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You know that scene in Zoolander when they introduce David Bowie to judge the walk-off, and they freeze-frame on him with a subtitle reading “David Bowie” and a chord from “Let’s Dance”? This is kind of what happens in my head every time Michael Beach is on a show I watch. “Sweet, it’s Michael Beach! [Wow-wuh-wow-wow-wuh-wow.]”
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a lonely girl in possession of a library card must be in want of a twin. The child who spends a lot of time in books also spends …
Hey. I don’t know what we do now either. I DO know that we’ll need each other going forward, as we always have, for support, mutual aid, and information on where to get high-quality wide-calf …
“Furthermore, 1) it worked, and 2) he’s hot.”
And 3) Joe’s not.
He’s really not, is he. And he just missed, too, which somehow makes it even more pronounced.
That moment in Zoolander always irritates me: Bowie needs no introduction! Who needed to be told it was him?
Am I just old?
Just read the recap and it was like watching it all over again, though I have to confess, I don’t get the Michael Beach love. *Adam* Beach, sure, but Doc was such an ass on Third Watch I guess I got permanently turned off.
However, I actually teared up at the part about what you’d do to keep Mr. Stupidhead from enlisting. Me too.