OK, Tonight’s episode just ended, and I’d give it a B-minus. Hugh was in about a half dozen skits, and while I wasn’t taking notes, here are my thoughts.

I suspect he wrote his own monologue, and it suffered a little cross-cultural confusion. He told a Shakespeare joke that went completely over the head of the audience including me.
The highlight was his protect song on guitar and harmonica. Sing with me: “All we have to do is mmm… mmm… mmm….”
Other skits he was in: a gassy ghost hunter, and the head villager trying to kill Frankenstein’s monster. These were both pretty …read more

Don’t forget: Hugh Laurie is on Saturday Night Live tonight, and we’ve got new episodes of House starting again on Tuesday, October 31st.

Official Teaser:
A 600-pound man (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is brought into the hospital in a coma. He wakes up soon enough, appears to have recovered and demands to be released. But the reason for the coma remains unclear. Meanwhile, House’s troubles with Michael Tritter (David Morse), a patient he insulted in the clinic, get worse.

Newsday has a nice piece on the interplay between Laurie and Leonard.
Their psychological sparring ran the gamut from playful pranks to painful stripping away of pretenses exposing each other’s weaknesses. What began as an investigative pairing in the vein of Sherlock Holmes and his handy Dr. Watson only intensifies emotionally this fall, enriching the character byplay that’s been attracting ever-greater ratings to “House” even through this summer’s reruns.

Ask Ausiello of TV Guide has a few tidbits for us. In no particular order:

The Ketamine which Cuddy administers to House will be successful… at least for a time.
While “cured” by the Ketamine, House will test Cameron’s affection for him now that he’s no longer wounded.
Finally, the switch to 8pm is temporary. After new episodes in September, House will take a brief hiatus for playoff baseball. When it comes back, it is expected to be in it’s traditional 9pm time slot.

During tonight’s episode we got a promo for the House Season Premiere. Does House drown a guy in a wheelchair? Or is House the one in the wheelchair!
Remember to tune in Sept. 5th to find out!

Bridge night. Focusing on Amy, the only youngster. Look: It’s Johnny Fever! Amy is feeling nauseous. Dad, Johnny, thinks she’s been drinking – Whoa!
Into dad with 3D graphics. He’s got electricity running through him. He’s like the Window’s guy in the new Apple commercials: He’s crashed and has to reboot. When he comes to he finishes his sentence and has no idea what happened.
** commercial **
Dad’s in for a checkup, and Foreman’s checking him out. Nothing unusual… until daughter leaves. One testicle is twice the size of the other.
At the white board, and Chase says testicular cancer. “Wrong shoes,” says …read more