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    LAPD probe threatening letter to Craig Ferguson

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Craig Ferguson managed to crack a few jokes on his talk show Tuesday after receiving an envelope packed with white powder that turned out to be harmless.

    "Today someone sent an envelope packed with white powder to the show. I offered to test it, but they said 'no,'" Ferguson quipped during a studio taping of "The Late Late Show."

    The taping went on as scheduled after the show received a threatening letter sent to Ferguson. Police Det. Gus Villanueva declined to discuss the nature of the threat against the talk show host, saying only that it was sent from overseas.

    Two people at CBS Television City, where the show is filmed, were temporarily held in isolation after being exposed to the powder around 3 p.m. They were released after a hazardous materials team screened the powder and found it to be benign.

    FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency was working with police to find out who sent the letter.

    The brief scare appeared to have rattled Ferguson's nerves.

    "I was going to come out and talk about the earthquake, but I can't do that now," he said about the magnitude 5.8 quake that struck the East Coast. "Because the earthquake only scared millions of people on the East Coast, but the white powder did something much worse. it scared me."

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    150 comments

    • rich  •  9 mths ago
      Ferguson goes out there every night and just kills. He puits out he gives his all every night. Dude isn't even political for the most part. Probably just the inlaws, come to think about it the guy is kind a creepy. Does anybody know what Geoff was doing when that letter was mailed? I hear he wants Craigs job.
    • Someone  •  9 mths ago
      Like Regis said on his last show, he's got one of the quickest minds in the business. Jay Leno and Letterman have nothing on Craig's comebacks and retorts.
    • Don  •  9 mths ago
      He has a great show, with a great monologue. The thing I most admire is he ad libs or just goes off on a tangent and still maintains the comedy. The same applies to the interviews, as he just tears up the cards.
    • silentnana  •  9 mths ago
      This man is funny. I just starting watching his show and was pleasantly surprised.
    • terryt  •  9 mths ago
      lBless me father for I have watched Craig Ferguson. OOO he's kinky one he is.Ten rosaries and a hawiian punch enema
    • No Names  •  9 mths ago
      wait. >what?? Who is this guy?????? :-(
      • Jessica 9 mths ago
        he's Drew carey's boss on The Drew Carey Show
      • Someone 9 mths ago
        It's funny, because he makes fun of himself so much about being unknown and being in CBS's basement.
    • terryt  •  9 mths ago
      Thats it you mopes screw with the only people on tv who have a sense of humor,,just great. Most likely some sort of fundamentalist wak job
    • Katie  •  9 mths ago
      Maybe the fact that his boss is David Letterman, who received death threats from Islamists, has something to do with it. Craig is pretty benign as far as political statements, so that may be it. However, his quips are fast and furious so can't remember is he had said something about Muslims or not.

      Watching the local news that is saying the powder has been identified as corn starch.......and sent from overseas, and he was recently in France.........so who knows? Lots of crazies in this world.
      • Pen 9 mths ago
        Craig does occasionally go on a political rant.
    • dorothy  •  9 mths ago
      love the horse, it reminds me of the republicans for some reason?
      • Pen 9 mths ago
        Yep. It does, doesn't it. Goofy, out of control dancing without purpose.
    • Michael  •  9 mths ago
      Personaly, I think he's the funniest out of all of them!
    • princessoh  •  9 mths ago
      The republicons are after you too!
      • silentnana 9 mths ago
        I guess I'm just going to have to overlook the fact he's a democrat.
    • princessoh  •  9 mths ago
      His junky sent it snail mail
    • Dewy Cheatem and Howe  •  9 mths ago
      Muslims just dont like late night TV.
    • EndFamine  •  9 mths ago
      They should have sent the powder to Kim Kardashian
      • Someone 9 mths ago
        That wouldn't work, Kim K has security and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. I just saw Craig the other day, picking up stuff from my garage sale. He can't afford good security, so stuff like corn starch can get to his door.
    • Joe Mama  •  9 mths ago
      He probably sent it to himself!
    • J arc  •  9 mths ago
      Sent from overseas eh? Maybe one of the lovely people in the middle east couldn't tell the difference between Letterman (recently had his life threatened by Islamic fundamentalist) and Ferguson. Maybe "we" all look the same to them?
    • Jeff D  •  9 mths ago
      Damn violent progressive commies
    • Elizabeth Linehan  •  9 mths ago
      craig just stay on the bus and eveything wwll be ok
    • matt  •  9 mths ago
      why would they target him?
    • *A Concerned Individual*  •  9 mths ago
      It was Leno's used but-t crack powder. . .
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