Craig Ferguson 2/23/10B Late Late show Stephen Fry PT1

[Neojhun]

This episode alone should of got an Emmy.

[Deeraise]

The dialogue possible between these two individuals has the potential to be pure gold! I've never seen Craig do this format of interview before, but what better of an interviewee to have than Stephen Fry! Thanks for the upload!

[YouAreAnIdiotSoThere]

This is the best thing ferguson has ever done. Admittedly that's not saying much.

I think it's 99% Fry, 1% 'Creg'.

[yichella]

Is this possible? Stephen Fry is even more awesome than I thought?

[SheStillRuns]

Fry,|bear hug|

[SheStillRuns]

love you, Fry.

[Sphinxaire]

Most wonderful interview I've seen in ages ^^

[DonDoLore]

stephen fry is the most intelligent man ever to appear on cbs :D

[Nwambe]

Stephen Fry is fantastic. The more I read about him, the more fascinating I find it. It doesn't hurt, of course, that he's wonderfully self-effacing, and incredibly intelligent.

Man crush? Yeah, just a little :)

[SF03GURUS]

I love Stephen Fry. No homo...well, maybe a little ;)

[RyderNeil]

"Is it possible to talk to someone without people whooping in the background?" That's the problem with Amercian standup or comedy shows in general - Joke - 15 seconds whooping - repeat ad nauseam. It breaks up the rhythm, and slows the whole thing down unbearably. Jjust look at Billy Connollty gigs in the US. He's always telling people to shut up. Thank God for innovation. I have nothing against you Americans, individually, but as an audience you are insupportable.

[jessedesmidt1991]

2 people couldn't see the like button.

[registradus]

need. more. this.

[MSavageEsq]

Great interview. Mr Fry is an amazing person.

[SergBeret]

You can clearly tell this was influenced by the classic Dick Cavett shows and it works. It's just so odd to see this form of an interview show done in this style in this day and age.

Glad Craig chose this format to talk to Stephen Fry. Fantastic!

[supahfreeak]

Craig is just wonderful and so is Stephen. Both are just such lovely comedians. I feel so lucky we get to have Craig as a part of America now! He truly loves being American, and it's sad that some of us that are born here don't appreciate being American as much as he does.

[purdudan]

Stephen Fry is the most amazing person on this planet!

[Glad1kun]

Stephen Fry is the best kind of guest for a long talk show without guest in the background interrupting.

[kubrox91]

@Glad1kun they had something like that for Desmond Tutu, however, there was still an audience. somebody getting no audience over a prominent clergyman who won the nobel peace prize? he must be special.

[xoVAUGHNox]

Why is there no audience? Just generally curious lol

[Maytots]

Craig brings out a bit of his British accent or intonation whenever he has Brit guests. He obviously does this with Scottish guests but I just realized he does this with Brits as well. Lovely and eloquent discussion too. My brain just got bigger after this episode :)

[kwesiidun]

@Maytots The Scottish are "Brits". 

[Maytots]

@kwesiidun Well they are from Great Britain but as you know Scots have a sense of pride to distinguish themselves from the rest of the GB - hence Craig always make a joke of Scots vs Brits. And their accents are distinctly different as well. So Craig brings out his "Scottish" accent with Scottish guests and brings out his "British" accent with British guests. Nowadays his original accent has mellowed down but I guess its because of living in LA for such a long time.

[kwesiidun]

@Maytots Oh of course. No doubt. I just thought that you were one of those people from outside the country who thinks that Scotland and the United Kingdom are separate states. My mistake. :)

[kwesiidun]

@Maytots (By "states" I mean nation state, not like, say, Ohio to the United States). :L

[Maytots]

@kwesiidun Oh thanks no worries. I must've confused people as well with the comment I wrote. :)

[YouAreAnIdiotSoThere]

@Maytots You are confusing 'Britsh' with 'English'. All scottish accents are british, by definition. Scotland is just as much british as england or wales.

Scotland, england and wales are all regions of britain. 

[Maytots]

@YouAreAnIdiotSoThere Well yes I suppose that is another misconception that I am guilty of. I read somewhere that the word British and English are always used interchangeably in a confusing manner. So to clarify my statement, Craig is able to assimilate or change his accent depending on who he's talking to - from Scottish accent to a sort of Queen's English (again, based on the usual terms people say outside GB) type of accent. 

[mindingosafado]

this is so beautiful.

[boneyarsebogman]

If I could, I would most certainly marry Stephen Fry. Can you imagine just listening to him all day every day. It sounds like Heaven to me.

[VoiceofCthulhu]

Despite the fact that I know Craig wasn't at his best in those days, I believe he would totally work well behind a bar. He'd be an awesome conversationalist.

[kinoptika]

Craig Ferguson should retake this type of format from once in a while. I like it.

[daPlumber702]

absolutely incredible. Wish I'd known this was happening when it happened.

[wesleywatsonweir]

@giusy84 You mean "quite interesting"! ;) (if you don't know what I mean look it up!)

[BlueDevilStrong1227]

Hear that trolls! Craig's watching....

[BlueDevilStrong1227]

Why are they I was those chairs?

[glenruben]

wow, this was increibly good - I've never liked live audiences much, they make for a mindless, boring experience. I wish we had the option to turn off all the audience noise in any TV show, maybe the host and guests would have looked a little more real then.

[MetrazolElectricity]

great! but they were too loud, it something thts good when an audience is there...but maybe a sombre voice is better

[AnAmericanIdiot117]

This is absolutely tremendous.

[giusy84]

Do you know why they tried this audienceless episode?

Fry must be a very interesting man...I've discovered his work only recently...

[simonferrer]

@giusy84 He's a very erudite and interesting man; author, comedian, novelist, director and producer. He doesn't have as much of a following in America as he does in his native Britain, sad to say. He and his longtime best friend Hugh Laurie went to university together and did several shows in the UK, including Rowan Atkinson's 'Blackadder" and their breakout hit "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" among others.

[1angelheadedhipster]

Haha. 6.07. Steven has posh tourettes!

[0zziefan]

seems there is only 1 troll who watched this video

[Genomatekk]

the trolls they speak of are the bad ones.

The good ones make you annoyed and want to laugh at the same time.

[stevolim]

Craig did not swear for the whole show

[DDX1944]

I just discovered that Stephen Fry is an absolutely amazing person and that Craig Ferguson is the best Interviewer in Television...HOORAY for all of us that can witness this awesomeness!

[colemartinst123]

Just awesome.

[gweggypoos]

This is such powerful, essential television....totally caught me off guard.

[aaron9099]

You know someone isn't an avid user of Youtube when they call it "The Youtube" lol.

[anonUK]

@aaron9099

It's the Youtubez on th'Intarwebs, innit?

[caldwell1966]

This is just another example how important Craig Ferguson is to late night tv

[jwpoker4]

Is there anything worse than a gay jew?

[birsalma66]

@jwpoker4 yes... YOU

[matrixinterface]

Stephen does such an excellent job of putting things into words. I'm bi-polar and when he talks about the temptation to use various things to self-medicate because otherwise you have very poor control over your moods, I was like "Ahhhh, that's a good way of explaining it." I'm lucky to have never partaken of any drugs or alcohol but I've certainly felt the temptation when in a depressed state to want to go drink myself into oblivion.

[supaFLYcc]

why no audience?

[FamGuyFreak100]

@supaFLYcc It was an "experiment". This was done during the "Tonight Show War", and Craig had become interested in the late night tradition, and decided to try this type of format, inspired by the first Late Late Show host, Tom Snyder.

[benphua]

I'm just about 3 minutes in and I don't know about you guys but my head is hurting from the white noise! haha

[susaninmaine]

Why does he say "If I had been born in the '50s etc etc...but I was born into a post-punk era..."? He WAS born in the '50s. He was NOT born in the post-punk era. I don't understand.

[FastMonkeyBluePants]

@susaninmaine he said was 'born into' the post-punk era which is slightly different to 'born in' but he didn't phrase it very well. He really means his generation 'came of age' around the post punk kinda time (which is early 80s I think, right?) He was born in the late fifties so he probably wasn't smoking a pipe and talking about Catullus at that age! Though with Stephen Fry, one can never tell ;-)

[susaninmaine]

@FastMonkeyBluePants I do see your point. But he said If he'd "been born in the 50s." Even being born in 1957 I don't know that coming of age for most people would be 25 years old--i.e., early 80s. Plenty of people of that age even at that time in England would've been completely fine discussing Catullus. Methinks he would've been a weirdo [in a great way] whatever era he was born in, or into :)  It's like kids on youtube who post "I should have been born in 1969...everyone was like me then."

[suspiciouscrouton]

@susaninmaine Stephen did say it a bit oddly, but I think what he meant was that he might have been born in the 1950s, but the 50s weren't the most culturally relevant time for him - for anyone born in the 50s that would have been the 70s and 80s. Similarly, I was born in the late 80s, but the fall of the Berlin Wall, the First Gulf War, or grunge haven't made indelible impressions on my generation.

[boneyarsebogman]

Stephen Fry makes the World a better place.

[fraspas]

Craig Ferguson is so awesome.

[provenelk]

Stephen fry is a jew?!

[grobo11]

@provenelk Not really. His grandfather is/was a Hungarian Jew. So I assum he means 'Jew' in ancestry as he is Atheist.

[provenelk]

@grobo11 Ah i see. I knew he was an atheist but i always presumed he came from a christian family seeing as he comes from a conservative english background.

[viridismonasteriense]

@provenelk There was even an episode of 'Who do you Think you are?' in which Stephen explored his ancestry and found out how his Jewish grandparents died in concentration camps. Really sad. I think the episode is on youtube and it's worth checking out.

[pruplemango]

two very interesting men!

[Kingerthely]

craig is the best late night show host by far

[FudgePop101]

I find it rather amusing to hear Stephen Fry talking about trolls in such an intellectual manner.

[Robstailey]

i really like this. two people having a real conversation, as opposed to a semi scripted series of gags. kind of reminds me of the dick cavett show.

[pmorrisjr20]

This is harder to masturbate to without the audience.

[findingphunc]

'oh yah yah 'trolling' 'i was on the youtube the other day'

how many internets does this man have?

[Malk007]

The Internet is a harsh place...

[seks03]

I like this just talking and no audience. Keeps the stupid out

[merton8181]

Ferguson does very well at keeping the conversation going when there should be audience clapping or laughter

[qwertyu14361]

@merton8181 ... He could be the next Charlie Rose if he wanted to pursue that full-time. Not many people have the skill to carry on an interview for that amount of time and keep interest every minute.

[steelstrings87]

Stephen began talking about documentaries he made on the subject of bipolar disorder (involving Carrie Fisher).

Does anyone have the links or information?

I'd be hugely appreciative!

[MrSdavis1912]

@steelstrings87 I tried to put a link up, but it wouldn't post. Sorry. The name of the TV BBC Documentary is

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive.

[steelstrings87]

These two,

Amazing.

[ItalianGlaswegian]

Is Stephen the only guest who ever had a snake cup? :)

[TheVoidedPresence]

Craig should have gotten an emmy for this episode. it just goes to show that the industry it not interested in the original and different.

[RealTime88]

@TheVoidedPresence Or they like The Daily Show too much.

[arun6004]

@TheVoidedPresence It's not original (check out some of Dick Cavett's one-on-one interviews on YouTube for example) but it is different in today's media landscape. And I agree, I hope Craig does many more of these.

[angel102ify]

@arun6004 indeed, Il be honest but this interview reminded me of classic michael parkinson, He retired a few years ago but there should definately be more episodes like this.

[waitingformypopcorn]

Trolling is the equivalent of talking behind someone's back. It's something cowardly people do because they can't say it to someone in person but they still feel the need to say it. It's sad.

[PianoWizzy]

LOVE HIS SOCKS. XD

[NorthstarXXXI]

i like when the audience is there better

[ryansmellsbad]

I've never seen a video without a dislike before, but this is wholly deserving of it.

[kimsala76]

nobody would ever say anything horrid about Stephen though? Really? Mr loveliness himself????! If they do, they should have their heads examined.

[thecoldpoet]

poetry and conversation, friends... wow.

[21mosti]

two snake cups???

[BOSOX9004]

WHO'S THAT AT THE DOOR?!?!?!?!

[ThomAitken7]

Why is there not an audience?

[uke52]

@ThomAitken7 Craig wanted to do an experiment where he did the show in a format like Tom Snyder, who was the first host of the Late Late Show

[spoinklesprouts]

i haven't watched the whole video yet, but i'd just like to pause and say that i love / admire these two so so much.

♥

[tiemedown]

(granted however dont get me wrong, the disorder does itself exist in terms of the regulation of hormones and cerebral chemicals, I am just wondering if we create this situation in our youth. Stephen felt rejected long before he began showing physical manifestations of disease and the brain as a constantly growing entity reflect environment; do we as a society and a race condemn our artists to the point of mania and depression or does art come at that price?)

[tiemedown]

brilliant men from different walks of life with similar situations/ pain. I've never been sure of Stephen's diagnosis simply because it becomes an issue of brilliance being paired with a higher perception which leads to a higher awareness of pain. When does sensitivity become disorder only because of the lower awareness of others. I am only afraid Stephen is oversimplifying himself and his emotions out of social stigma

[pakk82]

teletechnically developed nations such as south korea and taiwan had these trolling atrocities years before the American involvement in this ubiquitous internet era. there have been many suicides caused by trolling in such nations (hence i term it "trolling atrocities")

[Skinscorcher999]

He seems like he would be someone who would care about someone even if he didn't know them. Like, if he saw someone he didnt know having a bad day, he would give them a hug.

[potcfanatic]

I wish I was as eloquent as Stephen. Aargh. It doesn't matter how much I read and build my vocabulary, I can't ever seem to articulate myself on the spot.

[usergently]

He did a hell of an Oscar Wilde in a film.

[dozer1189]

Craig looks extra handsome in this episode.

[thewateronmars]

TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL TROLL Trololololololololololol

[ILoveTeaDogs]

Although there are differences between the two, I think that Craig and Stephen have some important things in common. It mostly has to do with the fact that they both struggled with elements of their personal lives. I think Craig was right when he said that with his situation it was very visible but Stephen's was not as obvious. I hope that they will be able to carry on and remember that people care about them as individuals (and not just because they are famous)

[RockoSDMF]

This, in addition to his many other "something different" episodes is why Craig should take over for David Letterman in the future. He's not afraid to go off the map and do something different, to hell with the critics. That being said though, it's time to lose the robot. It seems to be all the shows about now, and that never used to be the case. I miss the days of "Dear Aquaman", "ESPN UK" and the "Rather Late Program with Prince Charles". And, until the robot came, I was learning Spanish!

[Jerwold]

@RockoSDMF I agree about the robot - but I always found the sketches so much less funny than the monologue, and less interesting than the majority of the interviews, too. No other American chat show that I've seen comes close.

This episode was very good.

[BSBizNeverGone]

I love how smart and well-read Craig actually is. He is a truly amazing person, as is Stephen Fry. What a wonderful and epic moment in Late Late Show history.

[Jaktare]

I'm completely loving this. I don't know if this would work for "regular shows", but I definitely wish to see more Craig without an audience.

[hmcomsat]

@Jaktare true but i dont know if it would work without someone like stephen fry who is very learned and hence presents a lot of issues to talk about and examples to discuss. Now someone like paris hilton or a lindsay lohan i dont know.

[jasminehks]

LMAO trolling...love this format though XD

[HappiestTomato]

Watching the bit Craig did about Brittany Spears was awkward because the audience kept laughing at inappropriate times. I'm glad he did the interview this way.

[MyEverConstantSmile]

The two snake cups were a nice touch.

[adraim69]

Trolling is a art.

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

@adraim69 _ Trolling is an art/I do it exceptionally well/I do it so it feels like hell./I do it so it feels real./I guess you could say i've a call.

[wojtekmetal]

That experiment wouldn't work out with someone else, because Fry's life is actually interesting, and he is very clever

[innerasylum]

MAN QUE LINDO COMO HABLA ♥

03:10 "rubbing people's faces in the dirt" in the deert

Craig y Stephen juntos, VOY

[darkdaysabound]

Wow I had no idea Stephen fry had once been a drug addict, this man has so many facets to himself and his past and the parallels between him and craig are astonishing!x

[Eldarwen333]

I feel like you get to see the 'real' Craig. Not the persona he plays in the show.

[sweetForgiveness]

i swear i can hear a audience in my head :D

[ksh1110]

I have been just watching Stephen Fry in America!

[Slides2006]

not synced for others as well?

[Meljusenr]

Wow! This conversation is so interesting! I had no idea that Craig was so well rounded and...serious! Stephen Fry is absolutely amazing!

[SourExplosion]

It's a little odd to see them talking about trolling.

[jerzy862]

@SourExplosion lol yea

[ImperiousViking]

@SourExplosion

Why? That's what Hitler thinks.

You're like Hitler!

Why do you hate America!?!

GAY GAY GAY!!

[zacharywebber89]

@SourExplosion it's a little odd to see someone commenting about them talking about trolling.

[Nile101]

@zacharywebber89 Especially odd to see someone commenting about someone commenting about them talking about trolling, and not actually trolling.

[zacharywebber89]

@Nile101 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[WSOPLIVE2011]

@SourExplosion no