hugh laurie in da house! (golden globes live blog)
"YES!" I think I shouted.
"He can walk?" a coworker joked. We all turned to watch Hugh Laurie skip up to the podium and accept his well-deserved Globe for Actor in a Drama Series.
"I am speechless," Laurie said, but he wasn't. He might have been a bit thrown by the fact that there was no "free acceptance speech" available to match his tux but, given his comedy and improv background, he did just fine.
And only someone with a lightning-fast wit -- and a delicious British accent -- could work "colonic irrigations" into an awards-show thank-you speech.