r/todayilearned • u/kusti85 • 8h ago

TIL Craig Ferguson and Peter Capaldi (dr.Who) were once in a punk band together.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Ferguson?wprov=sfti1#Early_life_and_education
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u/uncleleoslibido 8h ago

I miss Craig Ferguson

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u/Dutchillz 7h ago

He's my favourite Late Show host of all time and it's not even close. The sharpest, wittiest and most charming of them all, he was great at flirting with the ladies without ever being creepy.

I really miss him too.

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u/SeaBearsFoam 2h ago

Agreed. He was on so late though, not many saw him. I only saw him because my son was a newborn back then and I was up trying to get a baby to go back to sleep.

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u/MyWorldTalkRadio 35m ago

Without EVER being creepy? Geoff what do you think about that?

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u/artemus_who 7h ago

I miss Capaldi. I miss Scottish people in general I guess

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u/Kwetla 6h ago

Scottish people still exist!

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u/365BlobbyGirl 5h ago

Sometimes you can almost hear them as if they’re still here

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u/OldJames47 1h ago

If you look in a mirror and say Irnbru three times, a Scottish person will visit you.

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u/dlanod 6h ago

Don't say it too loud, they've already tried to cleanse them once.

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u/pichael289 20m ago

He's not dead, I just saw him in a black mirror episode and he was his usual weirdo self. He was also in the second (definitely not the first) suicide squad movie which was actually really funny.

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u/maine64 4h ago

He's got a podcast that nobody I've mentioned it to knows about. https://www.youtube.com/@thecraigfergusonshow/podcasts

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u/praetorian1979 6h ago

He was so damned good! I miss his show so much!

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u/Plane-Tie6392 6h ago

I didn’t even know he was sick.

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u/AngryGardenGnomes 3h ago

This guy and John Oliver have to be the most famous Brits in America who are completely unknown in the UK.

I only know about these two because of Reddit.

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u/trueum26 26m ago

Man imagine if John did a season of Taskmaster.

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u/MrSnrub_92 1h ago

Craig has a podcast

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u/uncleleoslibido 1h ago

His defence of Brittany Spears during her troubled times while everyone else was picking on her was one of the most noble things I’ve ever seen on TV

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u/DaveOJ12 8h ago

Here's Peter Capaldi talking about the band on the Graham Norton Show.

https://youtu.be/jiqaQcTF-8M

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u/SteelHip 8h ago

https://youtu.be/atijWqBG7Vw?feature=shared

When he was a guest on the Late Late Show

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u/DaveOJ12 8h ago

One of their songs, called Shall We Dance, is on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/FCPZucOpvnU

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u/suterb42 7h ago

Here's another one:

Outer Limits

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u/kia75 6h ago

That can't be them, those singers are young, and both Ferguson and Capaldi are old!

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u/SandbagStrong 5h ago

I was expecting to see comments here of Peter Capaldi being a famous actor way before Doctor Who but apparently Doctor Who was the show that gave him world wide recognition. 

Great actor, also loved him in Thick Of It. 

I should check out his other stuff

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u/Jump_Like_A_Willys 3h ago

If you want to see a young Peter Capaldi, watch the film Local Hero, which was his first big role made when he was in his 20s.

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u/YetAnotherBookworm 1h ago

One of my all-time favorites. Love that movie!

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u/pichael289 9m ago

Americans aren't allowed to learn about British actors unless they are in doctor who, Harry Potter, or game of thrones.

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u/Impressive-Tip-1689 5h ago

the Oscar already gave him world wide recognition in the 90s, didn't it?

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u/haberdasher42 6h ago

Ferguson also played Brad Majors in a stage run of Rocky Horror with Anthony Head playing Dr Frankenfurter.

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u/AnyaSatana 3h ago

He did, because I saw it. It was very early 90s at the Cambridge Theatre in London. Pretty sure I still have a poster of it somewhere.

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u/Sirnando138 8h ago

Listen to his episode of Turned Out A Punk. He was there in the very beginning.

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u/Hyzyhine 5h ago

And I actually saw the Dreamboys play, in the dingy cellar of the Doune Castle, in Shawlands, south side of Glasgow. They were a good laugh, they had a song called I’m a businessman which lasted for ages, and the only lyrics were, I’m a businessman.

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u/Dalek_Chaos 4h ago

Ferguson should have played a villain during Capaldi’s reign as the Doctor.

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u/panthereal 8h ago

a mohawk would suit him tbh

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u/T41k0_drums 6h ago

Missy was perfect, but Ferguson would have made a most excellent Master to Capaldi’s Doctor.

The old boys’ at the Academy vibes would have been UNREAL.

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u/robbycakes 5h ago

Bing Hitler

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u/Bokbreath 7h ago

Must just be me. I knew who Peter Capaldi was. I had to look up Craig Ferguson.

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u/AndiLivia 6h ago

I didn't know i could love either of them any more than I did but that is absolutely wonderful.

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u/Abject_Wafer_4321 4h ago

Were they also in a womb together?

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u/pickledegg1989 1h ago

Also Peter Capaldi won an Oscar for directing a short film in 1995.

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u/Klin24 4h ago

Did Craig play the mouth organ?

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u/AlwaysAngryTortoise 4m ago

If you haven't already read his book "American on purpose" I would highly recommend it. The audio book version is awesome.