Craig Ferguson on The View, 9/22/09

[wvhoblol]

I love Craig <3 One of the few ex-addicts who aren't insufferable twits about it.

[chibichan18]

Those twits. How do they not know the "Join or die" symbol? What a good sport Craig is. I would have been incredibly rude and called them all friggin' idiots. To their faces. Also, a couple times, Craig is reining in a couple of swear words. Ha!

[queendaisytimpani]

i can't believe they're all laughing at these things. i feel really bad he had to endure all that :c whatevs. CRAIG IS AWESOME!

[TheDorkEvilOne]

Only Craig Ferguson could get me to sit through a portion of The Fucking View.

[Hunkyfish20]

These annoying rug-munchers think they are psychiatrists xD, i hate this show. Shut em up for me Craig

[tomitstube]

wow, this is about as thick as his accent gets. wonder why?

[NightmarishlyWicked]

i love how all the AMERICANS don't know anything about the revolutionary symbols lol and the SCOTSMAN knows more than we do. 

[cstewart7581]

Craig, he has the best accent, and if I wasn't already engaged, I'd so marry him in a heart beat

[juanvega5]

"I dont like to be afraid..... I dont like to be afraid!!!"... yes Craig, me neither

[juanvega5]

@juanvega5 neither do I....

[javimiami92]

CRAIG: It's join or die.

BARBARA: What is it?

ME: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME....

[xXTheSockRockerXx]

Funny how the slightest theme of British national identity has been brought up and all we can bloody talk about is the weather. :)

Bill Hicks said it best, compared to LA, England actually has weather.

[TheMrWoodLin]

It's amazing how much he has recovered from all his years before he came to America.

[koukinshouyu]

@Procrastinator300 I learned about the join or die cartoon in school. It was in my textbook. We didn't spend two minutes on it but History is my favorite subject so I guess it just stuck with me.

[MangoHombre]

These idiots have never seen the Join Or Die drawing before?????? Must be because it's a patiotic American symbol.

[procrastinator300]

@MangoHombre it's weird how they don't teach about that in school. In 5th and 8th grade when I was learning about U.S. history, my teachers never even mentioned that as far I can remember. The first time I saw it was on him

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

He's amazing.

[couturebabex33]

That is not my craigs real accent !!!!

[falpalemily]

I like how he says "learn" at 6:25 to 6:30

[SistaSol]

Honestly, I could just sit there and watch Craig and Whoopi talk with each other for an hour without the rest of them there. It's not that the others are useless, but Whoopi and Craig pull no punches AND they're incredibly funny. I have to say, though, that Walters does surprise me occasionally when she displays her frankness.

[TXejas19]

i'm upset that these americans didn't know our own shit 

[LizevdBijl]

he wore the same shirt on Rachel Ray AND they made a point of him wearing the shame shirt on RR TWICE!!! (Plus they showed a segment where he was on video on RR...wearing the same shirt...) That's awesome :)

[hornetgags]

I love Craig Ferguson, but I can't stand The View

[TheMurdazkidz]

LONG LIVE CRAIG

[missdailybailey]

he sounds so irish here

[18scotslad]

@missdailybailey He is fucking Scottish, not Irish. You fucking Yanks can't tell accents from shit.

[missdailybailey]

@18scotslad i know he's scottish, but he sounded irish in this interview. that's why i noted it.

[18scotslad]

@missdailybailey Ahh rite cool. I apologize.

[SistaSol]

@18scotslad

And you're guilty of making obnoxiously gross generalizations, so you're even.

[18scotslad]

@SistaSol Well im sorry but its the truth.

[procrastinator300]

@18scotslad @missdailybailey well there's more than one scottish accent isn't there? yeah there's probly a scots accent and a scottish gaelic accent, right? but yeah there is a difference between Irish and Scottish for sure, I can tell. Don't know what that person's talking about he doesn't sound irish, sounds scottish. Britain seems so cool, I mean US is great too but Britain seems awesome as well. want to go there again

[18scotslad]

@procrastinator300 Yeah, there is Scottish Gaelic and Scottish. Lol. I'm thnking of moving to the USA. Scotlands weather is shit. Always rains in the summer. Can u recommend any good real estate websites that covers the whole of the USA. I go on Realtor.com to look at houses and apartments. Thanks.

[procrastinator300]

@18scotslad don't know, I'm 16 and have lived in the same house my whole life. I should really learn though, shouldn't I? but yeah, I remember the one time I went to England when I was 9, it was April, and on the day we drove to London (I stayed in Southampton), it was raining fucking bullets. You never get that here in L.A. The people suck, but its the best weather in the world. Even the rain is alright here.

[18scotslad]

@procrastinator300 Ah right. Nice. LA sounds lovely. UK weather rains most of the time. Sorry but just for the record, Scotland and England are 2 separate countries. Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales are 4 separate countries that make up the United Kingdom. Thanks for the info.

[procrastinator300]

@18scotslad I know that. But Britain is the whole of Scotland, England, and Wales right? The whole island is called Great Britain. And don't England and Scotland have similar weather? Well, i guess Scotland might be colder

[18scotslad]

@procrastinator300 Ah right. cool. Yeah, Britain is the whole of Scotland, England and Wales. Ireland is a separate Island that isnt part of Great Britain. Scotland and England have the similiar weather yeah. To be honest, I dont if Scotland is cooler as I have only been to England a couple of times.

[CandyShakes]

i love how some comments are saying how does an American not know what the join or die symbol means. Maybe you shouldn't blame it on the American and blame it on the school. I didnt learn about that until college.

[Tamashi88]

@CandyShakes I knew about it and I am a Canadian. we don't even have the option of American History until highschool.

[CandyShakes]

@Tamashi88 in my old school system we focused on math an english and our test scores for those two courses. Nothing else really mattered. sports, arts, and sciences are way underfunded and virtually are uncared for. When I went off to college i started to take more history and science classes. We couldnt help what we learned. As public school students we learned what the teachers felt like teaching.

[CandyShakes]

@Tamashi88 I just want to add that I was in the largest school system in my state, it just makes me sick that a lot of the students didnt get to learn about much our American History. Yet the stupid big wigs in our state government want to cut our school funding even more.

[Tamashi88]

@CandyShakes As a Canadian I really shouldn't criticize American legislator… but I cannot help but agree with you.

Also I am a student of history and I have been all my life… I doubt that most of my friend would know the significance of his tattoo.

I was lucky enough to be in the Separate School System (catholic) which has better funding then public schools in my province. So my schools had a fairly round education.

[CandyShakes]

@Tamashi88 I used to go to a Magnet school where arts were the main thing we worried about. You did what interested you. At the regular public schools we had a list of classes you had to pick from to graduate (just like college when getting a degree) but it was nothing useful. I hate that school. Nobody cared, not the students or the teachers.

[Tamashi88]

@CandyShakes i see. In a city near me there is an Arts secondary school.. so the classes are the main Idea ...but you have to be good to get in. and they still have the other manditory classes (English, French, Maths, Sciences etc) I would have liked to have gone there... It's a shame that it isn't the same south of the border.

Have you seen 'Wating for Superman' It's a doco about the amarican school systems.

[SHamROckMArCh1]

i freaking hate barbara walters she is such a dumbass. "What's that?" "Why do you have that?" BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BE PATRIOTIC YOU MORON. how does any american not know the join or die cartoon? that makes me sick. barbara walters is disgusting (:

[Treeonfire15]

@SHamROckMArCh1 I know right? I saw that and I was like REALLY? you don't know what that cartoon is? Go back to 5th grade US history idiot

[pinkpuma24]

Thank goodness for that glass of sherry. Imagine this world without Craig Ferguson... *shudder*

[mousey9334]

@pinkpuma24 indeed, thank god he forgot to kill himself

[4evasoftballwillrul]

I kinda sorta think he's hot and very adorable I love him :)

[checkerbordom]

@4evasoftballwillrul Only "kinda sorta"? haha.

[erlock21]

he has the ladies eating out of the palm of his hand

im glad im scottish too .i think its heridatory

[TheSkepticalCat]

Barbara Walters kept patting him like he was a little boy or something. I cracked up when she was like, "It comes from here," and poked him on the side of the head!

[trickpanda]

can't believe so many americans ask craig what his tattoo means. that 'join or die' political cartoon was in every single one of my american history books from grade school through college. how in the hell does an AMERICAN not know what it is??

[indiefairy09]

@trickpanda i know! pretty embarrassing

[RefusetoListen]

he's simultaneously intelligent and adorable, it's so great to see him interviewed.

[NotStuckJustResting]

"Are you out of your mind?! Absolutely."

[checkerbordom]

Hah, is this his Rachel Ray shirt??

[kathyw473]

@checkerbordom Since The View and Rachel Ray tape in NYC he probably went from one to the other.

[lowxposure]

@countingdown27 I truly hope you're joking. For your sake. In case you're not, that would be The French and Indian War otherwise known as The Seven Years War.

[LilacLuna23]

He's really just so bright and so adorable. I love how he said his problems with alcohol don't define him now and love how sincere he was when he apologized to Barbara (even though it may not have been needed). We need more people like him. Love love love Mr. Craig Ferguson.  :)

[lostandthefratellis]

His accent is sexy.

[halifaxx55]

Daaaaaaang he sounds sooooo Scottish next to that miserable frump of a woman bar bra accent

[lowxposure]

@warml and @macharius188 If you can tell me what the snake represents and what war was being fought at that time without Googling it I'll give you a shiny new nickel.

[countingdown27]

@lowxposure the iraq war?

[InsanelyxLogical]

@lowxposure You don't have to know everything about it to know that it's a political cartoon by Benjamin Franklin. That's pretty much common knowledge.

[macharius188]

Wow, how didn't these 5 idiots not know "Join or Die"? Jesus fucking Christ are we the dumbest country ever to exist? It's got the name of all the colonies right on the cartoon! That's Junior High history stuff.

[SaraMarie2390]

i think craig is kinda hott haha

[iluvmort64]

@SaraMarie2390 i think craig is REALLY hott lol

[IcarusFlying]

@SaraMarie2390 i'm a guy and i think craig is kinda hott. and i'm not a tad bit gay ! ! ! ! !

[warml]

Shame on these Americans on not knowing the history and background for the Join Or Die political cartoon! A (awesome) Scotsman had to educate them on it! Even I knew about the origin! and i'm a South Korean from Europe! and yes I am a douchebag :)

[eriklares90]

@warml

lol, it's kinda funny, usually the people who become citizens know more history than the citizens already born here...

[tessaroo4219]

HATE The View. LOVE Craig Ferguson.

[CanadiaNecro1]

Craig is such a dear! I love his show, he's funny, intelligent, and so honest.

[crazypianolady]

Is this the American version of Loose Women?

[Kakuoteyalu]

@crazypianolady I was watching clips of Loose Women (I'm from America) and thought the exact same thing! I don't think they're 'officially' different versions of the same show, but they appear to have the same concept. I think The View is more political, though.

[AshLuvsJonnyStew]

Craig is such a sweetheart! Class act all the way.

[shiannegray]

I had a huge smile on my face the whole time I watched this, haha. This guy is my hero.

[kaylabbrown]

"Are you insane?" "ABSOLUTELY!" Hahahahaha i love that man.

[floatygabz]

lol he's such a charmer

[xkpstar25x]

how does NONE of these supposedly "smart and accomplished" (not my words) women not know the join or die picture?!?!?! Did they not graduate from primary school?

[MsBrokenBallerina]

@xkpstar25x right? that's like sixth grade history

[imagineaboringlife]

@xkpstar25x I didn't know it. and i'm seventeen.

[DriveThruOnly]

i love how awkward and uncomfortable he looks when people compliment him. it's so damn adorable.

[bjracing84]

CHEEKY MONKEY!!!!!

[bi0dude42O]

how do these stupid cows not recognize franklin's cartoon? after 100 years ny city kike-wop immigrant filth still don't know american history.

[ncBigSam]

true, that's really unbelievable

[lettersfromaboy]

It's amazing that Craig, is more American, than any other person sitting on that couch.

[floatygabz]

@bi0dude42O it's an interview on a morning show. they have to assume most of the audience doesn't know what it is. also, it's an interview, they have to make in talk.

[kiiifute1]

I find no fault with the introductory clause, which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being BORN within the jurisdiction of the United States OF PARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY IS, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen. " John A. Bingham, (R-Ohio) US Congressman, March 9, 1866

[650alcombli]

his accent seems much thicker on this show

[EssenceOfHope]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

[crazypianolady]

@650alcombli He probably makes it a bit clearer for the American folks to understand on his show! If you ever heard Jonathan Ross on his radio show, he wwould pronounce his 'Rs better than on TV.

[Fundamenski]

@650alcombli that's because he's not yelling and exaggerating for comedic effect

[louiscfc93]

@650alcombli Its a Scottish defense mechanism when we come into contact with multiple women. The accent gets thicker so the women get confused and leave fast.

[Linkinparkbtl]

it seems like craig wheres the same shirt every time hes on another show

[ssips720]

man has soo much charactor.

[StephieeihpetS]

Aw Craig I love how shy he seems :)

He's seems so nice

[irishballetdancer]

I got to meet him on his book tour. He wrote a very nice message to my brother for his birthday. He's such a character - very nice guy.

[StephieeihpetS]

I got to meet him too in Boston last year... But I was speechless lol

But he was very nice

So if I meet him again I'll be sure to talk more hah :)

[voxluce]

Thanks for taping this! The man is a master life composter. Seems like he keeps his license up-to-date by dealing with fears and ethical issues as they come up. I absolutely adore the guy.

[ddhockey321]

AWESOME!

[warning05]

I love his new tattoo, I think its totally him and reflects his dedication to America