Ah yes, the craig ferguson show.

I haven't missed a single show for the past year and a half. Why? Well I will tell you why!

The biggest difference in Craig Ferguson's show in contrast to the others TO ME, is the flow of the show. Most other hosts rarely step out of the boundries to do something daring, let alone completely ignore their producer! Craig is so honest, and his humor so real, there is no pretentious crap. He doesn't care if he doesn't say the right thing, or suck up to the right people, he does what he believes is right. And I respect that in a man.

Bob I thought you were smart first of all the audience in every live show is annoying On Letterman they laugh at almost every monologue joke it so annoys me and the audiences on Jimmy Fallon are idiots but at Lest Craig will reference the annoying audience he always mentions the warm-up comedian and calls them hobos so they are annoying but less annoying than the ones on other shows. 2nd he has the best interview stile of anyone in Late Night ever it really isn't even an interview it's more like a conversation he doesn't ask them the same questions as other hosts or "Journalists" and he is very charming with his guests. and 3rd of all there's no rehearsed comedy bits like on every other show he just reads E-mails and tweets people write to him answers candidly the whole thing is improvised almost how can you not love that?

It's Craig's unique characteristic that resulted in his way of doing things that makes The Late Late Show.

Obviously you don't really appreciate his characteristics because what he does on the show makes himself feel good, he made the show HIS OWN regardless of what others think. He said so himself that he feels uncomfortable doing what everyone else's doing if it's not true to his character. I love this show because of the honesty involved and the genuine feeling I get watching Craig. The robot skeleton& puppets- they are symbolic for his feelings towards the role of a late-night sidekick& also his own role as a talk show host, like a puppet to the CBS corporation. In another words they are his way of voicing his views on different things, not just there to be funny.

So anyways, just saying. I think the things you don't like are the things that truly represent and express his character- and hence are the elements that make up the show. Although the one thing I do agree on is the audience. They should drop the warm-up comedian...Craig is funny enough, he don't need someone there to tell everyone when to laugh.

I don't write criticism for a living but I assume the first rule of writing criticism is NOT to admit you don't watch the show. Can you imagine Ebert admitting he hasn't seen Salt and then writing a review of it anyway? Clearly, you'll never be in Ebert's league or even get to sweep his dugout but maybe you should watch the LLS before you write about it. I bet you'll be glad you did. Craig is our most beloved late night guy for a reason.

i agree, he is so boring

You defended Craig Kilborn. That's all we need to know about your taste and judgement.

Here's why you don't like his show: it's different. People who are so used to things being a certain way don't like different. It doesn't follow the cut and dry formulatic approach that every other talk show does. Craig has said in an interview that at least 80% of the show is improvised on any given night. Would you prefer that he sit there like EVERY OTHER HOST and read off a teleprompter and leave the improvised stuff to a minimum??

Your quote "The rest of the time we get the usual banter with a celebrity who comes on to plug a movie or album or a TV show or a book." tells me that I don't think you've ever watched his show past the opening monologue -- ever. Craig symbolically rips up the blue note card at the beginning of every interview and if you've bothered to ever watch an interview you'd know that the interviews Craig does are not like every other interview on every other talk show. Rarely does the actor or actress even get to talking about the movie or tv show they are plugging while they are there. Compare that to every other talk show host where that's all that is talked about in the interview and you can see what sets Craig's interviewing skills apart. I'd love to see another talk show host rip up the interview notes and try to conduct a conversation with a celebrity and not even touch on why they're there to begin with....hell, I'd like to see another host improvise 80% of his show and see what it looks like....which makes it ironic that you also say " His interviewing technique leaves a lot to be desired."...which further tells me you really haven't watched it.

Between Craig's stream-of-consciousness monologue to the note-less celebrity interviews, Craig is doing more to give new life to the talk show format than anyone has since Letterman took to the air at NBC.

Totally agree - Craig seems a likeable guy, but I cannot watch his show. As for the hot Alex O'Loughlin, please bring him on more often and let HIM talk ... or, he doesn't have to talk, just smile for us ladies and we'll be happy.

*stops wondering why TVS readers douse hater-ade on Bob*

Ugh. I KNOW! I cannot handle this show. It's crazy that it has a following at all.