I am Craig Ferguson, ask me anything!

How's Geoff?

Geoff is dead and well.

Hi Craig, I’ve been a huge fan for a long time and still watch The Late Late Show on the internet because I love it so much. Is there a historical topic you’ve wanted to discuss on your new show but couldn’t because it is too depressing, dirty, or in some other way controversial?

Oh yes hundreds, but if if the show is successful, the network will be powerless to stop me from covering it in the future.

Hi there Mr. Ferguson! There's a void in my heart that The Late Late Show used to fill. I'm happy you're back on TV in an unscripted format. Congrats on the new show!

My question is if you could travel to any place in any time in history, where and when would you be?

I think I'd like to go to the Reign of Akhenaten in Ancient Egypt. I think it was a mysterious and controversial moment in history, arguably the first monotheist. And I'd like to see if he looked that weird.

Have you ever considered a musical reunion with Peter Capaldi?

Anyone who wants that never heard us play the first time. Let it go.

Huge fan, Craig.

I HAVE TO KNOW: In the early days before Secretariat got his own stable, did he just wait next to the stage in case you rang the bell and summoned him?

Yep.

Thanks Craig for providing me with a load of laughs when I got back from university. Cheered me up a lot and I can't wait to see the new show!

I was wondering if you are gonna try get Stephen Fry on your show? I loved the LLS with him as a guest and I'm sure he would be so interesting to listen talk about history.

Yes, yes I would love to have Stephen on the show.

Did you figure out what Reddit is?

I'm still a little confused.

Do you have any good life advice?

Have a good time. Don't be a dick.

Is today a great day for America?

Depends on who you are and what you're doing.

Who's your favourite philosopher and why?

I think having a favorite philosopher will be like having a favorite color. It's pointless.

Hi Craig,

1. If you were doing Join or Die a 100 years in the future which person or persons alive today do you think you would be talking about? 1000 years?
2. Do any of your regular Late Late Show guests make an appearance?
3. At any point during LLS did you think "this is too weird even for me"?

1. Difficult to say. Not Kardashians though.
2. Absolutely, I always try to book people that I know and like.
3. No, I haven't thought that since the last time I took LSD.

Hey Craig, is any part of you jealous of the current crop of late night hosts getting to do material on the 2016 presidential election?

Not really, I'm kind of bored with it already.

Hi Craig,

Your interview (more of a discussion) with Stephen Fry without an audience is one of the most fascinating things I've ever seen and easily one of my favorite moments on television. Do you think you'll do more interviews like that in the future in that sort of late night setting or perhaps in a different medium?

P.S.: Loved you as Gobber in How to Train Your Dragon.

Yes, absolutely.

Why do they put turnips on top of haggis?

Where else are you gonna put them?

Hello Craig and happy anniversary.

I asked Eddie Izzard this same question, and I'd like to see if you can corroborate...

Those segments you did with him on the Late Late Show(apart from the actual interview)...were they scripted? Or improvised?

Also, I really miss Wavy.

Eddie and I always improvised, we never scripted anything.

What's something not a lot of people know about you?

I made this for you! Enjoy!

I am an excellent actor.

Loved reading your story in "American on Purpose" years back; any interest in writing a new biopic to recount your recent events?

Yeah, always kicking something around, dunno what it's going to be.

Hi Craig!

(It’s almost 5am in Australia so I’m literally posting this and going straight back to sleep.)

You’re basically one of my favourite people ever and The Late Late Show was incredibly special to me during my uni days. I miss it and you very dearly! I’m excited about Join Or Die though, so I decided to make a subreddit for it (/r/JoinOrDieHIST – I’ll make it look prettier later) for news and discussion of episodes etc. I may have to do some unspeakable things to be able to watch it *muffles voice* in my region but it will happen.

Anyway! I have a few questions:

1. Do you have any plans of touring Australia, ever? (I visited LA for the first time in June and was so sad to have missed your tenure on TLLS, as it was my dream to sit in Lesbian Row)
2. Would you support a campaign for you to be Peter’s next companion in Doctor Who? (Side note – are you two in touch often?)
3. Who’s a guest we should look forward to seeing on Join Or Die?

Thank you for doing this AMA!

1. Yeah, I'd love to tour Australia but I'd have to wait until everyone's awake.
2. I have no ambitions in that department.
3. The polite ones, they're my favorite.

In no more than three sentences, why should I watch Join or Die?

Watch it if you want. I'm not your parent. It's a free country.

Yo Craig!

What inspired you to get the Join or Die image as a tattoo when you became a citizen, as opposed to other 'Murican imagery?

No, that's the image I thought was appropriate and what I thought looked coolest on my rather girlish wrists.

what's the weirdest thing you ever had to do in a show?

Weirder than interviewing Regis? I dunno if it gets weirder than that.

What's the one thing your tired of people asking you?

Yes, that question.

Who was your favorite puppet from the group (not counting Secretariat or Geoff Peterson)?

Wavy Ranchero the crocodile/alligator/crocodile.

You've been an author, a screenwriter, an actor, a talk show host, a game show host, a stand up comedian, and a musician. Is there one you find to have been most satisfying, and if so, why? Likewise, has one been least satisfying?

I think they're all aspects of the same thing. How do you choose to express yourself? Do you text, email, write a song, do you deliver the message in person. It's all just expression and communication.

Promos have mentioned Plato, Marx, Cicero, Luther, etc. Do I have to know all that stuff in order to fully appreciate Join or Die? I stopped reading those guys when I discovered pulp fiction.

No, and in fact if you do know all that stuff, you might appreciate it less. You'll know more than me.

What is your opinion on the giraffe?

Not bad. You could add another half, though.

What makes attracted to Psychology and Psychiatry as practices? The Late Late show has a really good system of "just talk." How did that come about?

I think it begins with Freud, doesn't it?

Hi Craig, What is the most interesting new fact you learned while making "Join or Die" and are there any new stand up comedians you enjoy that we should be on a lookout for? Really looking forward to watching the new show, best of luck with it.

Too many new facts to mention. My job on Join or Die is not to be the expert, but to the the pupil.

Do you have any writing advice?

Yes: don't stop.

You've seen genuinely interested in space exploration. Would you ever want to do a PSA for NASA, be involved with a space documentary (provided Morgan Freeman's hasn't already booked them all for infinity), or even travel to space yourself?

I would do any of that and being even near Morgan Freeman is something that I enjoy immensely.

What has compelled you to look at The world through the lens you're using for this new show? What period of history or what aspect of politics are you most excited to take on?

Because history is the story of all of us. It's psychotherapy for the entire species.

Hello Craig:

Just wanted to know what made you want to do this show?

It's the type of show that I wanted to see. It covers conversations that I wanted to have.

As a toddler, my daughter loved Shaun the Sheep. I noticed in the opening credits of one episode, "The Big Chase", one of the writers was Craig Ferguson. Was this you? It's been bugging me for years.

Nope! Wasn't me.

Hi Craig! Your Late Late Show is my favorite tv thing ever, so thanks for all these years! Question: would you ever come to Europe with your stand up show?

Maybe. It's being talked about.

Craig! Fellow pilot here, although on the helicopter side, are you still flying around out there? Earn any new ratings lately?

I've never flown helicopters, they scare me. I like my aircrafts to have wings.

Hey Craig, awesome to see you here. Are you thinking about getting another tattoo any time soon?

I'm always thinking about getting more tattoos, but as I age it's harder to work on slack skin.

Who or what would you like to see featured on US currency?

Scrooge McDuck, he's Scottish-American.

One question:

What is the cleanest joke you know?

Thanks!

I don't know that I know any.

Do you have any directorial advice?

Don't hire me as a director.

My son has a chance to study in Scotland next year. What should he expect at university? What should he try to take from the experience?

I don't know, I didn't go to university. That's why I'm hosting Join or Die and not a guest on Join or Die.

Hi Craig, let me just say that I'm a huge fan and you never failed to make me laugh! Would you ever consider doing a travel show?

Yes.

Do you think history repeats itself? Or are we heading for something wonderfully unprecedented?

No, I think that patterns tend to repeat themselves in human behavior. That's why the study of history is necessary, to avoid mistakes we've already made.

So looking at the web page at History channel, and given the name, it seems like a USA centric show.

Is that the plan or will you ultimately delve into other parts of history and will you have to change the show name or create spin offs?

Although I suppose the Join or die covers most of human history if you read it a different way.

No, it's about all history, not just US history.

What is the best thing that has come from your celebrity?

I don't really consider myself a celebrity.

Halò Craig!

If you could meet any 3 people, dead or alive, who would they be?

I don't do lists.

What's your favorite historical moment that's happened in the last 24 hours?

I don't know everything that's happened in the past 24 hours!