of Us: Craig has fully accepted his status as a Whovian, much to the rejoicing of Whovians across the world. He has also been on the Nerdist podcast, and The Late Late Show is generally considered the late-night show for nerds.
  • He also mentions his Whovian status in the Stan Lee interview (see the Funny Moments tab).

'Craig: I'm not even a proper fanboy, because the people who go to Comic-Con — they all know about stuff. I'm like "Huh, Doctor Whos cool!" and they're like "Oh, which Doctor, loser?" and I'm like "I don't know!" You see what I'm saying?

• • An email segment in November 2007 included a letter asking for baby names. Craig, admitting it as being "the only name I know", suggested...Susan.
  • The Big Bang Theory crossover sketch mentioned above had Craig state facts about Doctor Who after he fails, trying to impress the group...although he mistakenly refers to the main character as "Doctor Who", which would get him barred from many Who fan forums.
  • He even gets in an argument with Chris Hardwick about whether the Doctor is a superhero.

Craig: He wasn't sent to Earth, he came of his own accord. Superman was sent to Earth, Doctor Who wasn't sent to Earth. He came of his own accord. I think there's a difference.

• • Speaking of Doctor Who, one of his guests.
• Throw It In:
  • On multiple occasions, the show has had some weird problems that got into the broadcast anyway. This is probably because even though it isn't broadcast live (no matter what Craig might claim), the show has a live audience.
  • Twice, the lights went out during a taping. They were also out at the beginning of this episode.
  • The main camera breaks after Craig gives it one hit too many.

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