Intro:
Rather than opening on Craig Ferguson's face or with him strolling into the frame, the show begins with Secretariat and a small Belgian flag. Ferguson asks Secretariat, his equine sidekick to sniff out two guests who are on camera and find out if they are really Belgian. Secretariat indicates that the two are, indeed, from Belgium, and wanders off-screen. In the meantime, Ferguson asks the two women to introduce themselves. They are Margaux and Jasmine from Belgium.

Whilst the Scottish host is making conversation with the Belgian ladies, he mistakenly drops the Belgian flag. Apologetic, he asks if Belgians tend to be offended if their flag is on the floor, pointing out that there is a cultural belief in America that it is disrespectful to place the flag on the ground. The two women say that they don't care. Ferguson asks the women why they are in America, and they say that they are road-tripping through California.

Ferguson tells the women that CBS is sending them to an expensive restaurant but mentions it's Italian rather than Belgian. The ladies say they are fine with that. Ferguson asks them what Belgian food they would recommend to an American seeking to experience Belgian cuisine. The ladies recommend stoofvles. As the opening segment comes to a close, Ferguson tells the ladies that they have done well. The opening credits start playing!

Monologue:
As usual, Ferguson starts the monologue by announcing, "it's a great day for America, everybody!" Immediately afterward, he notes that the audience doesn't seem enthusiastic. "You gotta work with me people," he exclaims. The monologue meanders through the subjects of giraffes and snakes before coming to The Smurfs II, a new movie which he says he has seen five times.

"If you know anything about me, you know I love the smurfs," Ferguson says. He jokingly adds, "if you don't like the smurfs, go ahead and join al-Qaeda. Smurfs are tiny little creatures that everybody loves. They're like Justin Bieber minus the part about everybody loving him." Ferguson continues, "I used to love that Canadian songster. He's turning out to be a world-class prick, isn't he? Who knew?"

After making a joke about Katy Perry and the smurfs, Ferguson tells the audience he may receive complaints about referencing lesbianism while discussing a kids' movie. He pre-emptively argues against these complaints by saying there have been plenty of kids' movies that have involved lesbianism but struggles to name some examples.

Tweets and Emails Time:
When the show returns from a commercial break, Ferguson is behind his desk. He jokes with Geoffrey Peterson, his robot sidekick, that their new safety word is going to be stoofvles. Somebody will say it when things get a little bit too crazy, he says laughingly. The host then declares that he is going to do a small play about tweets and emails in which he plays a police officer who finds out that it's tweets-and-emails time.

When Ferguson finally begins reading the messages waiting for him, a viewer named Cynthia asks him what his favorite fruit is. Ferguson says that it is a kumquat. After a bit more banter with his robot sidekick, he throws the show to commercial.

First Guest:
The first guest on this episode is Minnie Driver, who stops by to promote her new film, I Give It A Year. After Driver is seated, Ferguson says that she looks like a "lovely dancing gypsy." Driver and Ferguson begin by talking about Justin Bieber who was referenced in the clip played before she was introduced to the audience.

Ferguson repeatedly asks Driver if she wants a foot massage until she says, "ask me something else." So, Ferguson asks her how tall Ryan Seacrest is. "Short," she replies. After discussing height for some time, Ferguson and Driver bond over the fact that they don't like mainstream music. Instead, they are much more interested in artists that have smaller followings. For example, they both like Clash more than the Sex Pistols.

Ferguson makes fun of Driver when she adjusts her bra while the show is taping. He then asks her if she's ever had stoofvles. Driver says she hasn't and hasn't been to Belgium. The segment finishes after Driver and Ferguson talk about Jean Claude Van Damme, a Belgian actor.

In the next segment, Minnie Driver sings on stage. The final segment is a comedy act from Baron Vaughn.

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