Orsino (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The Aristocrats joke is usually told in exhaustive, (porno)graphic detail, with the nice, sweet name as the punchline. Fry & Laurie instead *imply* a lot of dirty stuff in various oblique ways, saving the filth for the very end. This is the anti-Aristocrats. :-)

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You raise an interesting point there with 'American-style-hotness'. I heard that, in casting House, they insisted on a 'normal' American guy, ie NOT a sexy-hot actor. And our Hugh ain't Dr Kildare (mmmm, Richard Chamberlain, mmmm). If I were to be less than generous, I might suggest that most Hollywood actors have so much 'work' done that they look too chocolate-boxy for the role.

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, I used to fancy the pants off him when this was a new show. In fact, I lusted after both of them (and still do) - but then, brains and sensitivity just get me going.

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think I'm familiar with the Aristocrats joke - the one with the many, many variations over decades, right? - but I can't quite see how this equates with that.... Enlighten me?

some1tookmynick (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hehe. You live in Britain, so obviously you've seen him more than me. I found out about him from Fry & Laurie, then House, then this. Having grown up on Hollywood sex scenes, I think I have a ready matrix in my brain that has difficulty processing an actor having sex unless he's American-style 'hot', you know?Bottom line: Hugh is a genius who can do it all!

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ok, fair enough - both on the line of thought matter and HL in sex scenes. I suppose I was just less surprised; he's done lots of different stuff and he's an actor. Actors do sex scenes sometimes. He certainly knows how, that's clear. :)

some1tookmynick (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I sort of forgot my line of thought there - it was 2 months ago, after all. But I think just in general those sex scenes is more or less what I meant. In everything else I've seen him he has those big sad bassett eyes and a light disappoinment at life showing on his face in various degrees. And here he was quite literally pumping it!

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

some1ookmynick, I'm not trying to be funny or pedantic but WHAT did you not expect from Hugh Laurie?

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Michael Palin! Mmmmmmm. My favourite Python when I was a kid: he had such a high strokability factor.

queenastilon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Tom Cruise was cute, and kind of sexy, when he was playing teenagers in fun films. I think that when he grows up, he would like to be like John Barrowman. ;)20 years ago I had a hell of a thing for Stephen Fry - it took me longer to warm to Hugh Laurie, maybe because of the built-in frown thing? But basically, I still wouldn't kick either of them out of bed now.