Eddie Griffin reports he plans to use the footage from his current standup tour to do a comedy album and special — and we can tell you, it’s going to be one furious show.

Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath have been on the top of the irreverent comic’s hot topics list since he started out on tour a couple months ago.

"The general direction has been the world has gone berserk," says the "Undercover Brother" star. "I’m discussing 27 hurricanes in one hurricane season. They can’t even call it a hurricane season.

They need to call it a hurricane year." And he’s taking square aim at "government agencies that don’t know the job they’re supposed to be doing, ’cause you know what FEMA stands for — ’Forget Everything, Mostly Africans.’ I just made that up." Does he have a title for the album/special yet? "I’ve been BLEEPing around with ’Die, Honkie, Die’ or ’I’m Still Here, Peckerwood,’" he says. Uh, keep working on it, Eddie.

Griffin says the plan is to "drop the album and special in February" to coincide with the Feb. 17 release of the big-screen spoof comedy "Date Movie," with "American Pie’s" Alyson Hannigan, Carmen Electra and Adam Campbell. "It’s a takeoff of ’My Big, Fat Greek Wedding’ and ’Meet the Fockers’ ... I play the Robert DeNiro character," says Griffin, who stars as Hannigan’s overly protective father in the flick.

FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT:

Jean Smart certainly is one of Hollywood’s more underappreciated actresses, but with a new gig as the First Lady on "24" and the movie "Lucky You," 2006 will no doubt be a big year. ’I’m having a ball," she says of ’24." ’I’ve yet to have a scene with Kiefer [Sutherland], but I’m just praying we at least get to say hello." As for her movie, Smart learned to play poker for her role as a professional player. ’I got paid to sit around with Eric Bana and Robert Duvall and play poker all day, so that was really cool," she gushes. Smart has already put her new skills to the test. ’I finally got up the guts to go to a casino and try sitting in at a table. It’s a very different experience than sitting on a movie set and playing with fake $50,000 chips. Suddenly, you’re like, ’Should I put $2 more in? I don’t know.’"

In the meantime, Smart is gearing up for the holidays. ’I volunteer at a children’s home so I’m going to do a big Christmas party for 10 kids between the ages of 9 and 12. I’ve got their wish list so I’m going to be hitting Target soon," she says. Then she and her family are headed to her husband’s hometown of Chicago. ’I’m excited because I bet downtown Chicago at Christmas is pretty cool, though flying to Chicago in the winter is not my favorite thought in the world."

THE LOOK OF LOVE:

Sure those "Match Point" photos with Scarlett Johansson and Jonthan Rhys Meyers falling in love in a wheat field look romantic, but according to Scarlett — who is a Golden Globe nominee for the Dec. 28-opening feature, as are Jonathan and the film — it really was a case of movie magic. "Woody Allen wanted the scene to take place in the pouring rain, so off the bat we knew that we are going to be soaking and freezing." Worse, "We were also rolling around in a wheat field, and I am allergic to wheat, so, of course, I woke up the next day with a swollen eye."

MUSICAL MAN:

Look for "I Can’t Stop Loving You — The Music of Ray Charles" to make its way from London’s West End, where it’s enjoyed megahit status, to the U.S. in a big way next year. London-based super producer David King tells us he might get the show, which features "six of Broadway’s greatest African American singers" into Vegas in the spring, and it will definitely be touring all the major U.S. markets. The impresario is preoccupied with his "Spirit of Christmas" shows at the moment. The Yuletide extravaganza featuring choirs, snow and high-kicking chorus girls has been a hit in England for three years, was a success on these shores last year, and this season is running with four different companies, including one that will open at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre Sunday (12/18). "We do Christmas," King declares. "If you’re going to do it, bloody do it."

Sadly, a fifth company would have been performing in Biloxi, Miss., this holiday season, but the venue was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

(With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Feimster)