Craig Ferguson came to the defense of future late-night rival Jimmy Fallon, saying
He's kind of like the reverse Barack Obama. He hasn't done anything yet, but everybody says he's doing it wrong. Give Jimmy a month before you review him. That would be fair, I think.
Very classy. Craig Ferguson goes on to make a very good point:
With these shows, nobody knows how you're going to do. And let's be honest - who thought I would be sitting here today (after) four years?
So true. After all, everybody was all kids of excited about The Chevy Chase Show , and that didn't go so well. Mostly because it was spectacularly bad.
Craig Ferguson, on the other hand, is very good - smart, funny, classy, and uncompromising, as this clip clearly shows:
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