The End of French’s Era
Is it now safe to say that the French Stewart era in American comedy is over?
His amazing work in Inspector Gadget 2 (or IG2, as the teaser posters so preposterously put it) and Home Alone 4 notwithstanding, it seems like his career may have hit a small bump in the road.
It’s really too bad, too, because that thing that he did when he didn’t ever open his eyes was fricking hilarious. Do you suppose his agent or other people close to him ever pulled ol’ French aside and said, “Hey buddy, I think what you’re doing is great. Really some top-notch comedy. Now, I’m not one to give unsolicited advice, but you might want to think about actually opening your eyes when you’re trying to be funny. Just a thought - keep up the good work!”
I hope I’m not offending any die-hard fans of Third Rock From the Sun with this post (in fact, if you actually are a die-hard fan of Third Rock, please contact me immediately, because I have some serious questions that I need to ask you). Sometimes I just get bothered when people with no discernable talent whatsoever become famous - people like Paris Hilton or Chris O’Donnell. French Stewart is like the deformed spawn of those two.
While this post may have been unnecessarily mean and spiteful, sometimes we need to be bluntly honest with people we love, or in French’s case, people we find grating and obnoxious.
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April 28th, 2004 at 10:27 am
Proverbs 28:23
He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.
April 28th, 2004 at 10:36 am
I changed his name to Freedom Stewart when that whole war thing went down. I couldn’t possible support anything french…..
April 28th, 2004 at 10:43 am
Peter, since my reaction was, “Who?”, one has to wonder if the era ever began.
If you’re giving him his 15 minutes of fame, it’s time to beat you.
April 28th, 2004 at 1:26 pm
wait wait wait. before you ridicule the man you must consider that he may have some kind of handicap which makes him physically unable to open his eyes. i mean, have you ever seen him with his eyes open? it looks like it is difficult for him - almost painful. he has to crane his neck up and stretch his whole face out. it’s almost sad.
April 28th, 2004 at 2:52 pm
He should be put in a home if he physically can’t open his eyes. Tami, perhaps you could take care of him and possibly date him?
April 28th, 2004 at 3:25 pm
Tami - His plight would be sad if he weren’t French Stewart.
April 28th, 2004 at 3:45 pm
i dont know I think he is kinda hot
and talk about fashion sense
April 28th, 2004 at 5:06 pm
Freedom Stewart!, Peter, Freedom Stewart! Don’t you love your country?
April 29th, 2004 at 11:24 am
adam, dude, i said he was sad, not dateable. silly boy.
do you guys think his real name is stewart french?
April 29th, 2004 at 11:24 am
i mean stewart freedom!
March 25th, 2005 at 9:33 am
French Stewart is a legend. I dont think he is acting badly at all, I believe that you are forgetting that he is meant to be playing an alien in 3rd Rock. Check him out in Ally McBeal…………….awesome.