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Its Craig Ferguson on his CBSLate Late Showin 2007, delivering a monologue to his studio audience.

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I thinkwerekind of holding the camera, and people are falling apart.

That Anna Nicole Smith, she died.

The audience laughs again.

No, its not a joke.

It stops being funny.

For me, comedy should have a sentiment of joy in it.

It should be about artists attacking the powerful people.

Attacking the politicians, and the Trumps, and the blowhards.

We shouldnt be attacking the vulnerable people.

This is totally a mea culpa; this is just for me.

I think my aims been off a bit, recently.

I want to change it a bit.

So tonight, no Britney Spears jokes.

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