Craig Ferguson, Xentrix, and the Muppets go X-Rated

Craig Ferguson is a funny man.

Seriously though. I was reading that Alice Cooper is appearing on the Late Late Show, which Craig Ferguson now presents, so I decided to go have a shufty at the Late Late show website.

On there you will find a bunch of clips from the past weeks shows, and the one from the 10th of August is particulary good as he talks about the Edinburgh Festival, which officially kicked off August 6th.

Watching these clips made me think back to his excellent BBC comedy show he did back in 1994 called The Ferguson Theory.

In particular, his sketches involving the Reverend Barry Lauder are nothing short of fricking hilarious. I defy you not to spurt milk out of your nose when watching them!

Interestingly, he's the older cousin of a guy I went to school with, and he also presented a heavy metal documentary sometime back (1991-ish) where as part of the program he played drums for my favourite band, Xentrix.

Back in February this year I was hanging out with the guys from Xentrix after a reunion gig they did for the bass guitarists 40th birthday. And funnily enough I brought up the documentary and the guys fondly remember it ... except for poor Den, who never got to appear on it because Craig had taken his seat :)

Anyway, on the topic of the Festival, and something Craig mentions in the clip from the 10th is that there is an adult version of Jim Henson's Muppet Show. Ah, elbow deep in cloth ... well, at least that's how today's Metro newspaper put it.

Moving on swiftly, but remaining all things Scottish, lets all raise a glass and toast the 25th anniversary of Scottish Barbie ... complete with tartan lingerie, apparently.

And to finish, my local football team Albion Rovers lost their first home game of the season 1-0 to East Fife.