Craig Ferguson Handles Late Late Show Anthrax Scare The Best Way Possible, With Jokes

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by Jon Bershad | 12:16 pm, August 24th, 2011

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Wow, this has been a scary week for late night comedians. Just a day after David Letterman mocked the jihadists threatening in message boards to kill him, his network-mate Craig Ferguson received an envelope in the mail containing white powder and a claim that it was anthrax. This, of course, brings up a very important question: Don’t terrorists get any channels other than CBS?

Seriously, though, it’s a dangerous situation and, like Letterman and his staff, Ferguson and those at the Late Late Show were brave enough to handle it like true professionals; by making fun of it.

The situation began around 3 p.m. yesterday as a threatening message was found in an envelope packed with a mysterious white powder. The building was evacuated and two employees who were exposed were held until a hazardous materials team was able to determine that the material was thankfully not dangerous.

The first fans heard of what had transpired was a tweet from Ferguson:

The show was taped late yesterday but still in time to air as scheduled. Ferguson made light of the matter in a hilarious monologue in which he joked about wanting to “test” the white powder himself using “a special test that I conducted between 1979 to 1992.”

You’ve got to respect Letterman, Ferguson, and their staffs for being able to still perform as usual after scares such as these.

Watch the monologue from CBS below:

(h/t Splitsider)

Anthrax, cbs, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, The Late Late Show

Anonymous

craig rules late night
Anonymous

The poor guy. He still appears underneath the humor to be quite shaken up about what happened, not to mention there’s a psychpath out there somewhere with a hard on for him.
The Real Royal Emperor

Perhaps, he simply is not as fond of standing in pools of his own urine as you are.
TruDat

Never heard of the guy.
The Real Royal Emperor

Nor has he heard of you.
Anonymous

That’s funny, he mentioned you the other night in his monologue….. oh wait that wasn’t Craig Ferguson that was no one. ever.
TruDat

Sounds like I struck a nerve with a couple of candy asses.
TruDat

Wow, what happened to that civility you’re always badgering other posters about? Oh, I forgot that rules don’t apply to you goofy liberal morons.
Vasallese

Craig handled it pretty well, THe moron who sent the powder, however, can go fuck himself. Maybe that’s why he/she sent it. Nobody will fuck them. Go to prison, I think Bubba is waiting for your ass.
Brentlabeau

To be honest guys, I get more humor out of the back and forth on the message boards then the articles by said comics.
You guys have some pretty witty repartee.
Vasallese

This is not a political rant. People played nice today.
Anonymous

Or feces as you are wont to do!

Your vulgarity is revolting!
Anonymous

Sounds like his ratings are low.
Vasallese

I take it back. The juveniles have reared their ugly heads.
Ccrazyhorz

Well, it just depends on how SCARY it is to these two comedians. They aren’t ALWAYS in the realm of SECURITY and that one time that they aren’t, is the TIME that they can be HAD… It isn’t funny one bit. So, I would decline to laugh about it, cuz that is like *calling their BLUFF*… r u ready to go that route? This was maybe just a drill to see their reactions to these 2 sequences, we just don’t know.
genius

He made the most of it on his monologue tonight. “Of course I was most concerned for my “staff”, what… you didn’t think I should make a penis joke about it?” Ha ha haPriceless ♥ ♥ ♥ classic Craig!
You couldn’t give Craig better material.Nobody can come back with a better retort for what comes his way in his interviews. Give him half a day to respond and he will destroy you, with his words of course.
Best akward pause ever, with Louis Black tonight!
H.P. Loathecraft

“Craig Ferguson received an envelope in the mail containing white powder and a claim that it was anthrax.”

That Dick Cheney fella. Always kiddin’ around with the shotguns and the anthrax.
Kayholt14

Crair I truely think you rock i know you were a drinker or like myself a drunk i watch your show every night it is nice to know that you can still be who you are and still bring a smile to someome or make them laugh withuot the booze you really make me think there is so much out there without the booze and i just wanted to say THANKS YOU ROCK i will for sure keep watching u love you keep doing the dam thing