Bill Benzon at The Valve links to one of the more interesting pieces on TV I have seen – Craig Ferguson interviewing Stephen Fry without a studio audience, and guess what? The conversation goes into smart and educated territory! There’s a lesson to be learned here, I think. Part 2 includes mention of the Principia Mathematica! Knowing Fry from QI, this doesn’t surprise me, but on American Television! As Bill says, it’s the end of the world…
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I’ve come to think very highly of Craig Ferguson, because he is consistently good on this. Just recently he interviewed Claire Danes recently; her father-in-law is Jonathan Dancy, and so they spent a few minutes talking about moral philosophy (all very funny, of course). And that’s not an uncommon thing with him.
I think Robert Graves accusing Wordsworth of being pleonastic beats out a casual mention of Principia Mathematica!
Craig Ferguson is pretty much my favorite late night host. I love his humor, which tickles my absurdist funny bone in the way that Dave Allen used to back in the day.
I also applaud him for taking the high road over some recent celebrity crashes (like Britney Spears), and refusing to mock their troubles, which, I thought, shows some fundamental human decency that’s pretty much lacking from most popular entertainments.
Never thought of Fry and Ferguson in the same room together. Neat.