The final Late Late Show with Craig

[David Bruggeman]

I managed to get into the taping for tonight's show.  For what I'm guessing are logistical reasons (they taped two shows today), the cold open for tomorrow was taped before tonight's show.

While I'm a mark for this program, it's a lovely segment that I'd encourage everyone to see.  But, since Leno is the guest for tomorrow night, I'd understand if you jumped ship after that.

David

[Jon Delfin]

Tom Cruise comes out and asks for the footstool?

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[David Bruggeman]

Angela Kinsey took that home with her earlier this week.

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[Jon Delfin]

Indeed, but maybe Tom doesn't know that. (I've had the Cruise-shows-up idea in my head for awhile, and when she took the footstool, I actually got a little incensed!)

[JW]

> I've had the Cruise-shows-up idea in my head
> for awhile, and when she took the footstool, I
> actually got a little incensed!

FWIW, you're not the only one who thought about that. I wasn't incensed, though, just a bit disappointed that the obvious payoff wasn't going to come.

And since they gave the footstool to Ms. Kinsey on Tuesday night's show, they had to use a block of wood for Betty White Wednesday.

[Jon Delfin]

I'm still optimistic that there will be someone unexpected revealed under Secretariat's head.

Meanwhile, speaking of finales, I trust everyone experienced the acid trip that was Colbert's farewell.

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[Kevin M.]

Spoiler alert: There is someone unexpected

http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_late_show/video/LJVfIX7gBA2IDWp8k_jwS6soY6smHwM0/craig-ferguson-secretariat-s-identity-revealed/

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[Bradford]

  I had to check. And you're right, it WAS totally unexpected. But I hope the actual show doesn't end like the clip. It's not the Sopranos for Geoff's sake!

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[David Bruggeman]

An ESPN host who was part of the acid trip mentioned it near the end of his show today.

David

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[David Bruggeman]

If you can't wait for tonight, part of the cold open for the last LLS with Craig F. is now online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPPxMSmt55w

As I said, there is more after this.  If they do pan the crowd, I'm in the back row, center section, stage Secretariat.

David

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[Kevin M.]

I'm going to need to buy that song on iTunes now

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[David Bruggeman]

I'm pretty sure the band in question, Dead Man Fall, was on the show earlier this year, but I can't find video.

(It's not the band that played when Craig took the show to Scotland, that was The Imagineers)

David

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[David Bruggeman]

Here's the single:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bang-your-drum-single/id880650842

I'd be happy to see them release the version from tonight, but I know music rights are complicated.

David

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[Kevin M.]

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[JW]

Tremendous final outing, and ending. The opening would have worked a little better for me if it didn't happen to immediately follow Darlene Love, but what are you gonna do?

[David Lynch]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:59 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

If you can't wait for tonight, part of the cold open for the last LLS with Craig F. is now online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPPxMSmt55w

After having just watched this on my DVR, I feel like someone needs to take screen captures and do an annotated guide of who all of the participants were, similar to one that I saw for Colbert's singalong segment, because there were a few where I went "I know him/her and I'm completely blanking on who he/she is." 

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[Diner]

On Saturday, December 20, 2014 2:34:37 AM UTC-5, JW wrote:

Tremendous final outing, and ending. The opening would have worked a little better for me if it didn't happen to immediately follow Darlene Love, but what are you gonna do?

Yeah, I loved it too. So bleeping joyous. The final scene was killer, right down to the St. Elsewhere reference. And I loved Jay's appearance, especially the Trista story, which I hadn't heard before. I do remember him making fun of Trista (complete with Valley Girl voice) from time to time on The Tonight Show - now it makes sense.

BTW, this week WPIX pushed Craig's "Celebrity Name Game" back an hour from 7:30 pm weeknights to 6:30. Doesn't bode well.

-Tim

[David Bruggeman]

I am away from my DVR, but having been in studio for the taping of the second part I could give it a go.

Bone Patrol - they were the house band leading up to the 2013 Super Bowl.  The guys who composed the theme music for the show are part of this band.  Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols joined them on guitar.

After Secretariat came out, he was joined by:

Lisa and Tuyen who did hair and makeup for the show, and often danced with Craig in the bumpers.

Jeff and Gunther, who joined Craig on many of his lip-synching numbers with puppets.

The fellow in the white garb whirling the tube was an alien that visited Craig early in the show's run and communicated by the sounds made from the tube.

David

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[David Bruggeman]

Celebrity Name Game looks good for renewal, per Deadline. 

http://deadline.com/2014/12/real-celebrity-name-game-renewal-season-2-freshman-syndicated-shows-1201321140/

That probably helps the heavily rumored effort for Craig to do a syndie talk show through the same distributors.

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[Bradford]

  Ferguson only did 100 half hours of the game show so, with most stations showing 2 new shows a day, they are currently out of new and are showing repeats. (I noticed the repeats started airing around Thanksgiving.) There are no tapings currently scheduled but I imagine that new shows will be taped after the first of the year when they get closer to the end of the second runs of the first 100.

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[David Bruggeman]

Dead Man Fall (who wrote Bang Your Drum) has a list of the celebrities from the video portion of the open on its Twitter feed.  It's not clear who gave them the info.  (Sales of the tune received Colbert Bump-style increases, as you might imagine)

https://twitter.com/deadmanfall1/status/546247263207845888

It's alphabetical for the most part (folks who appeared in the same box are listed together).  I can't vouch for the list, as I haven't watched the video that much.  For instance, there are at least a couple that I just don't recall seeing.

David

Craig Tweeted about the band after they reached out to him earlier this year.  They had trouble getting a visa, or they'd have been on the show before Friday night (and in person).

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[Diner]

On Saturday, December 20, 2014 8:15:30 PM UTC-5, David Bruggeman wrote:

Dead Man Fall (who wrote Bang Your Drum) has a list of the celebrities from the video portion of the open on its Twitter feed.  It's not clear who gave them the info.  (Sales of the tune received Colbert Bump-style increases, as you might imagine)

https://twitter.com/deadmanfall1/status/546247263207845888

This means that, if my review of the lists is correct, that there were only two celebs who appeared on both the final Colbert Report and the final Ferguson: Toby Keith and Tim Meadows.

-Tim (not Meadows)
 

 

[JW]

Thanks, David. Bone Patrol makes sense, but I didn't/wouldn't recognize them. I did recognize the others, and especially laughed at the alien.

And I'd say I got between a third and a half of the folks in the video, just because it's hard to pull so many out in real time. There were no real surprises on the list.

One surprise is that Letterman didn't acknowledge the end of Ferguson's run on his show, nor did Craig thank Dave and/or Worldwide Pants on his.

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"Bone Patrol - they were the house band leading up to the 2013 Super Bowl. The guys who composed the theme music for the show are part of this band. Steve Jones of The Sex Pistols joined them on guitar.
 
After Secretariat came out, he was joined by:
Lisa and Tuyen who did hair and makeup for the show, and often danced with Craig in the bumpers.
Jeff and Gunther, who joined Craig on many of his lip-synching numbers with puppets.
The fellow in the white garb whirling the tube was an alien that visited Craig early in the show's run and communicated by the sounds made from the tube."

and

[Jon Delfin]

Who's playing the bass? (At 0:17)

[David Bruggeman]

He's the stage manager for the show, first name of Jeff (not sure about the spelling).  Back in the puppet era, he'd often perform with 'Gunter' - the shirtless fellow in lederhosen - and Craig.  Jeff and Gunter come out during the in-studio portion of the open.

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[Jon Delfin]

I thought that was him (sans bass). Somehow I've managed to miss his on-screen presences. Thanks.