I share a birthday with Jeff Goldblum.
Maybe, this is the reason I can make sense of this guy when he appears on talk-shows and begins acting like a more jovial version of Christopher Walken.
I love Jeff Goldlbum in spite of myself. When he talks, I can barely follow his train of thought. He appeared on Jimmy Fallon to talk about his latest role on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. So, Fallon starts talking to him about the Jeff Goldblum game (which is a loose approximation of the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Game"), and Goldblum smiles at him - his lips almost always appear as if they are about to drool - and he says, "Yes, yes....I like games of all kinds", and he gets a huge laugh from the audience. Goldblum scans the crowd to make sure they are laughing with him...and everyone continues laughing. Then, it hits you...Goldblum is laughing at all of us.
Appearing on "The Colbert Report", Goldblum demands that Barack Obama apologize for the brutal murder of a fly. Goldblum went on to interview the fly's widow and paid loving homage to a life that only lasted hours. All the while, Goldlbum has a hard time keeping a straight face.*
Again, I am laughing.
I think my affection for the guy has to do with the fact that this guy gets away with this behavior and I don't. Goldblum is the guy I want to be, I think.
Oddball?
No.
Hilarious.
He's even funnier when he is trying to be serious.
A native of Pittsburgh (and eighteen years my senior...to the day), Jeff Goldblum is on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, every other Sunday.
Seriously...I want more Goldblum, not less.
I gotta fever...and that's the only prescription.
*http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/231216/june-18-2009/murder-in-the-white-house---jeff-goldblum
(video of Goldblum's appearance)
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