Sexy Brits Watching Paint Dry
For a little while now we've been talking about how, with some actors, you'd be happy to watch them do anything. ANYTHING. Which is how the idea of a show in which our favourite actors sat around reading the phone book or watching paint dry came about. In honor of earlgreytea68's birthweek, here is a preview of what "Sexy Brits Watching Paint Dry" might be like.
"Well," says John Simm, "it certainly is gray. I wonder how long it'll take it to dry?"
"Oh god, is it too light?" wonders Richard Armitage. "It is, isn't it? I *knew* I should have gone with the Dried Chervil. I told them Crisp Celery was going to look too '90s..."
"Huh. So I just stand here and watch it dry? That's it? Who'd watch that on the telly? I mean, that's got to be the most ridiculous concept for a show since Ashes to Ashes. Oh well, the kids are gonna' need braces someday, and this gig pays well..."
"Armitage was right," thinks David Tennant. "This colour is hideous! Honestly, who does a ceiling in Electric Lime?"
"Tell John Barrowman I'll call him back. I think the paint is almost dry! Maybe if I turn on a fan..."
"Woa, John, turn the fan down!" say the folks from Spaced. "And why on earth did you pick such a dull colour?"
"I, John Simm, command this paint to dry. DRY, damn it!"
Christopher Eccleston: "Oh sure, go with a bold colour, Barrowman says. Try red, he says. You'll love it, he says. I feel like a genie living inside a bottle of spaghetti sauce. Wonder how Simm is getting on."
"I want to die. But first I have to kill my agent."
"Well," says John Simm, "it certainly is gray. I wonder how long it'll take it to dry?"
"Oh god, is it too light?" wonders Richard Armitage. "It is, isn't it? I *knew* I should have gone with the Dried Chervil. I told them Crisp Celery was going to look too '90s..."
"Huh. So I just stand here and watch it dry? That's it? Who'd watch that on the telly? I mean, that's got to be the most ridiculous concept for a show since Ashes to Ashes. Oh well, the kids are gonna' need braces someday, and this gig pays well..."
"Armitage was right," thinks David Tennant. "This colour is hideous! Honestly, who does a ceiling in Electric Lime?"
"Tell John Barrowman I'll call him back. I think the paint is almost dry! Maybe if I turn on a fan..."
"Woa, John, turn the fan down!" say the folks from Spaced. "And why on earth did you pick such a dull colour?"
"I, John Simm, command this paint to dry. DRY, damn it!"
Christopher Eccleston: "Oh sure, go with a bold colour, Barrowman says. Try red, he says. You'll love it, he says. I feel like a genie living inside a bottle of spaghetti sauce. Wonder how Simm is getting on."
"I want to die. But first I have to kill my agent."