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Ferguson on standup

Craig Ferguson started out his standup life as &qut;Bing Hitler.” He’s interviewed in the NYT:

“I don’t know what the show is, but I know what it isnt,” Mr. Ferguson said. Each night it can be something a little different, he added, a little unexpected.

That approach dovetails nicely with his serendipitous journey into late-night and his reasons for wanting to become an official American, Scottish accent and all.

“I think I make it up as I go along and so does America,” he said. “So that’s why it makes sense. You started it, but I wanted to be part of it.”

By the time he was tapped to head up The Late Late Show, he hadn’t done standup for ten years.