The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jessica Alba/Adam Arkin
Wednesday 30 January 2008 on CBS

Guests on the show are actress Jessica Alba and actor Adam Arkin.

The first time Adam directed himself was on the set of Chicago Hope. (edit) Adam loves to cook. And he loves it even more when he gets to eat the food he cooks. (edit) Adam, along with Bruce Willis and Dennis Dugan, was seriously considered for the role of David Addison in Moonlighting. (edit) Adam has earned Emmy Award nominations for his supporting roles on Northern Exposure and Chicago Hope. (edit) One of Adam's favorite pastimes is amateur photography. (edit)

Adam: Amazingly enough, there are lots of people in our business that have done time, and so I sort of had a general handle on what the experiences of people that have been through that consisted of. (edit) Adam: (About digital media taking over and transforming various mediums) I think it's fantastic. What it's allowed - and I don't consider myself an expert on new media, but I've become addicted to YouTube and surfing the net for what's out there and what people are doing. To me it's just opened the floodgates for ideas. The technology allows anybody with an imagination and a small budget to be inventive and get stuff out that gets an audience and circumvent the kind of corporate bureaucracy that can squelch so many good ideas before they even have a chance to find the light. (edit) Adam: No. You know, I started out doing improvisational comedy with a group in New York and I've always had a kind of appreciation for absurdist humor. My career has been peppered with opportunities to do things that were a little strange and a little off the beaten path. But this is right up there for sure. You mentioned Adam in Northern Exposure. I wouldn't say that Northern Exposure in general was as out there as this, but the character was pretty extreme. I've always enjoyed flexing my muscle when it comes to this kind of comedy. (edit) Adam: Well, first of all, I don't think of myself as famous. I've spent time around people that are dealing with what I would call real fame--you know, sort of uncut, undiluted fame--and that's a whole other animal. What I have dealt with in varying degrees is a level of recognizability from being on television. That has had peaks and valleys for me. I guess, in a weird way, I grew up around my father's notoriety and was sort of used to the idea that it doesn't really mean anything about who you are. It's really a byproduct of something. But I'm thankful that with whatever objectivity I can muster, I don't feel like I bought into all of that too much. (edit) Adam: I was born in Brooklyn Heights. I was born in Brooklyn hospital and lived in Brooklyn Heights until I was about five, then I lived for a while in St. Louis and central California. I moved back to New York when I was about 11, but by that point I was a Greenwich Village boy. (edit)

Star
A Year in the Life Jim Eisenberg	Baby Bob Walter (father)
Big Wave Dave's Marshall Fisher	Busting Loose Lenny Markowitz
Chicago Hope Dr. Aaron Shutt	Life Ted Earley

Recurring Role
8 Simple Rules Ed Gibb	Knots Landing Mark Baylor
Northern Exposure Adam

Guest Star
$20,000 Pyramid Marion Ross & Adam Arkin Himself	All is Forgiven Past Perfect Phil Douglas
Barney Miller Hotel (a.k.a. Grand Hotel) Howard Smith	Boston Legal Ivan the Incorrigible A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer
Boston Legal Live Big A.D.A. Douglas Koupfer	Boston Legal Deep End of the Poole A.D.A. Douglas Kupfer

Director
Ally McBeal In Search of Barry White	Big Day The Unstable Minister
Boston Legal Stick It	Boston Legal Nuts
Chicago Hope Karmic Relief	Chicago Hope Right to Life