Craig Ferguson: A 'Late Night' Revolutionist 

He was always my favorite late night host. It had no rules, it wasn't uptight, it wasn't orderly, It was pure chaos and pure joy and fun. I mean a horse would randomly come out and run around to music playing... How awesome is that!!

Oh, my. Thank you, Craig and Geoff (Josh) and all with the show. I loved you, still do, always will. The absolute best. Thank you for bringing laughter and genuineness and true talent to our lives. It truly was a great day in America when you were all here with us. Thank you.❤ Thank you, PopeyJN for this look back!

Is a longtime student of late night television I am ashamed to say that I never embraced Mr. Ferguson as I should have. In 2020 I started watching RU-vid clips of his show. I now know that he is the greatest of all time. Thank you for this video. It added greatly to my understanding of his show.

10 out of 10 for 'Angel never a god hahaha'. Exceptional job editing popey, and the continuation of this series that we've all been enjoying :)

The ferret picture cracks me up every time. It's almost a pavlovian response.

The King. Witness how much presence he has on the internet versus his viewership when he was actually on (as he said, he had a small but fanatical base). There's a popular compilation channel (guest-heavy), and another channel that is sedulously gathering together all of the full Late Late Shows (almost all of the post-Thompson ones are there; the earlier, pre-digital-TV shows are harder to come by). Craig and Conan O'Brien are the only late-night shows in the past 30 years worth talking about and watching, and 30 years is a long time. I really like what he said in that interview here about his original plan for a sidekick failing, and by failing, it became an unintended masterstroke. Because the Craig and Geoff dynamic - 2011-2014 - was the funniest thing on TV in any time-slot. The banter was better than any such that had come before, including Conan and Andy. That banter, in fact, is the best thing about the show. I think it can be persuasively argued that Craig - and to a lesser extent O'Brien - didn't revolutionize the format so much as kill it, creating something new, something where the guest's "latest project" wasn't really of major concern. I suspect a lot of publicists would grit their teeth whenever Craig's name came up. I remember when Carey Mulligan came on - they talked about a myriad of things until the end, when he finally remembered, "So that movie looks good. Stuff happens, I bet." (Mulligan just went, "Yup", and they moved on to the Big Cash Prize, lol.) Might explain why there were less "A-listers" on the show in the last 3 years, though those he was actually friendly with kept turning up. Anyway, cool survey!

My absolute favorite late night host. I had/have such a crush on him

Sorely missed. He was the most tragically underrated genius of late night television.

A really enjoyable, informative piece on Craig's show. Thank you for all your efforts on it!

My God was he a magical fellow at night.. it was so brilliant

Fantastic job mate

I never watched the Late Late show during it's original run, but I'm a recent convert thanks to RU-vid compilations. Oh the joy I missed.

Kind of an improvisational talk show. Especially, when Josh Robert Thompson voiced Geoff. Best way I could think to desribe it to someone that has never seen it. I still miss it.

I discovered Craig jusyt before he left. Fun to catch up on youtube. Sorry i missed him at the time. He got away with things nonone else could . It was the accent

Unfortunately, I watched his show sporadically when it originally aired, but I do remember always having a great time watching it. I'm so glad that I can catch up with practically all of the episodes here on YT! Around March 14 or 15, 2024, an article came out of him saying that he was in talks with a network to do another Late Night show, under his terms (not doing it every day, which was a major gripe of his with his previous show as it kept him away from his family a lot). It was just initial talks and he didn't know if it would come to fruition. I sincerely hope it does! A side note, I wish there was behind the scenes footage of him doing the puppet bits, especially of him and Trace Adkins doing the puppet show. Awesome video, subscribed!

Loved that show I used to watch it every night when I finished late shift and laugh myself stupid

As a Scot, and someone who came from around 20 miles from where Craigie was born, I have always absolutely loved his work There are still evidence of his work on RU-vid: The Ferguson Theiry A guest appearance on an early Red Dwarf episode 2000 not out As they were aimed at their times, the shows (except Red Dwarf as it was a comedy sci-fi whilst the others were more topical It still goes back to what made modern guys like , Kevin Brdges, Gary Meikle, Iain Connell, Danny Bhoy, Billy Connolly, Rab Florence, Jerry Sadowitz, Greg Hemphill Craig Ferguson or, going further back, greats like Stanley Baxter, Jack Milton, Lynn McGarry, Harry Lauder, Lex McLean, Chic Murray, Rikki Fulton and s many, many more in what is frankly a never ending list of being being funny in my accent, telling jokes about places I’d heard of, that I knew, that I’d been too. They were making jokes of things I’d seen, using words I understood, using slang and profanity as I did with my friends I don’t think many people can entirely relate to this, I’m sure. Their whole identity. Hidden under a blanket of someone else’s capital

Didn't even know the show existed until a few years after it ended, but watching the clips on RU-vid often had me laughing my arse off.

Where are you from PopeyJN?

Never saw the show. Watch RU-vid clips. I realize I did not miss anything. Just terrible