The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson began airing in HD last night, which meant they had to shoot a new intro. It’s great — and includes a slightly harder-edged re-record of the whimsical theme song. Ferguson himself still sings the theme, of course, and the new intro also shows him drumming — he used to be a drummer in “some of the worst punk bands in the U.K.,” according to his bio at the CBS web site.

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