![]() He's Not Afraid to Tackle the Tough Stuff Barrel-shooting is not his fishing style and for that we are forever grateful. Which means: he seems like a really, really nice guy in addition to being hilarious. That move - refusing to mock Spears - is just one example of the myriad ways Ferguson refuses to go the cheap and easy route. That led him to refusing to mock Britney Spears during her tumultuous 2007 days - a move we seriously admired. A recovering alcoholic, Ferguson has been very brave and honest when discussing the time he considered committing suicide on Christmas Day 1991. Particularly wonderful, though, is his frank openness about mental health issues. In addition to being an Emmy and Peabody Award winner, Ferguson is an accomplished author, having written 2 books - one memoir and one novel - during the course of his career. People are less interested in that sort of thing and far more intrigued by the guest themselves, and Ferguson's style makes most people come off as endearingly human rather than studio shills. ![]() Sure it makes those old guard types - so obsessed with plugging their project and the great relationships of everyone on set - at times a bit uncomfortable, but to us there's nothing better. Unlike the other hosts, Ferguson's interview style is completely off-the-cuff, and more often than not lends itself to a truly interesting (if not wholly hilarious) conversation between himself and his guests. How do we love thee, CraigyFerg? Let us count the ways. Far from it: he's a delightful host and one we thought deserved a bit of credit in the midst of all this CBS ballyhoo. To be sure, Stephen Colbert is a wonderful choice (though that, too, makes us - and Vulture's Jesse David Fox - a bit sad in some respects), but this doesn't mean we should be so quick to put Ferguson into the Carson Daly pile of late night talkers. And we were - at least in part - a bit surprised he was so quickly dismissed in the conversation about David Letterman's successor. The host of The Late Late Show is one of the most charming and chuckle-rousing late night hosts out there, almost always refusing to take everything all that seriously (which we love). I don't know about the rest of you, but I love me some Craig Ferguson.
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