Craig Ferguson, the host of CBS' "The Late Late Show"--whose personal brand of consistently unfunny comedy is steeped in the
Yakov Smirnoff tradition of "I'm from another country! Isn't that
hilarious?"--made a point of
not making a Britney-Spears-shaved-her-head joke on Monday night's broadcast, saying that "we shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable."
I don't know where Ferguson gets off telling people who they can and can't make fun of. The only person who's in a position to set an example like that is the number one late-night talk show host in the country...and the only way to attain that foothold is to
tell the most mind-numbingly obvious jokes conceivable, night in and night out. It's also the only way to
maintain the spot, so Ferguson's really fighting an unwinnable battle, here. He should stick to what he knows best: being ignored in favor of Conan O'Brien.
It wasn't very long ago when old women who spoke of "ho's" were embraced by America to the point of oversaturation...now a senior citizen of the less fair sex has been fired for doing the same thing.
Craig Ferguson, the host of CBS' "The Late Late Show"--whose personal brand of consistently unfunny comedy is steeped in the Yakov Smirnoff tradition of "I'm from another country! Isn't that hilarious?"--made a point of not making a Britney-Spears-shaved-her-head joke on Monday night's broadcast, saying that "we shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable."
Once again illustrating that they are a network completely in touch with what belongs on television, CBS has hired former Pittsburgh Steelers coach and Angriest Man in Football Bill Cowher as a studio analyst for "The NFL Today".
