Craig Ferguson: ‘My Job Is to Be the Naughty Kid’

Craig Ferguson rocked the Paley Center for Media with laughter last night in New York. The self-effacing host of CBS’ The Late Late Show will perform at Radio City Music Hall this weekend, and he gave the Paley Center audience an up-close view of his career and his candid approach to late night comedy. Wearing Kermit the Frog socks in solidarity with Sesame Street, he also weighed in on Mitt Romney’s PBS debate comments.

Since no one can deliver a line quite like Ferguson, we’ve listed selected quotes on various topics that he made in reply to audience queries and questions from moderator Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times:

On Mitt Romney’s debate comments about cutting PBS funding: “How much are we going to save by getting rid of PBS, forty bucks?”

On his influences growing up: “I used to watch the Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, so...

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