Craig Ferguson 8/5/11E Le Late Late Show sketches & Jean Reno

[Kalupz]

classy dinner and talking about farts haha

[unkleye]

that's what I was talkin 'bout - farting... :D

[goldpet66]

I understand perfectly how humor saves us from despair. I was kneeling in front of a friend's casket, saying a prayer and weeping, when my brother walked up beside me and started telling me a story about a funny answering machine message this friend left him once. I started laughing at the story which kind of short circuited the grief. I said, "I'm laughing and crying at the same time." My brother said, "That's what life is like sometimes." I'll forever be grateful to him for that moment...

[SithLordRagnos]

"Strangling the *croissant*..."

[donovansexton]

I love how Craig invites you into his life and feelings so very much. Why do we even have the other late night shows? His is the only one that has any value.

[V2Blast]

@donovansexton Exactly. The other shows just act like their conduits for celebrities to advertise their crap, or for the hosts to make jokes that seem unnatural (which they are, having been written and vetted and such). Craig's feels very organic and natural for the reason you pointed out.

[Smoothie787]

So... When are the Emmy nominations???? :P

[ProtestantIRA]

If Craig doesnt get an Emmy for these episodes then something is wrong!!!

[GracePhantom]

Aww, the story about his dad's funeral was sweet! :') my grandfather passed away a few years ago, and the morning of the funeral, my brother accidentally locked us all out of our hotel room. It wasn't that funny at the time, but we all agreed later that Grandpa would have been chuckling to himself and saying "That's my grandson, alright!" :)

[geten87]

I love how they are deconstructing fart-jokes, that in it self is super funny to me!

[BoredAsa2x4]

I think Craig is correct. About the Laughter what can turn around your situation or depression. The immediate Joy that comes from Laughter.

[deadmanavir]

LoL, really nice conversation. I also might add i have a similar story regarding his "funeral" story, about my grandma's funeral

[flyoverjovin]

am Arabic and only laugh when I fart :P ..I guess it is not offensive as its used to be ..loool

[rhinnawi95]

@flyoverjovin Doesn't being Arabic suck? I really hate it, but maybe that's cuz I'm a Christian and I've actually lived in the Middle East.

[flyoverjovin]

@rhinnawi95 well it doesn't suck really..but respect your opinion

[rhinnawi95]

@flyoverjovin I guess our opinions are derived from experience? I lived in Ramallah (West Bank) for 15 months, and being a Christian wasn't really helping much. I could barely even stand the Christians there, either. Everyone is bigoted, very disorganised, dirty, obnoxious, etc... and they're not much different outside of the Middle East. There are obviously exceptions, though, and I have a good few friends who are just that and from both dominant religious groups.

[flyoverjovin]

@rhinnawi95 absolutely opinions should be based on experiences but there is one important lesson in life that I learned a while back and that is to not generalize cause our experiences are very limited and cannot cover a whole society ..but I understand where you coming from and I real empathize with you :-)

Even people from other backgrounds can suck too but we are all humans and that is our nature, the key for me is to change my attitude and myself to adjust to the world ... :) :) :) <3

[rhinnawi95]

@flyoverjovin Well yeah, I noticed that, too, but I can't help but respect how tolerant you seem to be. It's quite extraordinary, actually. You've really gotten me thinking. Thanks for that.

[flyoverjovin]

@rhinnawi95 well, thanks and am glad that you benefited from our conversation here , remember this all started by me commenting on the farty thingy :P

[rhinnawi95]

@flyoverjovin From flatulence to cultural tolerance. There's always a way to connect things ;) Haha

[GeekLikeMe1988]

Also, I love how Craig almost spat out his drink around 3:05

[GeekLikeMe1988]

That story of his fathers funeral reminded me of my grandads funeral;it was after the wake,my parents,sister,uncle,gran&myse­lf were entering my grandparents house.My dad was the last one through the door,the rest of us taking of our coats&as he started to go through the door it bounced back smacking him straight in the face&he stumbled back.We all started laughing so hard&even tho they felt guilty for laughing they knew my grandad would have found it amusing to

[MrLdn91]

this is really not an intelligent conversation people, it's just a conversation (which truthfully sounds forced)

[spideydude]

Only Craig and Kristen could have an intelligent and clever conversation about fartiness.

Only Craig and Kristen could talk for several minutes about fartiness and still be sexy.

[frackmeT]

what is craig's obbsesion with kristen? why is she always on?



[PindamonhaMAN]

@frackmeT More audience i would guess

[TheRydog100]

@frackmeT Pretty sure they're friends.

[DebuBachtoven]

You remarkable Scottish dandy, effortlessly turning a comedy into poignance. God bless you, Craig Ferguson!

[Moviegleek101]

I love how Kristin is eating with her fingers sometimes! Lol I loved this Paris week sad to see it end :(

[Lutchi0608]

Jean Reno actually went to see Eddie Izzard's last show in Paris (which was great btw), I saw him in the room.

[schve99]

I'm sorry, but Kristen Bell is just a pain to watch - expecially next to 2 intelligent people :(

[playerkingawesome]

@schve99 How is Kristen less intelligent than Craig? They seem like equals to me.

[ParaDexul]

"Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love." I love you Craig Ferguson. You just made me cry.

[undreye]

Speaking of...French comedy is well-known to be the best in the world.

[lostcrzy]

The food looks soooooo good *droools*

[SAbowser]

What's the song for the 'On the Bus' intro? It sounds so familiar...

[xrayt3ch]

He may not get the A List celebrities, but more often than not he gets a gem.

[40Pacino]

"Laughter is what separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love" That is such a great quote.

[40Pacino]

A friend once told me that a fart is one of the jokes that never gets old, there will always be somebody that will laugh at a fart or fart joke.

[stupidguyaabbcc]

wait, so how does he voice geoff out in the open?

[MaturinGirl]

craig and reno talking intelligently and kristen just munchin' away on her strawberries. Hilarious.

[andrephx90]

One awesome and interesting five-day dinner :)

[flueedo]

A lot of french people seem to have difficulties with the 'th' phoneme. Weird. 

[luikangMC]

@flueedo why would it be weird ? although english language contains a lot of french words both languages are very different and it's difficult for everyone to learn complete new sounds from scratch. americans have the same problems with the french 'r'

[flueedo]

@luikangMC in my opinion it's not a difficult phoneme to learn, all one has to do is put their tongue between their teeth, so to speak. One doesn't even need to learn how to use a bunch of muscles in different ways, such as when learning the french 'r', which in turn make sense to me being quite hard to learn to Americans.

[Fluegelkran]

@flueedo A lot of non-English speakers have a problem with "th". Germans for example can't say it. They make a "s" sound instead. But they also can't pronounce "r" right.

[dlvial55]

the soundtrack to the paris trip was sickkkkk.  id like to purchase one

[marrydruli]

I had tears in my eyes after the story and when Craig said that laughter separates us from despair...

[Funpants94]

Kristen wants to bone craig

[DC89]

I love watching Kristen eat

[Elsa5Silver]

@DC89 teeny, tiny bites.



[benphua]

See this is what differentiates Craig, he's just downright insightful

[FireOnToast]

If Geoff was there...

Craig: what do you think makes all people laugh?

Geoff: balls.

[olitraiga]

holy shit that was boring.

[ncethngs]

kristen was so touched by that last line that she made a huge sigh at 6:00. takes a spoonful and probably saying to herself, "why does he have to be married". ...

[Swenglish]

The thing about fart jokes is they're not cheap, and often made without being earned through sufficient setup.

[Lamora86]

That was such a wonderful, moving, funny and true story about the bad bagpiper at the funeral. Wow.

[coachdylan]

'laughter is what separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love'. Pull my finger baby....

[standinfortherealguy]

How did the cameraman not laugh his ass off as he was filming all this the whole week?

I don't think they could have sound-mixed his voice out of it.

[MattDominicCullen]

so wise! teach me oh great one we call...CraigyFerg

[Zeburial]

Fart jokes in a french restaurant while having dessert with Jean Reno. Oh how i love this show. :D

[lonely22angel]

am an arab women and nine times out of ten i laugh at a fart joke

[lillithdv8]

Once again I can see why I love Craig so much!

[MrPanzermaus]

we still are animals

[Nikoh04]

i think kristen bell fell in love with craig at the end 6:05 :)

[Galactic123]

As a struggling stand-up comic, if anyone ever asks me why I think laughter is important, I'll just tell them: "Laughter is what separates us from despair, and gives us a chance at love." Of course crediting Craig.

[OcularPolitics]

@Galactic123 i love struggling stand-up comics... x3

good idea and good luck :P

[MayChild8]

@Galactic123 This is too deep for a 23:30 show ...

[ericpeterson999]

@Galactic123 Amen.  It is a great quote. Craig was truly inspired.

[13THELUCKY13]

i wanted to see secretariat on the bus

[Nuttpie]

This whole week is why I really like Craig, Yes he is hilarious, but he is Extremely intelligent!

[BS4Tactful]

@Nuttpie The two aren't mutually exclusive, despite what the other late night hosts might have led you to believe.

[barhoom333]

Jean Reno really knows facts i am an arab and i would vouch for him.

[PowShredder801]

Oh, how lovely.

Craig, Kristen, and Jean, talking about farts while eating strawberry's.

Nothing random 'bout that....

Only on Craig, only on Craig...

[TheKassyTV]

I love when Craig talks about his father :)