to Hugh Laurie
Not who you were expecting, huh?
Really, I'm not one to know a lot about celebrities.
I sometimes pretend that they don't effect my life at all.
But really, that is a crazy thought.
Celebrities effect us whether we want them to or not.
Like most Americans- my first exposure with Hugh was through House M.D.
and I thought he was pretty swell.
And like most Americans, I realized that this was not my actually my first exposure.
He was in Stuart Little (which granted, I've seen twice).
And he was in the non-animated 101 Dalmatians, which I loved as a child.
But all the same, I thought he was a decent actor.
Recently I have found myself laughing at the pre-Americanized Hugh Laurie.
As Bertie in Jeeves and Wooster.
and the Prince in Black Adder.
Pretty much, he has always been hilarious.
But most of all.
Hugh Laurie sings the blues.
and dang Gina, he sings them well.
and if you ever watch him.
he loves every minute of it.
so this is my ode to Hugh Laurie.
He is passionate.
He loves what he does.
He's good at what he does.
And what he does makes me happy.
