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So, who saw Mad Men? The show is actually really good, and while I'm not sure I want to watch from season one, I may start watching off and on from here on out.
So, anyway, Stanford plays this character called Ho-Ho. Well, it's really Horace. Ho-Ho is apparently a nickname from school. He supposedly went to Dartmo(u?)th with Pete, whom he refers to as "Humps". Ho-Ho is the very rich, spoiled son of a millionaire (which was a lot more wealthy then than it is now, and it's pretty wealthy now) who saved up 3 million dollars to give Ho-Ho as a trust fund or inheritance or whatever it is you rich people get while your parents are still alive.
Ho-Ho wants to sink his entire 3 million into advertising jai alia, which is some weird game with balls and sticks. (Back to that later.) He wants it to be bigger than baseball. And he's obsessed with this one player whom he manages who is good-looking.
The guys at Sterling & Cooper know this is ridiculous, but they take his money anyway. And then they find out that Ho-Ho is the son of a friend of Cooper, so they call him in and Ho-Ho senior is all "blah blah blah, if he loses all his money he might actually grow some character."
And really, Ho-Ho mostly just wants this thing to work out so he can be successful like his dad and give his dad a team on his 75th birthday.
So Don Draper cracks and is all, "Stop trying to make jai alia happpen, Ho-ho! Jai alia is never going to happen!"
But Ho-ho thinks he's being punked so he pretty much tells them that if he loses his money, it's their fault.
Oh Ho-Ho, you should've listened to the nice, wife-cheatin' dead soldier helmet-hatin' man. Clearly, jai alaia didn't happen.
So. I have thoughts:
1. If the dish ran away with the spoon, there would be a very uncomfortably worded article in US about Vincent Karthseiser and his torrid love affair with silver wear. I love it when the clever ones get all smirky like that, and anyway, my BFF Kelly assures me after many a Buffy con that he is totally boss.
2. Ho-Ho wears a pinky ring. I don't know why I find this disturbing, but I do.
3. The words, "I live in fear of balls hitting his face" or something to that effect are uttered about Ho-Ho's client. Um, no baby, you wake up sweaty with your sheets all twisted, confused as to why you were dreaming about balls hitting your "Babe Ruth but handsome"'s face. Clearly, you must come back as a love interest for Sal.
4. I'm taking this role as a giant shout out to stanfordwank. Only I'm not about to sink 3 million dollars into making Stanford bigger than baseball. I have student loans to pay. Also, I don't know about ya'll, but I've never had any untoward dreams about balls hitting him in the face.
5. From the reviews I read, this seemed to be a pretty good episode where a lot of stuff happened. Everyone did really well, Stanford fit in great, and I liked his voice in this. That's one thing about Stanford as an actor.. His voice sounds different for every character. Or every type of character... Even his accent seemed a little different. Which, you know, someone who pays as much attention to everything as I do appreciates in an actor. I don't think he'll be back, since it was only mentioned that he was in for an episode, but there's room for him to be.
6. Stanford, if you're not doing more Mad Men, I request that you audition for every playable role on House. I mean, I would've preferred you on season 1-4, but maybe you can help them redeem themselves from the magical dead then alive crack baby. Or How I Met Your Mother. Or any of the other Emmy nominated shows this year. Try to do as many as you can. If something big doesn't come of it, at least you can say you were on x number of Emmy nominated shows. And it's bound to garner some attention. From someone other than me, anyway.
In other news, I think HIGL has another festival, but I'm on my crackberry and will have to get back to you later.
Despite being an avid Mac user, I kind of morally oppose iPhones, but it's got to be easier to be online on one of those than on this.
Happy Post-Post Ho-Ho Day, everyone!
Ashe
So, anyway, Stanford plays this character called Ho-Ho. Well, it's really Horace. Ho-Ho is apparently a nickname from school. He supposedly went to Dartmo(u?)th with Pete, whom he refers to as "Humps". Ho-Ho is the very rich, spoiled son of a millionaire (which was a lot more wealthy then than it is now, and it's pretty wealthy now) who saved up 3 million dollars to give Ho-Ho as a trust fund or inheritance or whatever it is you rich people get while your parents are still alive.
Ho-Ho wants to sink his entire 3 million into advertising jai alia, which is some weird game with balls and sticks. (Back to that later.) He wants it to be bigger than baseball. And he's obsessed with this one player whom he manages who is good-looking.
The guys at Sterling & Cooper know this is ridiculous, but they take his money anyway. And then they find out that Ho-Ho is the son of a friend of Cooper, so they call him in and Ho-Ho senior is all "blah blah blah, if he loses all his money he might actually grow some character."
And really, Ho-Ho mostly just wants this thing to work out so he can be successful like his dad and give his dad a team on his 75th birthday.
So Don Draper cracks and is all, "Stop trying to make jai alia happpen, Ho-ho! Jai alia is never going to happen!"
But Ho-ho thinks he's being punked so he pretty much tells them that if he loses his money, it's their fault.
Oh Ho-Ho, you should've listened to the nice, wife-cheatin' dead soldier helmet-hatin' man. Clearly, jai alaia didn't happen.
So. I have thoughts:
1. If the dish ran away with the spoon, there would be a very uncomfortably worded article in US about Vincent Karthseiser and his torrid love affair with silver wear. I love it when the clever ones get all smirky like that, and anyway, my BFF Kelly assures me after many a Buffy con that he is totally boss.
2. Ho-Ho wears a pinky ring. I don't know why I find this disturbing, but I do.
3. The words, "I live in fear of balls hitting his face" or something to that effect are uttered about Ho-Ho's client. Um, no baby, you wake up sweaty with your sheets all twisted, confused as to why you were dreaming about balls hitting your "Babe Ruth but handsome"'s face. Clearly, you must come back as a love interest for Sal.
4. I'm taking this role as a giant shout out to stanfordwank. Only I'm not about to sink 3 million dollars into making Stanford bigger than baseball. I have student loans to pay. Also, I don't know about ya'll, but I've never had any untoward dreams about balls hitting him in the face.
5. From the reviews I read, this seemed to be a pretty good episode where a lot of stuff happened. Everyone did really well, Stanford fit in great, and I liked his voice in this. That's one thing about Stanford as an actor.. His voice sounds different for every character. Or every type of character... Even his accent seemed a little different. Which, you know, someone who pays as much attention to everything as I do appreciates in an actor. I don't think he'll be back, since it was only mentioned that he was in for an episode, but there's room for him to be.
6. Stanford, if you're not doing more Mad Men, I request that you audition for every playable role on House. I mean, I would've preferred you on season 1-4, but maybe you can help them redeem themselves from the magical dead then alive crack baby. Or How I Met Your Mother. Or any of the other Emmy nominated shows this year. Try to do as many as you can. If something big doesn't come of it, at least you can say you were on x number of Emmy nominated shows. And it's bound to garner some attention. From someone other than me, anyway.
In other news, I think HIGL has another festival, but I'm on my crackberry and will have to get back to you later.
Despite being an avid Mac user, I kind of morally oppose iPhones, but it's got to be easier to be online on one of those than on this.
Happy Post-Post Ho-Ho Day, everyone!
Ashe