Craig Ferguson has been called America’s most unlikely late-night TV talk show hostand as a crazy, hard-to-understand Scot, he may be. But he’s my favorite. And he’s in Denver tonight for the sold-out Girls Night Out dinner for Girl’s Inc.
So what’s he going to do for a room filled with about 900 dames — and a few guys like me?
“I’m kind of scared, to tell you the truth,” he said on the horn Thursday. “I’ve never done anything like this before, play to a predominantly female crowd. I hope I don’t disappoint them. I have disappointed some women in the past.”
Who hasn’t?
Local comedian/vet Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald is a friend of Ferguson’s who’ll warm up the crowd. And Ferguson likes the idea of some male reinforcements in case things get ugly.
Ferguson says his stand-up routine is much like his nightly monologue on “The Late Late Show.” But he’s been on the road promoting his best- selling book (“American On Purpose”), so he just hopes he remembers the jokes.
“I just keep talking until I’m through talking and I just hope some of it is funny,” he says.
We got smarts.
A front-page story in the Denver Daily News on Wednesday took note that the “Mile High City ranked fifth smartest in U.S.”
I’d feel proud — except for the headline that read “Denver — a city full of brianiacs?”
Connection.
As it is with so many scandals, Colorado has a connection to the David Letterman dust-up.
Accused blackmailer Robert “Joe” Halderman sent an e-blast to friends in March — saying that his son Jimmy and his ex-wife were moving to Fort Collins in June. And they did. “She says she chose Fort Collins for several reasons: It is relatively close to her two older sons now living in Vail, the cost of living is significantly lower than in Fairfield County . . .”
Also, Halderman’s dad, Jim Halderman, lives just outside Denver.
Mom plus one.
It’s a mothers and daughters fashion show at Saks on Thursday with cocktails and “retail therapy” to benefit Denver Health Foundation. On the runway: Marilyn, Christi and Ashley Coors; Aimee and Caroline Caplis; Michelle and Sophia Sie; Bertha and Maria Lynn; Piper, Cydney, Ciara and Cenaiya Billups.
City spirit.
“Good Morning America” was busy shooting a feature on Father Woody’s Haven of Hope on Thursday morning, so keep your eyes out for a story. And its annual funder is Oct. 17 at Roth Distributing with Elway’s Tyler Wiard doing some demos. Call 303-607-0855 . . . Michael Martin Murphy’s Cowboy Christmas hits the Paramount Nov. 30 . . . It’s Friday Night Football tonight for the Lingerie Football League, Seattle Mist vs. Denver Dream at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Action starts at 9 p.m., go to . . . Mary Jo Catlett, well-known in local acting circles (“Nunsense” and “Auntie Mame” at Elitch’s Gardens Theatre) has a part in “Cold Case” on Oct. 25 . . . Josh Blue joking through three sets Dec. 26 at Comedy Works Downtown . . . Sez who: “Relax — you’re among friends now. The long hard day is over and the roly-poly funny man is before you.” Craig Ferguson
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