On The Tonight Show like most our shows
a segment producer talks to the guests
beforehand before they go appear on the
show either in person or on the
telephone and go over talking points and
on most talk shows the host stays pretty
much to the questions that and answers
that he's being given while on the Craig
Ferguson show he doesn't he does not do
it that way he just goes he wings it he
meets with the segment producer in the
afternoon where they say these are some
of the topics we discussed and he
doesn't want anything more than that
because he will just react to whatever
you might say and he'll run with that
and go into completely different areas
so guests actually enjoy that because
they don't have to remember their
stories most talk shows these segment
producer tries to find in a music and
amusing anecdote or story and the host
leads them into that story which is the
way Jay Leno works and with if he
interviews comedians again he asked the
question it leads the comedian to tell
part of his material again the luxury I
have with Craig Ferguson we don't do it
that way and we get much better results
from it
