Thank You To Pseudo-Baldrick

This is just for giggles...

So, today I was reading Richard Hughes' (a.k.a. Keane's drummer, a.k.a Baldrick-in-disguise) photoblog and I spotted a photo that, for obvious reasons, reminded me of this video (rewatch from 3:40). The facial expression, the camera angle, the oblivious bloke in the foreground- perfect.



Just switch Tom with Dick and you get...

Dr. Horrible, Act 1, Part 1

Since we're kind of on a musical kick...maybe...or not...I thought I would post this. It's an online series distributed for FREE, starring Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, for anyone who cares, like...Mom...) and other people. It's called Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog, and it's very random but funny. See? This is how a zany, spontaneous musical should be done.

The first parts aren't really funny, but bear with me, because the next installments- which I'll post later- get considerably funnier. Here's Act 1, Part 1...



Also, didn't you think for just a split second that it was Gordon Ramsay in that lab coat?

And for his laundromat dilemma...well, he should take some advice from Harry: hop onto the washer and warble a greeting, then take a gulp of bleach. Works every time.

EDIT: AHA! I figured it out, with a little help from my friends...or...IMDB...the girl? Recognize her? She was on House in ep. 2 of this season. The one where all these people who got body parts from the same organ donor get sick and die. She was the one who had the hallucination that House came in and tried to chop her head off. They used that moment A LOT in the previews, which is why her face seemed so familiar. I feel smart.

Sportin' Harry

Okay, first of all, a note to those who have seen Gershwin's Porgy and Bess...okay, a note to my mom specifically: remember when the drug dealer Sportin' Life appeared and I said "OMG MUST POST A VIDEO ON BLOG IS RELATED EEEEEEE!" ? Well, this is that video.

To everyone: This is a dream sequence from S.2 of 3rd Rock, specifically, Harry's dream sequence...

All I Know is I Have a Thing In My Head

A fun little 1997-ish interview with French Stewart, by EW. I can believe the bruises part; that thing where he was working out with the resistance bands and hit his head on the TV made an awfully loud thunk:

Validation has come in strange packages for 3rd Rock From the Sun star French Stewart, but on the streets of New York this October, it darn near killed him.

''I'm walking along and this huge workman is standing there in a hard hat, tool belt, and dirty boots,'' says the 32-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., native, readying a blunt Brooklyn accent. ''He looks over at me and says, 'Hey! It's f — — — in' Harry! What are ya, kiddin' me?! Co'mere!' Then he squeezes me — nearly crushes me — and invites me home so his wife can cook for me. I thought, If this guy can love me, I'm going to be okay.''

Stewart's meteoric rise as Harry — the hyper-kooky alien with more loose screws than a Sears tool department —is quite a charmed tale, considering the 12 years of prologue: donning a Yogi Bear suit at trucking conventions; performing safety-themed puppet shows at kids' parties; getting rejected for a sitcom starring a talking goat. ''I was working harder than anybody but getting nowhere,'' he says. ''You start thinking, Should somebody be having a talk with me?''

Thank a higher cosmic force for the arrival of 3rd Rock, which embraced Stewart's salty-eyed squinting (''a bad acting habit that just got out of control'') and loopy physical shtick. (''He's like liquid,'' coos costar Kristen Johnston. ''No bones.'') The key word is simplicity: ''Stumble into a room, say something stupid, hurt yourself, get the hell out,'' chuckles Stewart. ''It's amazing how much mileage you can get out of a character who has only a brain stem.'' Judging from the gashes and bruises he sports after filming, we're talking major commitment. ''French is willing to die for his art,'' notes Johnston.

A frying pan to the face may not be the dream of every American Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate, but this former Shakespearean actor is downright giddy. ''I never thought of myself as an actor of amazing depth,'' says Stewart, who'll play Happy in the film McHale's Navy, due out in January. ''I have a certain talent, and now I've found a place for that, so I'm going to ride it into the ground.''

Oy Vay

So as far as I understand it...(watch the video BEFORE scrolling down, or else the surprise will be spoiled...)











French Stewart has dedicated his post-3rd Rock career to playing villains who get beat up by little twerps in straight-to-video children's movies. This particular instance is from the cinematic gem "Dog Gone" (2008). There are good career moves, and then there are bad career moves, and then there are career moves that Harry would have considered stupid. Our only quantum of solace here, so to speak, is that this little twerp isn't quite as twerpy as the Home Alone 4 twerp. And he's trying to find his dog. Well. You can't blame Harry for trying to steal his pooch, considering how Harry is with dogs...

Yes, It Certainly Is.

I love the Internet. No, seriously. Also, I love Jon Stewart, and I love French Stewart (which is actually his name, even though I thought it was a joke at first). Also, this is practically ancient- it's from 1999. Pre-historic stuff. And without further ado, I present to you: THE TWO STEWARTS.

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Super-Spy Challenge Answer!

Exciting, I know. This was a very "AAAH!" "Just Baldrick, spring cleaning..." moment for me. And I have the screencaps to prove it!

First, we had this priceless shot:


Inspired, no? Then this popped out of the box, so to speak:

And then there was Harry. Mainly I'm very proud of myself for catching this by going very sloooooowly with the stop/start button and freezing every 1/5 of a second, because if it had been an obvious part of the trailer it just wouldn't have been as thrilling.

Tom, Dick, and Harry

This actually isn't a crazy coincidence...

because you know the idiom "every Tom, Dick, and Harry"? Meaning "the average guy"? Yeah. That's why they named the 3rd Rock characters that way. But still, it's very funny and apt.