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Terrorist threats have been made to David Letterman and Craig Ferguson over the past week.

David Letterman was threatened by radical Islamists for a joke he made on the Late Show. The Washington Times reports “David Letterman had a fatwa issued against him by jihadists for having the nerve to make a joke about a jihadist. The edict required that as a Jew, his tongue should be cut out for speaking blasphemy. Mr. Letterman is not Jewish, but Radical Islamists never let facts interfere with fatwas”.

Letterman has beefed up security at the Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Late Show is taped in New York City but has since joked about the threat saying “everybody knows it’s Leno” and did a special segment showing everyone who “hates” Dave. He also said “a radical extremist threatened to cut my tongue out… I wish I had a nickel for every time a guy has threatened… I think the first time was during the Academy Awards”.

Craig Ferguson also had a scare himself this week when an envelope of white powder arrived in the mail at the Late Late Show from overseas. The Los Angeles Times reports “the powder was purported to be anthrax but later proved to be harmless”.

Ferguson joked about his threat saying “In the old days if someone sent me white powder I’d have said ‘Yeah’… I’d have snorted it, ended up at a party at Elton John’s house or rehab or both… but nowadays white powder in the mail is bad… this is the most attention this show has gotten since… this is the most attention this show has gotten”.

The Washington Times – “Radical Islamists target Zionist Infidel David Letterman”
Starpulse.com – “David Letterman Blames Jay Leno For Terrorist Threats”
Los Angeles Times – “Late Night: Craig Ferguson calls anthrax scare frightening”

Craig Ferguson discussed the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in one of his opening monologues on the Late Late Show this week. Watch below:

This video has since been removed from the CBS website.

Karen Gillan – The Doctor’s assistant Amy Pond from BBC’s Doctor Who – appeared on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson last week to promote the show.

Matt Smith appeared on the Late Late Show last year.

Doctor Who has just started its new series on BBC1 in the UK and BBC America in the US.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks/months you’ll have probably heard about the recent happenings with Charlie Sheen and his show Two And A Half Men being “suspended”.

The late night talk show hosts have been wading in on the recent news…

David Letterman recently did a Late Show Top Ten list about his upcoming one-man show:

Craig Ferguson has outrightly expressed that he won’t be making any jokes about him:

Jimmy Fallon has done a spot-on Charlie Sheen impression on a recent episode of Late Night:

Matt Smith – The Doctor from BBC’s Doctor Who – appeared on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson earlier this month to promote the show.

It was his first appearance on a late night talk show in the US.

Craig is a huge fan of Doctor Who so it’s not surprising this is the show Matt Smith chose to appear on.

Craig Ferguson celebrated his 1000th edition of The Late Late Show last night with a special musical opening, a special monologue and another special musical number to close the show. Craig has been hosting The Late Late Show for almost 5 years.

The entire show was hosted by Wavy the puppet. Guests on the programme were Kristen Bell, Maria Bello, Jason Schwartzman, Jason Segel & his puppet Dracula, and The Broken West.

Click here to watch clips from the 1000th show

Late Show band leader Paul Shaffer was a guest on the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson on Wednesday night. He discussed his new book – We’ll Be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives – and also talked about growing up in Canada & playing bagpipes as his hometown was twinned with Scotland. The introduction with bagpipes he did at the start of the show was pretty hilarious.

Click here to watch Paul Shaffer on the Late Late Show