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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're on with Mario A little bit with Mario Lopez.
We've got someone on the hotline. Let's get to the phones.
Joining us now, my man Crick Ferguson. How are you, buddy?
Having spoken while hey Mario, how are you, my friend?
How do things ben? I miss you? I miss you too, sir,
Things are well? Thank you very much. Got another kid
on the way since we spoke. Yeah, trying to Uh, yes,
(00:24):
yes I do, thank you, thank you. Congratulations? How many
of how many of that knows that? Like half a dozen?
You have? No, No, that's just three. That's just three.
So uh okay, so you but you finish up around
six or eight something like that. We'll see what was
up to me. But congratulations on the new book, Riding
(00:44):
the Elephant. Uh, it's not. It's not your first memoir.
So what is this one about? This one dirtier than
the last one? I think that's what it is. I
think it's the last one was the kind of straight
up show business by bography. You know, it's like I
was born here and that this I met this guy,
he gave me his job. But this onren't a little
(01:05):
more a series of um essays about adventures that I've
had that you know, and and a lot of them
I don't come off so well, but I thought it
might be nice to just put them done. Yeah. I
enjoy memoirs because it's most people confuse it with an autobiography.
It's just sort of certain anecdotes or or stories that
(01:25):
have happened in your life and and uh, I think
people can relate to them, and especially when they're funny
and and you're having fun with it. How does this
book right? Or pardon me? How does writing this book
compared to writing a standard routine? Is her approached the
same or no, it's a little bit different, because you know,
you write a stand up you you you've gotta be funny,
So you've gotta figure you know, every you know, a
(01:47):
couple of things up page. Anyway, you gotta gotta have
a joke. One of the reasons why I told the
stories I was telling them this book is because some
of them are not funny stories. Some of them are
quite sad stories. Some of them are uh, profane, and
so it's not necessarily something that I could tell in
a stand up arena. That's why I put them in
(02:08):
a book like this. Their stories where got it. It's
not necessarily a funny story. Some of the stories are funny,
but some of them are are pretty dark, nice, going
all over the place. That's why, that's why. It is
a memoir of altercations, humiliations, hallucinations, and observations, a little
a little something for everyone. Yeah, and I actually think
(02:31):
what I should say in in the spirit of full disclosure. Also,
some fabrications might be in there as well. There's a
few stories that I'm telling them there that I can't
be entighly short and shut. And it's true. I've just
been telling them for a long time. Then you tell
a story for a long time about yourself me, Yeah,
that really happened. As I'm turning the pages, I turned
(02:53):
turned to chapter nineteen Japanese bar mitzvah. That just made
me laugh. Right, So you were also recently and How
to Train Your Dragon three? I love that franchise. Are
you still surprised how how big that's becoming? What do
they hit? It's been? Yeah, it was amazing. That was
that was really good And I like being it because
you know me, Mary, Oh, usually I'm in crap, but
(03:16):
it's just really good stuff. It's kind of a change
in my kind of style, you know. I I like
to stay you know where I'm familiar. But it was,
it's really good. It's it's it's uh. It's a shame
that the movies are over, but I don't think they
will be. I think they'll come back for another one. Yeah.
I always think they'll come back for another one. If
(03:37):
it makes money in Hollywood, they'll be back for another one. Yeah.
My son has a huge toothless in his room there,
so it's it gets a lot of yeah. Uh. And
you know, we recently talked to my kids. To the
kid said, that's awesome. How many do you have now, Craig,
just to choose enough for me an air and a spare,
it's good enough for that, fair enough. I should have
(04:00):
stopped there myself. Um. You know, we recently talked to
Kathy Lee Gifford about her movie. Then came you, which
of course you're starting with, and this is this is
a different type of role for you, right. Did you
enjoy doing the romantic thing? Yeah? It was really funny.
I I kind of like I still say this to Kathy.
I'm like, I'm really surprised because I thought, you know,
(04:20):
with her and I in a movie. I thought this
has gotta stuck, But it doesn't suck. It's actually, you know,
it's really it's really kind of cool. She's like, shut up,
you knew it was gonna be good, and I'm like,
I did not know it was going to be good.
I just knew that we were going to be shooting
it in Scotland in the summertime. That's all. Uh, but
Kathy's my friends. He's that she's crazy in the bed book,
(04:41):
but she's fantastic. Oh that's great. And uh, all the
while still doing stand up, You've got the Hobo Fabulous
tour coming up. What do you like to talk about
on stage? What? What? What? What are you talking about
these days? Well, you know, I made a role with
myself that I was going to do a shoe, I
do an hour and a half shield and I made
a rule that I was not going to film it,
(05:02):
and for an hour and a half every night, I
would talk about zero politics, absolutely no politics, no matter what.
So you know, the shoe is anecdotal and the show
it's different every night because I changed it from whatever
saying I'm in. I talked about the saying amen, and
you know, and I'm muck around, but I'm I. I
made this kind of deal with myself that I you know,
(05:26):
so much of you know, stand up is so strident
and political, and that's okay. There's a player perfectly good
place for it. I just wanted to set myself the
the idea of trying to do it without touching it
at all, to see if it could be done, you know.
And I'm fifty days under this tour and by far,
in a way, the most successful that I've ever done,
so I guess it works. It's working. It's working. Man. Well, Craig,
(05:51):
it's always nice catching up with your congratulations on everything writing.
The Elephant comes out on May seven. You can follow
him on Instagram at the Craig Ferguson Show. Thanks so
much for calling in body, Thanks Mario, and congratulations again
keep having those babies. Thanks buddy. Nice talking to you
on with Mario. A little passing
You're on with Mario A little bit with Mario Lopez.
We've got someone on the hotline. Let's get to the phones.
Joining us now, my man Crick Ferguson. How are you, buddy?
Having spoken while hey Mario, how are you, my friend?
How do things ben? I miss you? I miss you too, sir,
Things are well? Thank you very much. Got another kid
on the way since we spoke. Yeah, trying to Uh, yes,
(00:24):
yes I do, thank you, thank you. Congratulations? How many
of how many of that knows that? Like half a dozen?
You have? No, No, that's just three. That's just three.
So uh okay, so you but you finish up around
six or eight something like that. We'll see what was
up to me. But congratulations on the new book, Riding
(00:44):
the Elephant. Uh, it's not. It's not your first memoir.
So what is this one about? This one dirtier than
the last one? I think that's what it is. I
think it's the last one was the kind of straight
up show business by bography. You know, it's like I
was born here and that this I met this guy,
he gave me his job. But this onren't a little
(01:05):
more a series of um essays about adventures that I've
had that you know, and and a lot of them
I don't come off so well, but I thought it
might be nice to just put them done. Yeah. I
enjoy memoirs because it's most people confuse it with an autobiography.
It's just sort of certain anecdotes or or stories that
(01:25):
have happened in your life and and uh, I think
people can relate to them, and especially when they're funny
and and you're having fun with it. How does this
book right? Or pardon me? How does writing this book
compared to writing a standard routine? Is her approached the
same or no, it's a little bit different, because you know,
you write a stand up you you you've gotta be funny,
So you've gotta figure you know, every you know, a
(01:47):
couple of things up page. Anyway, you gotta gotta have
a joke. One of the reasons why I told the
stories I was telling them this book is because some
of them are not funny stories. Some of them are
quite sad stories. Some of them are uh, profane, and
so it's not necessarily something that I could tell in
a stand up arena. That's why I put them in
(02:08):
a book like this. Their stories where got it. It's
not necessarily a funny story. Some of the stories are funny,
but some of them are are pretty dark, nice, going
all over the place. That's why, that's why. It is
a memoir of altercations, humiliations, hallucinations, and observations, a little
a little something for everyone. Yeah, and I actually think
(02:31):
what I should say in in the spirit of full disclosure. Also,
some fabrications might be in there as well. There's a
few stories that I'm telling them there that I can't
be entighly short and shut. And it's true. I've just
been telling them for a long time. Then you tell
a story for a long time about yourself me, Yeah,
that really happened. As I'm turning the pages, I turned
(02:53):
turned to chapter nineteen Japanese bar mitzvah. That just made
me laugh. Right, So you were also recently and How
to Train Your Dragon three? I love that franchise. Are
you still surprised how how big that's becoming? What do
they hit? It's been? Yeah, it was amazing. That was
that was really good And I like being it because
you know me, Mary, Oh, usually I'm in crap, but
(03:16):
it's just really good stuff. It's kind of a change
in my kind of style, you know. I I like
to stay you know where I'm familiar. But it was,
it's really good. It's it's it's uh. It's a shame
that the movies are over, but I don't think they
will be. I think they'll come back for another one. Yeah.
I always think they'll come back for another one. If
(03:37):
it makes money in Hollywood, they'll be back for another one. Yeah.
My son has a huge toothless in his room there,
so it's it gets a lot of yeah. Uh. And
you know, we recently talked to my kids. To the
kid said, that's awesome. How many do you have now, Craig,
just to choose enough for me an air and a spare,
it's good enough for that, fair enough. I should have
(04:00):
stopped there myself. Um. You know, we recently talked to
Kathy Lee Gifford about her movie. Then came you, which
of course you're starting with, and this is this is
a different type of role for you, right. Did you
enjoy doing the romantic thing? Yeah? It was really funny.
I I kind of like I still say this to Kathy.
I'm like, I'm really surprised because I thought, you know,
(04:20):
with her and I in a movie. I thought this
has gotta stuck, But it doesn't suck. It's actually, you know,
it's really it's really kind of cool. She's like, shut up,
you knew it was gonna be good, and I'm like,
I did not know it was going to be good.
I just knew that we were going to be shooting
it in Scotland in the summertime. That's all. Uh, but
Kathy's my friends. He's that she's crazy in the bed book,
(04:41):
but she's fantastic. Oh that's great. And uh, all the
while still doing stand up, You've got the Hobo Fabulous
tour coming up. What do you like to talk about
on stage? What? What? What? What are you talking about
these days? Well, you know, I made a role with
myself that I was going to do a shoe, I
do an hour and a half shield and I made
a rule that I was not going to film it,
(05:02):
and for an hour and a half every night, I
would talk about zero politics, absolutely no politics, no matter what.
So you know, the shoe is anecdotal and the show
it's different every night because I changed it from whatever
saying I'm in. I talked about the saying amen, and
you know, and I'm muck around, but I'm I. I
made this kind of deal with myself that I you know,
(05:26):
so much of you know, stand up is so strident
and political, and that's okay. There's a player perfectly good
place for it. I just wanted to set myself the
the idea of trying to do it without touching it
at all, to see if it could be done, you know.
And I'm fifty days under this tour and by far,
in a way, the most successful that I've ever done,
so I guess it works. It's working. It's working. Man. Well, Craig,
(05:51):
it's always nice catching up with your congratulations on everything writing.
The Elephant comes out on May seven. You can follow
him on Instagram at the Craig Ferguson Show. Thanks so
much for calling in body, Thanks Mario, and congratulations again
keep having those babies. Thanks buddy. Nice talking to you
on with Mario. A little passing
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