Band From TV

As noted earlier in the summer, the House soundtrack's got Elvis Costello's Xtina cover "Beautiful," Massive Attack's classic "Teardrop," and Hugh Laurie covering the Stones. Yep, Doc House sings, but SNL devotees already knew that. The odder part of the story is that Doc House sings with Band From TV, a not-quite-all-star collection of TV talent including the mindreader from Heroes and Bob the Bachelor. Also there's Lester Holt, who for some reason we love, famous for being a last-minute sit-in for Matt Lauer on Today, and here being a last-minute sit-in for whoever was originally meant to be the Band bassist. In this little documercial clip, we learn these guys are doing it 'cause they love it and that all proceeds go to charity, a fact that probably saddens bachelor Bob. But hey, as we imagine he'd say: "To extend my 15 minutes by even a few seconds is payment enough."

Posted at 12:10 PM in Video
Tags: Band From TV | House | Hugh Laurie

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hugh laurie is a dreamboat

Posted by: max at 09/19/07 12:27 PM | Reply
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holy crap.. pondracket.com is still around? I thought they would be done a year ago.

Posted by: pondracket at 09/19/07 12:49 PM | Reply
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really dude?

Posted by: stafford at 09/19/07 12:55 PM | Reply
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really.

Posted by: peter at 09/19/07 1:01 PM | Reply
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I TRULY enjoyed the 'snippits' on YouTube; I'm disabled, on over 30 prescriotons! & CAN'T afford to buy any sort of mp3 player; any suggestions? Would love to PURCHASE ANY CDs and/or DVDs, but DON'T know where to find them! I've already checked out the extensive merchandise available on BestBuy.com where I shop FRE-QUENTLY, apparently, there is not ONE IOTA of music/music video material available so they I could listen to it in my car, or watch via DVD player on TV;?SUGGESTIONS

Posted by: RON in reply to peter's comment at 01/17/09 1:52 AM | Reply
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Laurie sounded a lot better when he was solo with piano as opposed to the band playing, which sounded pretty poo.

Posted by: stephen at 09/19/07 2:24 PM | Reply
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I hope Elvis Costello is aware that Clem Snide already did an awesome cover of "Beautiful."

Posted by: jz at 09/19/07 4:37 PM | Reply
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im pretty sure bonnie somerville is in this, too...

Posted by: alex at 09/19/07 6:01 PM | Reply
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Anyone who wants to see Laurie do "Minnie the Moocher" can see it on Jeeves & Wooster, season one (1990). Hidey hidey hidey hi :D

Posted by: zh at 09/19/07 11:14 PM | Reply
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greg grunberg rocks!

Posted by: seth at 09/20/07 7:06 AM | Reply
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