Craig Ferguson Says Mick Jagger is Afraid of Keith Richards in New Hour Special Premiering This Week on EPIX

By Interrobang Staff on September 8, 2015


https://youtu.be/hOF0CbaQrhM



Craig Ferguson is back! No, not on Late Night, but with an brand new hour special premiering on EPIX this week, “Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest.” Actually, it’s a little more than an hour, Craig has a lot to talk about since he wrapped his last episode with the Late Late Show in December.

During the special Craig does some familiar monologue type material that will make you miss having Craig at the helm of the Late Late Show, and he tells plenty of  jokes, but where Craig really shines is his long, funny stories and you’ll be treated to a few of those.

In one of his stories he proclaims that all these years that he thought Mick was in charge of the Rolling Stones, he was wrong.  It’s not Mick’s band, he says, it is emphatically, and decisively Keith Richard’s band. And he ought to know because he spent a year touring with his childhood heroes.

“Like everyone else, I thought the Rolling Stones was Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s band or maybe it was Mick Jagger’s band but it’s not,” Ferguson says in the special. “It’s Keith Richard’s band, Keith Richards runs that shit, Mick Jagger is the singer in Keith Richard’s band.”

Not only is it Keith’s band, but he also says everyone is afraid Keith Richards, because he’s so tough, including Mick Jagger. Ferguson tells several revealing stories about his time with the Stones; he got to tour with the band when he almost wrote a screenplay for a movie with Mick Jagger. He discovered everyone was frightened of Keith when he tried to get permission to stand on the stage during a show, and Mick told him no, because Keith wouldn’t like it.  Some people don’t tour and tell, but Ferguson is not one of those people.

Craig recorded the special in March at New York City’s Town Hall Theater as part of his Hot and Grumpy Tour.  You can hear Ferguson tell all his Stones stories, as well as tackling religion, sobriety, Kenny G and how to make the best use of melons when  “Craig Ferguson: Just Being Honest” premieres this  Thursday, September 10 at 10PM ET/ PT, 9C on EPIX.



Here’s a previously released clip of Craig talking about his first phone call with Mick Jagger.

https://youtu.be/fbr6be5kUkU


http://theinterrobang.com/craig-ferguson-says-mick-jagger-is-afraid-of-keith-richards-in-new-special-premiering-on-epix/

I think he's more respectful of Keiths quarks...

Ferguson is a hack.  And probably full of shit on this one.

Edith Grove wrote on Sep 8^th, 2015 at 3:18pm:

Craig Ferguson is back!

Who was asking for this??
I have never even heard of him to be honest...

he scares me but MICK? dudes are bloodless brothers.

job wrote on Sep 8^th, 2015 at 6:44pm:

Ferguson is a hack.  And probably full of shit on this one.

ouch!! thought he was the funniest man on late night TV  thank satan COLBERT starts tonight!!

Whatever.

Stones have been around since '62.
This idiot hangs with them once and suddenly knows the deal.

Douchebag.

mojoman wrote on Sep 8^th, 2015 at 8:47pm:

job wrote on Sep 8th, 2015 at 6:44pm: Ferguson is a hack.  And probably full of shit on this one. ouch!! thought he was the funniest man on late night TV  thank satan COLBERT starts tonight!!

Yeah, me too. I missed years of Craig Ferguson before I got hooked. I thought he was brilliant, actually.  I loved his Late Late Show as much as I don't love his replacement.

And yes, it's a relief to have Colbert back.  Pretty happening jam at the end of show #1.

mojoman wrote on Sep 8^th, 2015 at 8:47pm:

job wrote on Sep 8th, 2015 at 6:44pm: Ferguson is a hack.  And probably full of shit on this one. ouch!! thought he was the funniest man on late night TV  thank satan COLBERT starts tonight!!

Yeah, but Ferguson is scared of Colbert. :interestingstuffronnie :blankfriggingstare1 :aimama

He's funny.

Ferguson is Scottish.  He likes booze and cocaine.  He is humorous.

I like that photo of Richards in a tie.  I don't recall ever seeing Richards wearing a tie.  Richards like booze and cocaine.  He is English.

"  like that photo of Richards in a tie.  I don't recall ever seeing Richards wearing a tie.  Richards like booze and cocaine.  He is English. "

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<  ---- Nobody frigs with Keith Richards  .


Nobody !!!!

MrPleasant wrote on Sep 10^th, 2015 at 1:17pm:

He's funny.

I like him Too

who's afraid of the big bad wolf.....eh.......

or the talking Skeleton.!

Mick would send Keith to the emergency room with one punch, maybe even kill him. Which is probably why he's so gentle with him.

Charlie's not afraid of either of them.