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Craig Ferguson Trumps Conan O’Brien Any Night [Guest Post by Jeffrey Cohen]

by Chandra on June 20th, 2008

Anyone who’s not watching Craig Ferguson on the Late Late Show (CBS, 12:35 a.m., EDT) is missing out. You think just because you saw this guy on The Drew Carey Show for years you know him? Nonsense! A cranky Scottish man who invites us in by tapping on the camera every night and giving us a warm wave before announcing “it’s a great day for America”? That’s what you need at that time of night (or, if you’re like the rest of us, whenever TiVo makes it happen).

Does he do the same jokes every night? Yeah, well, pretty much. But here’s the really sick part: they’re still funny! Okay, so the Angela Lansbury/Paul McCartney thing is getting old, but I’d be happy with an hour of Craig reading emails and doing his dead-on Sean Connery impression. Some of the sketches need a little airing out (no more with the guy who pretends to be Craig Ferguson and insults him to death — it cracks up Craig, but we’re, um, the audience), but the monologue is always killer, and the man gets interesting guests and makes them laugh.

Conan O’Brien? Aside from truly freakish hair, what has he got over Craig? Nothing, I say! The day Craig Ferguson, after actually tearing up, took his oath as a citizen of the United States — THAT was a great day for America.

Guest author Jeffrey Cohen is the author of IT HAPPENED ONE KNIFE and SOME LIKE IT HOT-BUTTERED in the Double Feature Mystery series, which takes place in a movie theatre that shows only comedies. He’s a fan of the Marx Brothers, Monty Python, Jon Stewart, and 30 Rock, among a host of others. You can find him at www.jeffcohenbooks.com.

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