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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Craig Ferguson
IMDbProha — 10 years ago(September 13, 2015 10:23 PM)
I thought it was kinda terrible, particularly the middle part. Why was he hating on Mick Jagger so bad?
I love Craig's comedy and have a lot of respect for him. I used to watch his late show all the time and watched every bit of its last days, but he's not quite how he used to be. I used to think if he could do this without any filters it would be gold but it doesn't seem so.
Now I haven't watched any other standup of his so idk if this was a one off. just wondering? what'd y'all think? -
RoundTheTwist — 10 years ago(October 18, 2015 11:52 AM)
Huge fan of the Late Late Show as I was, I never really enjoyed his standup. It's a bit too ranty at times for me and there's far better people at doing it than him. The shows format suited him best IMO.
I used to like his monologue style stuff on The Ferguson Theory. A full 90 minute show isn't really for me. -
crazybeats2017 — 10 years ago(October 19, 2015 11:51 AM)
The show was a different show until June 2012. After that it went downhill as Craig accepted more money rather than leave when he wanted to.
I liked the show but my problem was I had already heard the Mick Jagger stories before so it was just a repeat.
What really made Craig great on his Late Late Show was the fact that he was limited, he couldn't swear or go indepth with the sex talk. The fact that his monologues had to focus on the previous days news events or topics meant the jokes had to be fresh and some of the funniest parts of the show literally was Craig just thinking on his feet and something genius coming out. That was what made the show and later on as it developed and the monologues cut short and more time on the Emails and Tweets segment we seen more of the man himself basically just trying to get through it himself and knowing that it wasn't that great. That in itself was funny to watch and you got to see all those real emotions of anger and fatigue, excitement and boredom all the time on any given night.
And to make an example of the EPIX show, him remembering Hackey Sack from Scotland or meeting the Scottish security guard when going out partying with Mick Jagger were small highlights of the show because not only were they funny but they weren't jokes. They were just things that happened to happen on those given days and they were funny. Just like on the show years ago we got many great stories of things happening to him in his life or people he met and there's no punchline or joke it's just something that happens that just happens to be funny. -
IMDbProha — 10 years ago(April 04, 2016 11:56 AM)
That's a good point actually and well said. It's more or less his personality that made it funny rather than the material itself I guess. Just his take on happenstances and circumstances? that makes sense.
In that case I bet he'd be a blast to hang out with! -
synchary — 10 years ago(April 05, 2016 06:52 AM)
not only were they funny but they weren't jokes. >snip< Just like on the show years ago we got many great stories of things happening to him in his life or people he met and there's no punchline or joke it's just something that happens that just happens to be funny.
IMO, this was when he was at his best, both on the chat show and in earlier standups. He was witty, coy and real.
With the skeleton, Ferguson's charm and clever opinions on eclectic or personal subjects evaporated. The programme became nothing but an exercise in vulgarity which seeped into subsequent standups as well.
Sadly, I lost interest in him after that. I look in on him from time to time but I still miss that saucy but intelligent humour, and his hilarious storytelling instead of punchlines.