Nope, they were going for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBn-BpkNsA
I caught it straight away as soon as I realised it was an 80s disco and what he was wearing and burst out lauging. Loved it!
House: 6x07 - "Known Unknowns" - Discussion and Spoilers
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Nope, they were going for this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GBn-BpkNsA
I caught it straight away as soon as I realised it was an 80s disco and what he was wearing and burst out lauging. Loved it!
Not available in my country due to copyright restrictions. Could you explain your reference in words rather than links?
Really? ^
That sucks.
It's an Annie Lennox song "Walking on Broken Wlass". Annie Lennox is famous for being in the Eurythmics, a big 80s band.
In the Music video "Walking on Broken Glass" Hugh Laurie features in it in 18th Century wear. It's true that this is an early 90s song but I think this episode of House is referencing the WOBG song more than Falco, Rock Me Amadeus since House is wearing the same clothes and wig as "Walking on Broken Glass".
That sucks.
It's an Annie Lennox song "Walking on Broken Wlass". Annie Lennox is famous for being in the Eurythmics, a big 80s band.
In the Music video "Walking on Broken Glass" Hugh Laurie features in it in 18th Century wear. It's true that this is an early 90s song but I think this episode of House is referencing the WOBG song more than Falco, Rock Me Amadeus since House is wearing the same clothes and wig as "Walking on Broken Glass".
Seriously? People think it has more to do with music videos than with one of Hugh Laurie's former acting roles?
OK, yeah it does have more to do with that. But my first reaction was that music video for some reason, maybe because they had 80s music in the backround.
Not sure of the timing, but could the music-video appearance have itself been a nod to Blackadder?
Not the best source I know, but wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_On_Broken_Glass
""Walking on Broken Glass" is a song written and performed by British singer Annie Lennox, taken from her 1992 album, Diva. This song reached #1 in Canada, #8 in the UK and Ireland and #14 in the US singles charts.
The promo music video for the single is set in the 18th century and co-stars the actors Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich, reprising their well-known costume roles of George, the Prince Regent and the Vicomte de Valmont, respectively."
""Walking on Broken Glass" is a song written and performed by British singer Annie Lennox, taken from her 1992 album, Diva. This song reached #1 in Canada, #8 in the UK and Ireland and #14 in the US singles charts.
The promo music video for the single is set in the 18th century and co-stars the actors Hugh Laurie and John Malkovich, reprising their well-known costume roles of George, the Prince Regent and the Vicomte de Valmont, respectively."
Am I the only one not into the House/Cuddy pairing? I just think they're kind of flat. I like Cuddy less and less as time goes on... I mean, Lucas? Seriously? This feels like an obstacle thrown in just to keep House and Cuddy apart, rather than a development that makes sense on any level. The goofy private eye from last season (was it last season or season four? That guy was so forgettable) is "responsible." It felt so forced.
The stuff with House and Wilson was better--nice to see House trying to protect Wilson and doing something that was genuinely sweet.
The PotW stuff was boring--it seems like they explain the diseases less and less as time goes on. I'm still not even sure exactly what happened with her, why she got sick and why she got better.
I did like the stuff with Chase and Cameron--it's nice to have the old team back.
Overall, I gave it an Average. I thought there were better eps this season by far, and I wish the show would move away from House/Cuddy for good.
The stuff with House and Wilson was better--nice to see House trying to protect Wilson and doing something that was genuinely sweet.
The PotW stuff was boring--it seems like they explain the diseases less and less as time goes on. I'm still not even sure exactly what happened with her, why she got sick and why she got better.
I did like the stuff with Chase and Cameron--it's nice to have the old team back.
Overall, I gave it an Average. I thought there were better eps this season by far, and I wish the show would move away from House/Cuddy for good.
Lucas was, indeed, from early last season. -He briefly replaced Wilson as Houses' confidant and "Aha! Moment" spark.
I don't buy him and Cuddy being together either and as much as I'd like to see Cuddy and House together.... She can do, deserves and needs better. As she said, she's a mother now and House doesn't strike me as the type to raise a child.
I don't buy him and Cuddy being together either and as much as I'd like to see Cuddy and House together.... She can do, deserves and needs better. As she said, she's a mother now and House doesn't strike me as the type to raise a child.
This episode gets a BAD from me for one reason and one reason only...
House considers fucking "Fuel" by Metallica as one of the greatest heavy metal songs ever?
I wonder if Metallica said; "yeah, you can use our shitty song...but only if we actually get a FULL SCREEN moment! WE ROCK!"
House considers fucking "Fuel" by Metallica as one of the greatest heavy metal songs ever?
I wonder if Metallica said; "yeah, you can use our shitty song...but only if we actually get a FULL SCREEN moment! WE ROCK!"
I was in hysterics when I saw House dressed pretty much as the Prince Regent
Interesting call back, but not really quite what was happening.
He was dressing in the manner of the SEVENTEEN eighties ("wrong century" as he said). That's not the style of the first decades of the nineteenth century, which was the Regency and the setting of Black Adder III.
There's nothing Black Adderish at all about it, except from a VERY distant "wigs and long frock" aspect -- but that's no more Black Adder than Castle would have been "Mal" if he'd been wearing chaps and a space suit as a "space cowboy." Castle *was* wearing the Mal outfit. This was just a costume.
^Even if it wasn't the exact same costume, I find it impossible to believe that no one involved in the production recognized that there were some Blackadder-ish resonances to putting Hugh Laurie in a powdered wig. A joke can have more than one level of meaning.
Awwww....I missed it because I've had to work overtime.
I've been begging for more House/Wilson. What did he do for Wilson? And no, you're not the only one who doesn't care about Huddy.
I agree that I don't see anything in the House/Cuddy pairing.
House is sexually attracted to Cuddy and vice versa. I think he likes her as a person, but he's not someone you're going to make a successful marriage or romantic relationship with. He's too damaged. Cuddy at her age should be savvy enough to realize that. I like that she's hooking up with someone else. They're not destined and I have no interest.
The only person House has been shown to consistently give a shit about is Wilson. That's the relationship of interest. Friendship always generates more on screen interest. The only exception I can think of is in Farscape.
The only person House has been shown to consistently give a shit about is Wilson. That's the relationship of interest. Friendship always generates more on screen interest. The only exception I can think of is in Farscape.
Awwww....I missed it because I've had to work overtime.
Wilson was going to give a speech/presentation about euthanasia (putting a dying patient "to sleep" the way you would a pet) at the medical conference they were at which would've amounted to career suicide for him as his peers and superiors at the AMA got wind of it.
House drugged Wilson in their hotel room and gave Wilson's speech -or a bastardization of it- under the name of another doctor who was registered at the conference but apparently could not attend (House, apparently knew this.)
In the end, Wilson's career is safe since he didn't give the speech, House is safe since no one knew he was there -and having never attended one of the conferences no one knew it was him- and the real Alias Doctor has an alibi for wherever he is and Wilson's message gets out.
The only possible "kink" is how no one recognised the "World Famous Diagnostician" Dr. House. House may not attend conferences, write papers, or do anything like that but his reputation as a brilliant doctor has made him world famous so he's likely had his picture at least in some publications about him, articles about him, TV documentaries were he was featured -which happened just a couple seasons ago- or even his picture on PPTH's website.
But I suspect no harm will come from House's actions here.
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It's amazing what lengths House will go to for Wilson, putting his own life in jeopardy to help Amber and now this--yet it's consistent with his character.
I think he gave the speech exactly as Wilson wrote it, until Wilson himself walked in, at which point House went off-script in order to tell Wilson (implicitly) that he should forgive himself for what he did.
Until they did the "Dr. Perlmutter" gag at the end of the speech, I was assuming that House knew he could safely deliver the speech because everyone expected Dr. House to do outrageous and ethically questionable things, so it wouldn't make him any more of a pariah than he already was. Maybe that's still the case. Or maybe once they figure out that it was House rather than Perlmutter giving the paper, they'll dismiss it as just another one of House's pranks.
I find it very contrived that two of House's colleagues have each deliberately caused the death of one of their patients within a month or so of each other. I guess they were going for some kind of thematic parallel, but the coincidence factor was hard to swallow.