what did we learn on the show tonight craig....

I learned that I would love, love, love to have Craig Ferguson's job! I am not kidding at all when I say I would give up the teaching business, pick up and move to California if he called me today and said - be my co-host!

Let me back track a little here. One of the things I love to do on vacation is to stay up late and watch TV and movies. I don't know why, but for some reason, the later in the night it gets, the better the TV and movies are for me. I have always liked the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, but never got in the daily habit of watching it until this summer. My DVR has been set every night to tape this piece of hilariousness. (of course that's a word!) During my vacation, I just stayed up and watched it. I would laugh so much at this show, I would not be able to fall asleep for a while after watching it. I would be wide awake again and no where near ready for bed. So now that I am back to work, I DVR it, and watch it the next day.

There are so many things that I just find so funny on the show. It is interesting because it is my type of humor. I watch certain things, think of how knee-slapping funny it is to me, and then think - I could totally do that every day too! My dilemma now is, how could I do this every day? I don't know that I could, being that I teach six and seven year olds. They don't really have this type of humor. And let's be honest some of it is no where near appropriate for that age. I have made a list of some of the major things that I find absolutely out of the ordinary humorous about the show that I wish to incorporate into my every day life somehow.


1 - He speaks with a Scottish accent! I don't care who you are, that is cool. I love a Scottish accent. I love all accents. It is perfectly normal for him to speak in different accents all the time when he is talking. I want every one to not think I am crazy if I just bust out a Scottish or English accent mid-sentence! My brother and I talk in accents to each other all the time. I want to take this to the next level and do it when teaching even!

2 - He has a ROBOT! And this is not just any robot folks, this is Geoff Peterson. Geoff Peterson adds comments to the conversation. How cool is that. Just think, I could be teaching away, and my own robot could add some line like, "Way to go kids! Keep up the hard work! What a great group of First Graders!" Admit it, you would have worked harder in school if a robot was feeding you random compliments. I also want it to say things when one of my bosses comes into my class. I want it to say things like "Looking good! Have you lost weight?!" and my personal favorite - "Look who it is kids, let's all give him a group hug!"

3 - He has tons of puppets! Now this is one I could pull off at work rather easily. But I will have to make my puppets not have as much graphic language as his before I bust them out when teaching what sound A makes. I think that we should all have puppets to say the things we don't really want to say to others. If there is a topic of conversation that could be a little iffy to talk about, use a puppet, and give it a funny accent. I guarantee the issue won't seem as bad if you do!

4 - He can just dance around all crazy like and no one makes fun of him or his moves. Ok so I do this a little bit already. I don't hold back at work from being silly by any means. They all already know that I am the goofy one. I have been known to bust out such moves as- The Lawn Mower, Eye of the Tiger Sky Punch, and Sherry's Filler move on more than one occasion. But I don't just bust a move every time I feel I would like to. I fear that not all will understand my goofiness as well as my coworkers. Why is it that we live in a world where I can't just do a silly dance move in the middle of Wal Mart without ridicule. Ha ha ha!

Seriously though - these things would make work and life just a little bit lighter. I love the fact that he does these things on a nightly basis, and is loved for doing them! I think that there are alot of people in the world who don't take the time to be goofy. There are so many people focusing on the bad that is happening all around us, and stressing out about all the things that can drag us down. I love that for an hour every night, someone is trying to make the people laugh and lighten the mood. Wouldn't everyone be a little bit more tolerable if they laughed more? :)