Jane Austen mentioned on “Rules of Engagement”
Our Janeite Spy reported that she was flipping through the channels and saw Patrick Warburton, whom you might remember as Puddy on Seinfeld, and stopped to see what he was up to. He has a new program called “Rules of Engagement” along with David Spade, and the Spy was, unsurprisingly, astonished to hear Jane Austen’s name in such company. The scene, as reported, went a little something like this:
Puddy’s* wife on the show: The Jane Austen movie starts at 7:15.
Puddy: I’ll be asleep by 7:20.
Puddy’s wife on the show: I really want to see this movie.
Puddy: Forbidden love in bonnets. Awesome.
*Sorry, he’ll always be Puddy to us.
January 8th, 2008 at 12:05 am
I remember him more as The Tick, which is an even weirder visual image for me when imagining him discussing a Jane Austen movie.
January 8th, 2008 at 2:01 am
I caught that too, but the best part was when further in the conversation between Puddy & wife, he continues to try to get out of going to the movie, and she tells him that there is a later showing at 8:20. Smart girl. You just keep pushing him into those breeches!
January 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I rarely catch that show, but I happened on that conversation last night as well. Forbidden love in bonnets got me laughing. I wonder which book that would be?
January 10th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Patrick Warburton is hysterical! He also does the voice of Joe Swanson, the cop in a wheelchair with the perennially pregnant wife, on The Family Guy!
“Rules of Engagement” is actually quite an engaging
show. Warburton is the best thing about it - he is so dry in his delivery that it just kills me!