Craig Ferguson is cool
I saw this on TV last week, and I thought it was one of the best things I’ve seen on late night television in a long time. Craig Ferguson (you may remember him from the Drew Carey Show) hosts a late night talk show on CBS at the same time as Conan. He’s turned out to be a natural. Not only is he naturally very funny by starting out every show with a really long monologue that flows more like a story than a bunch of one-liners, but he’s also probably the most sincere and thoughtful guy on late night television.
Here’s a monologue he did where he forsakes his usual schtick and talks about the media’s obsession with the falling of celebrities and relating it to his own battle with alcoholism. Good stuff.