@@mcsisawesome dude...just shut up. Craig was anti Trump long before he even tried to become the traitor president he became. He doesn't even live in Hollywood. He's Scottish, he hates US politics because it's retarded. He didn't talk about it on the show because it's useless and every other talkshow does it.
oh shut the fuk up you whineing sod, plan demic plandemic, if the govt told you to line up and die would you do that aswell? i have not missed a day of life or changed a thing i did, never put on a mask never had to alter my life, and neither did you, you just sucumbed to fear and lies. grow up child.
I was 16 years old when I stayed up late to watch this. It wasn't just laughs but a serious conversation between two gentlemen,who were capable of having a truly enlightening conversation that nobody in my life could. This trulyhas led to a lifetime of meditation. Self reflection, and deep profound thought of our existence. Maybe someday I'll actually take the time to write these thoughts and hopefully help someone else like these two wonderful men helped me.
It has had a lasting impression on me too. I was around 21 when it came out and I remember being drawn to the intellectual conversation they had and how entertaining it was.
Stephen Fry works so hard… just listen to the number of projects he had currently going at the time of this interview. Amazing. What a blessing to live at the same time as him. So happy I got to meet him once.
Such an interesting conversation.... They are both so intelligent and articulate. The late late show with Craig Ferguson is my go to show if I'm pissed off or in a bad mood... Thank you Craig.
You don't often watch television programs or videos on the internet that really teach you something. I feel like I've learned a lot about life just by listening to these two great lads talking for 40 minutes. It could have easily been 4000 minutes and I would have still watched with great interest. Also, it reminded me I need to read more books because I wanna talk and think like Stephen Fry
+rainingskunks it might have given the wrong impression but what I meant was thinking in the same rational yet brilliant way as he does, not having the same ideas
i'm really just splitting hairs. - You can be rational AND brilliant. Also just to throw it out there - if one wants to think in the same way as another, would they both reach same ideas in the same context?
The cold open really describes the show and how much fan attraction it has. This show wasn't fed to us, we all found it and took interest. However, it's sad that the interest in this show started for me about 5 months ago, long after it's running, here on TH-cam by fellow die-hard fans. It's a one of a kind show that is just funny and comical to watch. This too is a very interesting and special episode and it's cool Craig wanted to do something like this.
Just now stumbled upon this episode. Loved it. I enjoy in depth and/or rambling conversations between interesting, thoughtful people. Did not at all miss an audience whooping whenever Craig or Stephen mentioned America, Northern California, or any other familiar locale. Wish they had discussed Jeeves & Wooster.
I agree. James should continue the tradition on an "audience-less" show. He would have him and the other two guests and the two would just randomly chat. As what Craig is doing, he is paying a tribute to Tom Snyder, the first "Late Late Show" host. James should definitely do the same thing.
Stephen mentions Douglas Adams and their mutual love for Apple products, which produced a fast friendship. After Douglas died, and Hollywood was going to produce a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy movie, Stephen Fry (successfully) worked very hard to be a part of it - eventually securing the role as "The Voice Of The Guide". He was f'ing PERFECT in this role, and every time I rewatch the movie I often tear up, knowing how much Stephen admired Douglas and how this was his homage to a great friend and comedic genius.
This was truly great but disheartening when you realize it took two foreigners to recreate something that American talk shows have long since abandoned. We're no longer forward thinkers because we traded intellect for entertainment, though CF gave us something really fresh and enjoyable in the late night space. However the optimism SF feels when he's here is dying (I think) because unlike immigrants like him that get to experience it firsthand are different than those of us that are born here and are grow up with imagery of what America used to look like. It's when we see the current state of the govt/economy/world around us we become discouraged and lose that optimism. Although maybe that's Plato's cave effect.
I don't particularly believe that. I think our entertainment is 'chosen' for us. There are far too many shows taken off-air that are good and too many put on-air that are awful.
We, as a population, decide what entertainment is on. Investors will invest in what people want to watch. If people consume vacuous and trivial entertainment then that's what media will make more of. It's not like PBS or BBC where there is a bit of push for higher quality.
Fortunately, TH-cam retains some good examples of Tom Snyder, Dick Cavett, and the like. A shame TV doesn't feel braver about offering more of their ilk.
This is just an uneducated theory but I think that reality tv shows are designed in such a way that makes them addictive. We know they're bad for us and we don't actually enjoy watching them that much. They are't particularly funny or engaging and yet we get hooked on them.
Dick Cavett held our attention interviewing influencers from all walks of life. He is missed. David Frost too another fine mind asking the important questions.
I do agree. Dave was the precedent when he was on NBC, then Conan carried it over afterwards, but Craig really made it into this "weird, acid trip" that made the current "Late Night" climate with Fallon, Meyers, Colbert, Corden, Kimmel, Noah, Oliver, Maher, Bee and Singh look bland and typical.
It's Sept '21 and I remember watching this when it was broadcast and thinking it was a fantastic conversation and every bit as good as anything Craig (or another host) might put on with a studio audience.
RicAdbur someone who attended a taping of the show said you could get them in the studio gift shop. Although they were originally from an Albuquerque snake museum, if I recall correctly.
His tribute to Snyder was really well done with the perfect guest. Costas did something similar as a show called LATER. Now we have good podcasts that do things that are similar, but we have to search them out.
I agree, wish he would also. But he said he would never would again. I just wish he would be on television in some capacity. He is such an entertaining and great personality.
How great & entertaining it would be for Craig to again take the helm of such a night show where there is open, calm, respectful conversation without yelling, blaming, shaming for cheap laughs.
It was kind of unusual to have no audience on the show in this case. It's something that hadn't been attempted on The Late Late Show since a predecessor of this show, Tom Snyder, left it in 1999.
It's not what you're thinking. It's what you're trying to say. Demeanor is a greater portrayal of what you're actually saying than what you might verbally express. "A picture's worth one thousand words" you know... And our vision is still only a portion of what we're actually seeing, so what are we missing? By seeing and hearing, and nothing else? Just sitting here watching these goddamn youtube videos. Loved this episode though! Stephen Fry is awesome and amazingly open. The first person who's made me see Craig Ferguson look comfortable at being a guest on his own show.
I don't watch any other show........ Craig wasn't an ass kisser. Morgan Freeman praised him for his ability to do the show without writers/cue cards, if that isn't a sign of pure genius wit................and can he ever make me laugh!!!!
my sense of humor is so aligned to what Craig does, this show and his stand up. Always has me cracking up. What i also really like about Craig is his brain. He's not a dumbass, and i appreciate that about him. This ep. is by far one of my favourites. I also do enjoy Mr. Fry as well. Suppose that helps. After all these years from watching this show when it was airing to now. So glad these shows are here to come back to and rewatch. I miss Craig and would love to see him do shows under this format. Intelligent, light hearted, humourous, serious chats. Not interviews, but chats. No not a podcast per say.....ya know.....lol Ah well. At least we have rewatching options at least.
Very interesting to watch this show now, in 2020. Now that all other late night hosts have been forced to change their program because of the corona virus.
I wonder what their thoughts are now about twitter, and the state of America. Its weird looking back not too long ago, how different the energy was about the beloved United States. It's sad really. . . If I'm not mistaken, I believe Craig and his family moved back to Scotland not to long ago.
This is the best style of interview - no gimmicks. Just two people being open with each other. Stephen is always great. Craig is too good for his American-style show.
“Is if possible to talk to someone without people whooping in the background.” Honest to god it’s my biggest pet peeve. SNL, Real Time, Whose Line. Half the show is people whooping. Whooop!!!
Americans learn what British people watch and value. And why we hate American TV that whoop and whistle at absolutely nothing. Why can people not appreciate intelligence and wit. I would take that any day over fame than anything. Stephen is my god.
I watched a lot of this show when it was originally airing; apparently one of the few people who didn't find it after the fact. But man, I missed this; easily the best interview given on this show. Craig nailed it; and a true sign of a master of a craft is range.. This episode expresses that. Craig could of owned late night TV if only anyone had actually seen or known about his show.
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"you watch this show because you found it" yup that pretty much sums up every craig ferguson fan.
Yess
I think I was flipping through channels when I was ten or so and there he was, and I kept staying up and watching the show. So true!
you cant produce children through buggery
Yes I found it on TH-cam the first clip I saw was his rant on continental airlines
I'm drinking too
Craig Ferguson was so ahead of his time he made a quarantine episode 10 years before Covid-19.
My God, in this horrible time of the world coping with the pandemic, I again marvel at how truly great Craig Ferguson was
you make it sound like he ded
@@Lupalyssum2 Hollywood kinda got to him during Trump's presidency. I'm sure he's fine when he isn't in front of a camera, but who knows
@@mcsisawesome dude...just shut up.
Craig was anti Trump long before he even tried to become the traitor president he became.
He doesn't even live in Hollywood.
He's Scottish, he hates US politics because it's retarded. He didn't talk about it on the show because it's useless and every other talkshow does it.
oh shut the fuk up you whineing sod, plan demic plandemic, if the govt told you to line up and die would you do that aswell? i have not missed a day of life or changed a thing i did, never put on a mask never had to alter my life, and neither did you, you just sucumbed to fear and lies. grow up child.
No one better. He also left it to those that followed to up their game (👏👏👏) or not...(😮😵🤷).
THIS is the kind of talk show Craig should be doing! I'd pay cash to see him interview fascinating people of substance exactly like this.
teenygozer I still loved him on the LLS; Secretariat, Geoff, and Sid, all that was wonderful too. I love both from him.
Tom Snyder and Larry King did it for many years. Their shows are always interesting to watch. RIP to them both.
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with Craig Ferguson
I would listen to these two talk for hours and hours. Absolutely loved it!
both of them so erudite. Craig holds his own with a Cambridge educated Fry. excellent exchange.
Craig ferguson and stephen fry, both inteligent, sensitive and genuine people
Same here.
I was 16 years old when I stayed up late to watch this. It wasn't just laughs but a serious conversation between two gentlemen,who were capable of having a truly enlightening conversation that nobody in my life could. This trulyhas led to a lifetime of meditation. Self reflection, and deep profound thought of our existence. Maybe someday I'll actually take the time to write these thoughts and hopefully help someone else like these two wonderful men helped me.
It has had a lasting impression on me too. I was around 21 when it came out and I remember being drawn to the intellectual conversation they had and how entertaining it was.
A true highlight of the Late Late Show. Already a classic.
Really interesting episode that's for sure. I personally prefer the normal format, but I applaud Craig for trying something like this.
Stephen Fry works so hard… just listen to the number of projects he had currently going at the time of this interview. Amazing. What a blessing to live at the same time as him. So happy I got to meet him once.
Such an interesting conversation.... They are both so intelligent and articulate.
The late late show with Craig Ferguson is my go to show if I'm pissed off or in a bad mood...
Thank you Craig.
You don't often watch television programs or videos on the internet that really teach you something. I feel like I've learned a lot about life just by listening to these two great lads talking for 40 minutes. It could have easily been 4000 minutes and I would have still watched with great interest. Also, it reminded me I need to read more books because I wanna talk and think like Stephen Fry
+ToxicSpiker nah just be yrself pls
+rainingskunks it might have given the wrong impression but what I meant was thinking in the same rational yet brilliant way as he does, not having the same ideas
i'm really just splitting hairs.
- You can be rational AND brilliant.
Also just to throw it out there
- if one wants to think in the same way as another, would they both reach same ideas in the same context?
One of the greater episodes of Craig Ferguson.
This man is so brilliant and original. He is the only one who can do a no audience show and still be funny and entertaining.
100% agree!
One of the most compelling interviews. Could listen to these two for hours!
The cold open really describes the show and how much fan attraction it has. This show wasn't fed to us, we all found it and took interest. However, it's sad that the interest in this show started for me about 5 months ago, long after it's running, here on TH-cam by fellow die-hard fans. It's a one of a kind show that is just funny and comical to watch. This too is a very interesting and special episode and it's cool Craig wanted to do something like this.
neary 13 years later and I still enjoy tunning in and having a listen
every time i laughed i heard a crowd laughing in my head
Me too
Replying to a 4 year old comment..
Yes!!!
Well… we are the crowd. Maybe we hear each other laughing because our laughter traverses space and time.
Man it felt like the breaks came every 2 minutes. Very enthralling conversation for sure
Dante C me: well I can just listen to it on the way to work
Also me: lol no.
I absolutely love this episode of the show. Not everyone would be interesting enough to 'work' without an audience, but in this case it's fabulous.
I miss him alot, I wish he was still on.
Damn, I miss this show. All the talk shows now are goofy. While Craig could also be silly at times there was plenty of substance. He’s one of a kind.
I adore hearing them talk about America with such affection.
Makes you wonder what would they say about it now.
I don't even know what a tea cozy is, but I want one
@@DarkWandererAU like a beer cozy, but for your mug of tea. The way beer cozy keeps the drink cold, tea cozy keeps your drink warm 🙂👍
@@DINOLOVER6717 Well there ya go 😁
"I'm sure if I saw Lady Gaga at a party, I wouldn't recognize her unless she had a wedding cake on her head" I just died.
Amazing and awesome, as usual. Thank you Craig Ferguson. Miss you ❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the coolest talk show episode
I still love this interview. Wish it was longer
Just now stumbled upon this episode. Loved it. I enjoy in depth and/or rambling conversations between interesting, thoughtful people. Did not at all miss an audience whooping whenever Craig or Stephen mentioned America, Northern California, or any other familiar locale. Wish they had discussed Jeeves & Wooster.
Anyone here in 2019 ?
Craig was the best talk show host... period...
What's he doing now?
Here in 2020. I come back annually. One of my favourite interviews available on TH-cam.
This was basically Craig paid tribute to Tom Snyder.
Let's see James Corden does the same for Craig.
Cak Redi I want to see that
I agree. James should continue the tradition on an "audience-less" show. He would have him and the other two guests and the two would just randomly chat. As what Craig is doing, he is paying a tribute to Tom Snyder, the first "Late Late Show" host. James should definitely do the same thing.
Sorry not a fan of James. Craig was a trend setter to me James is a follower.
2 great men, very much underrated, in their vocation.
Good to have both these guys as part of the fabric of America.
Stephen mentions Douglas Adams and their mutual love for Apple products, which produced a fast friendship.
After Douglas died, and Hollywood was going to produce a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy movie, Stephen Fry (successfully) worked very hard to be a part of it - eventually securing the role as "The Voice Of The Guide". He was f'ing PERFECT in this role, and every time I rewatch the movie I often tear up, knowing how much Stephen admired Douglas and how this was his homage to a great friend and comedic genius.
Hands down his best show. And he had some good ones.
I fell a little bit in love with both of them.
Yesssss
I wish Craig was still on late night because is so much better than what we're getting these days.
I miss Craig and his personality. The whole experience felt more real and genuine than most late night talk shows...it was just different
Craigs speech at the beginning was very cool and so real
Beyond brilliant. 💙💙💙
Stephen Fry might be the only guest for whom Craig ever arranged a second Snake cup.
You are important craig.
Craig ferguson is great
Hearing Fry talking about Twitter then, knowing how much it sucks ass now, is fascinating.
Craig Ferguson was so ahead of his time. No audience shows only became popular 10 years after this episode.
This was truly great but disheartening when you realize it took two foreigners to recreate something that American talk shows have long since abandoned. We're no longer forward thinkers because we traded intellect for entertainment, though CF gave us something really fresh and enjoyable in the late night space.
However the optimism SF feels when he's here is dying (I think) because unlike immigrants like him that get to experience it firsthand are different than those of us that are born here and are grow up with imagery of what America used to look like. It's when we see the current state of the govt/economy/world around us we become discouraged and lose that optimism. Although maybe that's Plato's cave effect.
I don't particularly believe that. I think our entertainment is 'chosen' for us. There are far too many shows taken off-air that are good and too many put on-air that are awful.
We, as a population, decide what entertainment is on. Investors will invest in what people want to watch. If people consume vacuous and trivial entertainment then that's what media will make more of. It's not like PBS or BBC where there is a bit of push for higher quality.
Fortunately, TH-cam retains some good examples of Tom Snyder, Dick Cavett, and the like. A shame TV doesn't feel braver about offering more of their ilk.
This is just an uneducated theory but I think that reality tv shows are designed in such a way that makes them addictive. We know they're bad for us and we don't actually enjoy watching them that much. They are't particularly funny or engaging and yet we get hooked on them.
Dick Cavett held our attention interviewing influencers from all walks of life. He is missed. David Frost too another fine mind asking the important questions.
Thank you for uploading this. It was fantastic
This is a fantastic example of how Craig Ferguson is a truly talented interviewer that could actually be the equal of Tom Snyder.
The Late Night form was really deconstructed by Craig...Letterman did it to a degree, but over time it became like anything else.
I do agree. Dave was the precedent when he was on NBC, then Conan carried it over afterwards, but Craig really made it into this "weird, acid trip" that made the current "Late Night" climate with Fallon, Meyers, Colbert, Corden, Kimmel, Noah, Oliver, Maher, Bee and Singh look bland and typical.
I remember seeing this when it aired. Ferguson was such a uniquely gifted host.
Craig needs a podcast
He had one with Sirius XM radio
Stephen Fry is a national treasure ❤
Thank GOD! Listening to you two is so refreshing and rejuvenating here in the horrible age of trump!
"This might upset some people..., but I don't care!" :D
15:10 -- he shares that he was the second person in Europe to own an Apple Mac (Douglas Adams was the first).
It's Sept '21 and I remember watching this when it was broadcast and thinking it was a fantastic conversation and every bit as good as anything Craig (or another host) might put on with a studio audience.
I miss you craig.. come back ya bastard !!!! :)
I had no idea there were two of those big snake mugs
RicAdbur someone who attended a taping of the show said you could get them in the studio gift shop. Although they were originally from an Albuquerque snake museum, if I recall correctly.
His tribute to Snyder was really well done with the perfect guest. Costas did something similar as a show called LATER. Now we have good podcasts that do things that are similar, but we have to search them out.
I wish Craig Ferguson would come back to late night.
I agree, wish he would also. But he said he would never would again. I just wish he would be on television in some capacity. He is such an entertaining and great personality.
I suddenly want to watch a zoom call between these two discussing the state of america more than anything!
This was really good
How great & entertaining it would be for Craig to again take the helm of such a night show where there is open, calm, respectful conversation without yelling, blaming, shaming for cheap laughs.
It's sad listening to them talk excitedly about how civil Twitter is.
Britain’s national treasure! Who would not want to be sitted next to Stephen Fry at dinner party??
You Tube should get Craig in to do specials following this format
It was kind of unusual to have no audience on the show in this case. It's something that hadn't been attempted on The Late Late Show since a predecessor of this show, Tom Snyder, left it in 1999.
absolutely brilliant
Oh yes! Stephen Fry is one of my favorite people to listen to. Two words I think of when his name is mentioned: Bon Mots.
It's not what you're thinking. It's what you're trying to say.
Demeanor is a greater portrayal of what you're actually saying than what you might verbally express.
"A picture's worth one thousand words" you know...
And our vision is still only a portion of what we're actually seeing, so what are we missing? By seeing and hearing, and nothing else? Just sitting here watching these goddamn youtube videos.
Loved this episode though! Stephen Fry is awesome and amazingly open. The first person who's made me see Craig Ferguson look comfortable at being a guest on his own show.
I miss Tom Snyder. Loved being up late with him.
You are very special Craig .
Favorite late night television host ever.
This was too intelligent for a crowd.. hence the empty seats
God I miss this show. The LLS was something else.
Just wow,Wow
CF grew perfectly well into his very handsome older skin. Very clever fellows indeed.
We're the audience!
I love the fact that possibly for the only time in the series , both Craig and the guest have the SAME MONSTER SNAKE CUP
I miss Craig. I love Stephen Fry.
I don't watch any other show........ Craig wasn't an ass kisser. Morgan Freeman praised him for his ability to do the show without writers/cue cards, if that isn't a sign of pure genius wit................and can he ever make me laugh!!!!
Loved this experiment. Surprisingly entertaining!
That gene pool theory Stephen talks about at 28:00 is so fascinating. Had never thought of that.
i feel smarter after watching this, even after comment: "i want to be in touch with my inner girl"
Should that comment exclude you from feeling smarter?
my sense of humor is so aligned to what Craig does, this show and his stand up. Always has me cracking up. What i also really like about Craig is his brain. He's not a dumbass, and i appreciate that about him. This ep. is by far one of my favourites. I also do enjoy Mr. Fry as well. Suppose that helps. After all these years from watching this show when it was airing to now. So glad these shows are here to come back to and rewatch. I miss Craig and would love to see him do shows under this format. Intelligent, light hearted, humourous, serious chats. Not interviews, but chats. No not a podcast per say.....ya know.....lol
Ah well. At least we have rewatching options at least.
Craig probably knows more about American history than most of us natives do.
It's interesting to see another side of Craig when he's talking to Stephen. He's like a whole different person than usual
He's not trying to be silly. There's no audience that he has to please. Imagine him doing his same persona but with no audience to laugh at it
omg, he was the one to start this kind of "podcast" thing. I thought I was Conan who started but I am happily wrong.
Their comment on Twitter's level of politeness really didn't age well 🥲
Very interesting to watch this show now, in 2020. Now that all other late night hosts have been forced to change their program because of the corona virus.
Stupid ad breaks. JUST LET THEM TALK!
That's American TV for ya...
I wonder what their thoughts are now about twitter, and the state of America. Its weird looking back not too long ago, how different the energy was about the beloved United States. It's sad really. . . If I'm not mistaken, I believe Craig and his family moved back to Scotland not to long ago.
Indeed they did.
This a novel concept have 2 interesting people and they TALK. Craig was such a interesting person and he’s terribly missed these days
This is the best style of interview - no gimmicks. Just two people being open with each other.
Stephen is always great. Craig is too good for his American-style show.
“Is if possible to talk to someone without people whooping in the background.” Honest to god it’s my biggest pet peeve. SNL, Real Time, Whose Line. Half the show is people whooping.
Whooop!!!
Discussing trolling before it went mainstream.
A lucky find... one I am glad of...
And everyone else is unimportant… what an accurate reflection of the current state of affairs
Americans learn what British people watch and value. And why we hate American TV that whoop and whistle at absolutely nothing. Why can people not appreciate intelligence and wit. I would take that any day over fame than anything. Stephen is my god.
Hahaha... It's not frequent but is regular. Stephen Fry is both jocund and sublime.
One of the best ever
best podcast ever
This is a podcast, Craig’s idea was literally a podcast. Imagine if CBS had supported Craig with this.
I watched a lot of this show when it was originally airing; apparently one of the few people who didn't find it after the fact.
But man, I missed this; easily the best interview given on this show.
Craig nailed it; and a true sign of a master of a craft is range.. This episode expresses that. Craig could of owned late night TV if only anyone had actually seen or known about his show.