What The Hell?

Friday, December 29, 2006

Ok, you asked for it. Here's the clip of me on Touched By An Angel.

I admit now, having watched it again for the first time in almost ten years, that my reaction is not as dramatic as I recall it being. It seems now that my "what the hell?" take was not much more than an overacted shrug. Though I do recall clearly doing a "what the hell?" version of the scene, I guess it was not what made it into the final version.

Also, It was not the old lady who interrupted the ceremony. As you'll see, it was Roma Downey who pissed on the festivities with a dove-delivered message straight from Gawd Himself. I wonder if he signed it Himself or if he used an autopen. Linda Kelsey was the actress having trouble with her very short line... the one about the gas company.

You'll have to watch all five minutes of the clip to see the infamous reaction. It comes at the end of the wedding as the wedding party rushes out after the sobbing bride. I include the entire wedding for a couple of reasons.

1. The chicks who played the bride, Brigid Brannagh, and her would-be sister-in-law, Holly Fields are hot, hot, hot. You never know when you might find yourself overboard and in need of something buoyant.

2. You'll recognize me at the very beginning of the clip as the groomsman to whom Della Reese first cues to begin the ceremony.

3. Note the uncanny moment when the preacher says, "God... and these witnesses". The pause he leaves for the Mormon viewer to fill in the word "angels" is almost too blatant to be a coincidence on the part of the writer or actor. "Touched" was very frequently and obviously written by a team of Salt Lake-based writers. I happen to recall that the actor who played the role was, at the time, an LDS Bishop and a very, very funny guy.

4. If anybody recognized the bridesmaid with the short, dark hair, and knows her name, phone number and current favorite flower, let me know. I've dreamed of running off with her for some years now.

And now, on with the show.

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