I know you missed it. I know most of you have no idea what I’m talking about when I mention “Dr. Horrible.” Much less, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog.” Joss Whedon – the guy behind Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Serenity – and a whole lot of other sci-fi/fantasy pop-culture defining moments came up with this great character, “Dr. Horrible” – and his quest to gain entry into the “Evil League of Evil” – run by Bad Horse. Dr. Horrible is played with awesome intensity by Neil Patrick Harris as he falls in love, attempts to destroy his arch-nemesis, Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) and generally tries to deal with a sidekick named “Moist”, who, as you probably assumed by now, gets things… moist. It was up for awhile, at drhorrible.com, then taken down (it was a special web-event) – but now (today ONLY) it’s up on Hulu. Catch it. And if you miss it, buy it from iTunes.
In case you missed it – here’s the link – TODAY ONLY!
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Would you believe I just watched it on Hulu and was coming to Schad to post it? And here you are posting it. Dr. Horrible is a reminder of how lucky I am to live in a time and place where this exists. It’s the best of everything.
I loved this.
And a note to the non-geeks amongst us – I am NOT a Joss Whedon fan. Liked Serenity… firefly dragged too much. Buffy and Angel? I just don’t get it… and at the risk of inviting some huge explanation/justification that I will never read – I don’t think he’s a very good writer. It is like he absorbed all the throwaway-chuckle-lines from John Hughes movies and built plots around them.
But this? Love this. But before we give him too much credit, I would invite you all to read Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman which Dr. Horrible ‘borrows’ from liberally.