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05 April 2008

I swear I'm not drunk but ... →[More:]... I'm watching some early NYPD Blue and I have to say that David Caruso was pretty damned sexy fifteen years ago.

post by: essexjan at: 17:25 | 20 comments

Agreed. (It's the redhead thing.)

posted by BoringPostcards 05 April | 17:32

And the voice. He has a great voice.

posted by essexjan 05 April | 17:34

If you work with computers you're entitled to a free eye test every two years.

posted by TheDonF 05 April | 17:34

You are so right, ej. I still think he's sexy in CSI Miami. And I don't usually go for redheads. He conveys such a sense of quiet strength and honor. (I know, I know... he's just written that way. Still.)

Course, I am drunk.

posted by Pips 05 April | 17:37

I don't like him in CSI Miami, I think he's aged badly, and I find all that sunglasses business annoying.

posted by essexjan 05 April | 17:42

Well, then, you're out of the fan club. ; )

posted by Pips 05 April | 18:33

Ewwwww ... he repulses me. He's sort of fetus-y.

posted by Claudia_SF 05 April | 18:47

But, I mean, it's cool if you like that sort of thing ...

posted by Claudia_SF 05 April | 18:48

Y'know, I ordinarily despise Jim Carrey worse than root canal work and Morrisey combined, but his imitation of Caruso's overacting is dead-on.

posted by jonmc 05 April | 19:08

I can't point any fingers as I have no taste cred left with myself. I just heard a Brad Paisley song on the radio...and it made me cry.

The heart wants what it wants....

posted by Miko 05 April | 19:09

YOU have no cred left? I've copped to having the hots for Billy Mays... I'm surprised anyone will still be seen in public with me.

posted by BoringPostcards 05 April | 19:26

Hell, I've confessed to getting hot-n-bothered by Carol Kane. I'm beyond cred, but cred is for kids.

posted by jonmc 05 April | 19:30

I don't remember what I've admitted to, but I'm sure I'm cred-less as well. However. David Caruso? He's some sort of test of our willingness to put up with hammy, smell-the-fart acting isn't he? I mean, really, he's quite ridiculous.

Although, he was alright in Mad Dog and Glory.

posted by richat 05 April | 19:43

Mad Dog and Glory.

the screenplay of which was written by my man Richard Price. I'm just saying.

posted by jonmc 05 April | 19:48

I think he's aged badly, and I find all that sunglasses business ~~annoying~~ hilarious.

posted by gaspode 05 April | 20:46

In the beginning, before he disappeared up his own ass he had something. Now i when i see him all i think is "He looks like a burn victim."

posted by ethylene 05 April | 20:59

I now think this thread was a trick to lure me into an embarrassing admission. I hate you all.

*puts on sunglasses and sticks out tongue*

posted by Pips 05 April | 21:08

ooo he was a cutie!

god bless youtube because I never managed to see NYPD Blue.

posted by small_ruminant 05 April | 22:50

I don't mind the look so much as the terrible acting (ala CSI: Miami -- sorry Pips!)

Oooh, yeah, loved that film Mad Dog and Glory, especially Bill Murray's role!

posted by hadjiboy 05 April | 23:57

Mad Dog and Glory

I remember my then-husband renting this on the title alone, thinking it was going to be some kind of shoot-em-up action thing. He was not best pleased to discover it was a romantic comedy. I enjoyed it though.

And, Caruso. I think he worked in NYPD Blue because

a) he was new and different (a pig-faced redhead as leading man? No way!)

b) his 'quiet' type of acting worked perfectly as a foil to Dennis Franz's frenetic style.

By the time he got to CSI Miami, his behind-the-scenes assholery was well-known and his film career was dead (read Bochco's novel 'Death By Hollywood' if you need any more details, there's a thinly-disguised version of Caruso in there). The novelty had worn off for me well before CSI Miami.

posted by essexjan 06 April | 04:55

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