Craig Ferguson Gets Anthrax Scare

FBI, LAPD investigate menacing letter

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Craig Ferguson had planned to do a bit about the East Coast earthquake on his show last night. Instead, he cracked a few uneasy jokes about the envelope packed with white powder that he received earlier in the day. “[T]he earthquake only scared millions of people on the East Coast, but the white powder did something much worse. It scared me," he quipped.

Ferguson was reportedly rattled by the threatening letter, but still continued the taping for last night’s Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson.

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