You're not dealing with publicists. Ferguson thanked Leno for his friendship over the years. In return, Leno lauded Ferguson for staying neutral in the so-called late night wars. The show filmed most of those stars filmed in front of a blue screen over the past few months, but some sent their videos into the show.
That led to a lengthy standing ovation from the audience. The Late Late Show ended on a cheeky note: Ferguson revealed that the man inside the Secretariat costume was Bob Newhart — who informed Ferguson that this was all a dream sequence.
Cut to Ferguson in bed just like the end of Newhart. He wakes up the person next to him to let them know about the dream he just had. And that person is You'll have to watch the finale to find out. It airs at Friday at a. We have had enough of the horse. Several guests have ridden him on stage which seems almost physically impossible for the actors inside. Including visiting the ladies on The View who were struck silent for once! On the night I was at the taping, Secretariat started the show from his stall.
Other nights have seen him bedecked with a black saddle cloth; a striped knit scarf or a large red bandana around his neck. He has various horse paraphernalia hanging outside his stall. I spied a cinch, a leather martingale, two stirrups and a lead line. There are also two framed photographs of Secretariat; one in front of the Eiffel tower and a one of him on the racetrack.
Above him hangs a horseshoe on green felt in a rustic wooden frame. The background of his stall was a lovely autumn scene of orange colored leaves and it changes with the seasons. He often has a camera focused on his stall to capture his reactions.
The best is at the end of the breaks when Secretariat and Ferguson dance. A couple on their honeymoon had tweeted Ferguson asking if Secretariat would dance for them. When I moved back to New York in and got a cable box, the first thing I set up on my DVR was a season pass for Ferguson, and I'd make sure to at least watch his monologue the next morning. But his bits were great too, even if they just amounted to him putting on a dumb outfit and standing in front of a green-screen yelling jokes and doing dodgy impressions until he ran out of energy.
He always did his best to make guest interviews interesting, without any real prepared stories or topics to run through, and was at his most fun like any late night host when one of his regulars was on the couch, like Kristen Bell, Chris Hardwick or Neil Patrick Harris.
Ferguson's best-known recurring bit was Secretariat: two people in a horse costume who would dance in anytime to stupid music Ferguson rang a bell at his desk and yelled "Who's that at the door! Like any late night bit, it was a one-joke gag that escalated beyond the point of ridiculousness, with Secretariat visiting other countries and eventually getting a permanent place on set. But its simplicity exemplifies Ferguson's brilliance: there's almost nothing at work here beyond a simple sight gag, but the show sells it with its gleeful energy.
That's also exactly why Ferguson won't be getting the slot or following Colbert once he does. He's part of an older tradition that CBS is necessarily putting a cap on, reflected in Ferguson's ratings decline in recent years. But I hope that doesn't mean his unique tenure in the late night landscape will be forgotten. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest. The Atlantic Crossword.
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