North Dakota featured on Late Late Show

It's not every night you hear North Dakota mentioned on a national television show... And ...  More »

It's not every night you hear North Dakota mentioned on a national television show... And It's not just being mentioned our state has been getting some major airtime on The Late Late Show... Donnell Preskey has more from the show... For one night anyway, North Dakota may have been talk show host Craig Fergusons' favorite state. In his quest to become a U.S. citizen, Ferguson is asking towns and states to make him an honorary citizen... (Ferguson) Trouble becoming citizen of u.s. one town at a time. He recently became honorary citizen in ArKansas. (Ferguson) Not to be outdone, I get a letter from the governor of ND. Hoeven's cousin works for the Late Late Show. The letter was her idea... (Ferguson) Dear Craig, stuff about being the governor and how great he is, then in the end he says as governor, I'm prepared to grant you citizenship provided you talk up ND on your show. What a great state ND is. If you have to go to any Dakota's, ND is the one. It's handy for Canada or South Dakota. It's a lovely place, I've been there, thank you governor. Then it says be careful, I'll be watching, but he says someone on his staff will. (Hoeven) Tonge and cheek, saying, it's on late and we'd make sure someones watching to make sure he was saying nice things about ND. (Ferguson) we got the entire state of ND. There's me, which by the state is a lovely state and it's not all pink. (Hoeven) It's been nice publicity, it's for fun. Humorous but also in good fun and good promotion for the state. And the publicity hasn't worn off the next night South Dakota Governor, Mike Rounds, made Ferguson a honorary citizen saying he couldn't be outdone by North Dakota. And in this piece an Arnold Schwarzenegger look a like also mentioned our state. nat - asked ND to recall their offer. Hoeven says that's not true in fact he's making calls to other governors asking them to play along. In Bismarck, Donnell Preskey, KX News. If you'd like to see the full clip of the segment on the Late Late Show we have the link on our website www.kxnet.com  « Less