“People of Earth…”
Posted in Uncategorized on 07. Feb, 2009
Craig Ferguson has used puppets on the Late Late Show for some time now. For the past few weeks, the concept has evolved to a team of puppets performing musical numbers regularly as his cold open.
It started with a monkey monologue and has since evolved with costumes, yodeling, Elvis impersonations, and most recently, special effects.
I love how primitive yet entertaining these segments are. The choice of puppets and song selections are brilliant. It’s so rare to see such a thing on network television, when even our reality shows are scripted and scrubbed.
Here are a few of my favorites:
And lastly, here is an example from September 2008 of some of the early monologue versions:
Craig is the best. I would like to have the music and a copy of the show aired on July 8, 2009. What a wonderful tune. I’m a captain for a major airline, flying airbus 319-320-321, and would like to take Craig on a tour of our airline in PHX. Also i’ve kept my CFII current and would to talk aviation.