Craig Ferguson is a geek phenomenon. A straight-up Whovian with his own chat program so late at night that the network never notices what he's doing. Unless he says something they have to bleep.

But could it be that Craig Ferguson's show is even geekier than you previously thought possible? Can the only late-night host to openly admit to being a Harry Potter fan possibly get any more geek cred? Is it even possible to raise the geekfactor on a show where the host actually keeps a TARDIS on his desk and practically foamed at the mouth when the BBC lent him a Dalek?

You bet your sweet bippy it's possible. Because all it takes is a brief look at the facts to discern that when you're watching "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," you're not watching another Jay Leno/David Letterman/I-Wish-I-Was-Johnny-Carson clone!

No, you're watching the continuation of Mystery Science Theater, that much-beloved cow-town puppet show that hit the big time on cable by mercilessly mocking moth-eaten movies.

In the "So crazy the theory's just gotta be true" category, we present to you this. Joel rockets away from the Satellite of Love in an escape pod (conveniently disguised as a crate of hamdingers). Later, his replacement -- Mike -- narrowly escapes from the SoL with his robot friends as it hurtles on a "deadly trajectory" toward Earth.

Meanwhile, the SoL tunnels into the Earth's crust, becoming a basement where a hapless Scottish comedian is entrapped by a tight-fisted network.

What? You need more evidence? Okay....

What do you think, sirs?