I went to see Craig Ferguson at Granada TV studios in the late 80's while he recorded a show for a one off T.V. show, he was reasonably funny but when I watched the show actually on T.V. I was wondering what we laughed at in the studio (the beer before the show may have helped), it was pretty awful....then he disappeared completely, I never knew he got a second shot at fame in the States.
Did it happen to be a Bing Hitler comic bit or just a TV show for which he was a character?
I just finished Craig's novel "Between the Bridge and the River". Everyone I knew who loves his show raved about this book. I got into it and was waiting to be wowed and after many chapters thought "Is this just artistic shit or am I too stupid to get the literary/biblical/societal references that other (smarter?) people got from this?" and was fairly disappointed. But, as the book went on, the way he wove the events together and had reoccurring themes throughout just won me over. I still think there might be things that I'm missing, but everything tied together and it really makes you think about things you know, things you don't, and things you believe.
Craig is a talent on so many levels; after all the wrong paths he took, it's great to see he finally took a right one and where it has led him.
Enjoyed this one myself! (Much more than the crap that was the Heroin Diaries.)