Craig Ferguson = Jon Stewart + Jay Leno

Craig Ferguson has the intellectual capacity of Jon Stewart, with the silly mindless jokes of Jay Leno, who can also turn the show around to deal with real issues of life: emotional issues.

Intelligent Comedy, that's ready to laugh at itself. However I'd say that Craig, living in Europe, has a lot more freedom to be funny than Jon does, in that America has become a very sensitive and censoring environment. American reporters not allowed to question those in government is like a cook not allowed to use the stove.

An Excellent interview(youtube):

Gavin de Becker & Craig Ferguson on Sept 11- Part 1