House was a bad doctor

[Mix]

They made it seem like they gave him the dying patients 'cause he was such a good doctor, but really it was because those were the only people who would put up with that shit.

 

[The_annoying_one]

I always hated that show.

Cocky son of a bitch.

[Gemini]

I always thought it was a fun show. Also, Lisa Edelstein, who played Dr. Cuddy for six of the show's eight seasons, was in two episodes of Seinfeld as one of George's girlfriends. I always thought she was attractive, but she was really cute back in the '90s, too.

[Seight]

Spoiler

The one choice that bugged me about that show was when Kal Penn left the show to join the White House staff, instead of giving his character a dignified send-off or the possibility of returning later they really went "welp, he killed himself, how sad."

 

[Vela]

9 hours ago, The_annoying_one said:

I always hated that show.

Cocky son of a bitch.

Don't fault him too hard, he can't help it, he's from Oxfordshire after all.

[Gemini]

55 minutes ago, Vela said:

Don't fault him too hard, he can't help it, he's from Oxfordshire after all.

Didn't Hugh Laurie go to Cambridge University though? That's where he met Stephen Fry and his one-time squeeze Emma Thompson.

[tsar4]

I think he did a fantastic job of being the Sherlock Holmes (House) of the medical profession, right down to living in 221B.

[NewBluntsworth]

21 hours ago, Mix said:

They made it seem like they gave him the dying patients 'cause he was such a good doctor, but really it was because those were the only people who would put up with that shit.

 

The only ones who won't be able to come back and shoot him. 

[Poofy]

i appreciate him as a character for showcasing how life in chronic physical pain can turn you into a sarcastic asshole because some days my jaw just hurts all day and I'm extra abrasive

[Mix]

On 1/13/2023 at 4:17 PM, The_annoying_one said:

I always hated that show.

Cocky son of a bitch.

It was a good show.

 He was a bad doctor.

[Mix]

On 1/13/2023 at 4:19 PM, hornedlizardman said:

I always thought it was a fun show. Also, Lisa Edelstein, who played Dr. Cuddy for six of the show's eight seasons, was in two episodes of Seinfeld as one of George's girlfriends. I always thought she was attractive, but she was really cute back in the '90s, too.

Yeah, hot actresses are hot.

[Mix]

8 hours ago, tsar4 said:

I think he did a fantastic job of being the Sherlock Holmes (House) of the medical profession, right down to living in 221B.

I didn't notice that.

If that's what they were going for, why not let him keep the british accent?

[Mix]

7 hours ago, NewBluntsworth said:

The only ones who won't be able to come back and shoot him. 

What?

[SwimOdin]

4 minutes ago, Mix said:

I didn't notice that.

If that's what they were going for, why not let him keep the british accent?

Yeah, it’s explicitly set as a medical Sherlock show

[tsar4]

4 minutes ago, Mix said:

I didn't notice that.

If that's what they were going for, why not let him keep the british accent?

A foreign mean doctor on American soil probably wouldn't have gone over with an American audience.

[Mix]

7 minutes ago, SwimOdin said:

Yeah, it’s explicitly set as a medical Sherlock show

 

6 minutes ago, tsar4 said:

A foreign mean doctor on American soil probably wouldn't have gone over with an American audience.

You guys are right, I looked it up and there were so many signs I totally missed...still, American Sherlock Holmes is a terrible doctor

[The_annoying_one]

29 minutes ago, Mix said:

It was a good show.

 He was a bad doctor.

Maybe “hated the show” was the wrong thing to say.  But, yeah, he was just…ugh…

[tsar4]

1 hour ago, The_annoying_one said:

Maybe “hated the show” was the wrong thing to say.  But, yeah, he was just…ugh…

If you know any of the shows prior to House that Laurie was involved in (Fry and Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster, Blackadder, The Young Ones...), you'd know he's an amazing actor (and his singing & piano playing ain't too shabby either).

 

 

[Vela]

On 1/14/2023 at 2:09 PM, Poofy said:

i appreciate him as a character for showcasing how life in chronic physical pain can turn you into a sarcastic asshole because some days my jaw just hurts all day and I'm extra abrasive

Very good point.  I watched this happen to my dad before his passing.  He turned into someone we didn't know.

[Vela]

On 1/14/2023 at 2:21 AM, hornedlizardman said:

Didn't Hugh Laurie go to Cambridge University though? That's where he met Stephen Fry and his one-time squeeze Emma Thompson.

Truth.  But he was already in his 20's when he attended university.  He grew up in Oxford, Oxfordshire and expected to go to the same university as his father had. 

[Vela]

16 hours ago, tsar4 said:

If you know any of the shows prior to House that Laurie was involved in (Fry and Laurie, Jeeves & Wooster, Blackadder, The Young Ones...), you'd know he's an amazing actor (and his singing & piano playing ain't too shabby either).

 

 

Didn't he play something with Meatloaf?  I think I remember reading that while fact checking.

[tsar4]

6 minutes ago, Vela said:

Didn't he play something with Meatloaf?  I think I remember reading that while fact checking.

Yep

 

[Vela]

1 minute ago, tsar4 said:

Yep

 

Nice

[Poofy]

20 minutes ago, Vela said:

Very good point.  I watched this happen to my dad before his passing.  He turned into someone we didn't know.

There’s lots of different versions of the same people.

[Vela]

Just now, Poofy said:

There’s lots of different versions of the same people.

::nods:: Good quote for the wall.

[Gemini]

1 hour ago, Vela said:

Truth.  But he was already in his 20's when he attended university.  He grew up in Oxford, Oxfordshire and expected to go to the same university as his father had. 

Yes, that's true. He was going to be a doctor. Well, that's what his mother wanted for him, anyway.

[Gemini]

1 hour ago, Vela said:

Very good point.  I watched this happen to my dad before his passing.  He turned into someone we didn't know.

I guess I'm lucky then. I never saw my dad go through that when he died.