PAGE b8 THE STATE JOURNAL MAY 17, 2012 Thursday ALMANAC 50 YEARS AGO ‘House’ closes door with a bang A picture of Steve Pewitt taking a new oral vaccine for the prevention of polio ap- peared on the front page of the newspaper. Steve, the After 8 seasons, TV’s most troublesome doctor says goodbye son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pewitt Jr., took his tasteless by FRAZIER MOORE No doubt. Sure, the medi- Hugh Laurie recently, the “Stuart Little” vaccine on a lump of sugar. Free vaccine was given to AP Television WriTer cal mysteries that formed the portrays films. Of course, “House” core of most episodes inevi- had its own mordant comic students of all ages at Bald NEW YORK (AP) – It will Dr. Gregory tably grew a bit formulaic as streak. Knob, Bellepoint, Bridge- be painful saying goodbye to House in a the seasons piled up. (Didn’t “It was EXTREMELY im- port, Elkhorn, Mayo-Under- “House.” scene from each week’s patient always portant that the character wood, Peaks Mill, Second The Fox medical drama the first seem to start bleeding from be funny: He had to be good Street and Wilkinson Street concludes its eight-season season finale a different orifice, bafflingly value for the audience, and schools by members of the run Monday with a series fi- and life-threateningly, right of “House, also to explain Wilson’s tol- county health department nale at 9 p.m., preceded by a on cue before each commer- M.D.” The erance and friendship. You and local doctors. one-hour retrospective. And cial break?) Fox medi- had to believe that, at the with that, Hugh Laurie will But if the rhythm of the cal drama end of the day, Wilson just 25 YEARS AGO be done as the show’s abra- investigation began to feel concludes delighted in the fact that The Frankfort Electric and sive champion, Dr. Grego- over-familiar, House never its eight- House was an occasion- Water Plant Board agreed to provide $30,000 for the con- ry House – unless, Laurie did. On the contrary: He is season run ally outrageous but almost adds with a laugh, “someone only more complex, obstrep- always funny character to struction of a fountain at the on Monday Main Street head of the St. comes up with an idea for a erous and fascinating. hang out with.” with a finale Clair Mall to commemorate stage musical.” Not that he didn’t start Sample House-isms, de- at 9 p.m., Frankfort’s 200th birthday. “I feel a huge satisfaction with a bang right from the livered deadpan and grat- preceded by Release of the funds was con- that we got to the end with series’ inception in Novem- ingly razor-sharp: a one-hour tingent on the city declaring our dignity intact,” he de- ber 2004: Here was a brilliant n “Adjectives matter: the construction a public clares. “I never felt that we diagnostician with a snide retrospective. Hate nurses, love naughty did anything that wasn’t true project. manner, a limp and a cane, AP/JM A ie nurses.” to the character or the show a stash of painkillers and a TruebLooD n “Treating for wrong – like, ‘House gets a puppy.’ I perpetual stubble. He flout- diagnoses can result in side think that’s quite an achieve- ed regulations, ducked cas- effects, like death.” ment.” es that bored him and kept n “What’s the opposite Swift gives Bargain Matinees Daily Until 6pm things stirred up as a not-so- of ‘Thank you?’ I’m pretty merry prankster. sarcastic cynic would be a ing with it. sure it ends in ‘you.’” $4M to Chakeres He was conceived as a con- peripheral character,” notes “The pain explains, to House has never lost his Franklin Square Cinema 6 temporary Sherlock Holmes. Laurie, who signed with the some extent, his personal- funny bone, nor his per- Frankfort ~ 502-875-9000 Like that fictional 19th-cen- show thinking House would ity,” says Laurie. “But we versity, even in the face of Country Toll Free: 800-668-4354 tury sleuth, House is indif- be just that. “To make some- never gave the viewer any Wilson’s cancer diagnosis ferent to those he is helping, in recent episodes. Hall of Fame BATTLESHIP (PG13) one so apparently jagged and definite answers about how Starts Fri 4:15, 7:00, 10:00 focused instead – with cool unsympathetic into the cen- much, and I’m rather glad After helping Wilson ad- Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 deduction and uncanny in- tral character was a very bold about that. It’s not that sim- minister aggressive treat- expansion Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 tuition – on the challenging step. And so was clinging to ple: There was a possibility ment on the sly, on his liv- Mon - Thu 4:15, 7:00 nature of the mysteries that that premise, never relenting that he might have behaved ing room couch, House by CHRIS TALbOTT WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN plague them. to suggest that, underneath much the same even without shares his Vicodin for Wil- APrA enTe T inmenT WriTer YOU’RE EXPECTING (PG13) Both men play musi- it all, he has a heart of gold. his affliction.” son’s painful side effects NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Starts Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 cal instruments, take drugs while razzing him, poker- Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 I’m not sure that House does It was Laurie who chose Taylor Swift has taught a gen- Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 (House is hooked on Vicodin, have a heart of gold.” which leg for his character’s faced, with, “Remember, eration of kids to appreciate Mon - Thu 4:30, 7:15 while Holmes has a thing And there was even more crippling blood clot, he di- they’re a gift, so it’s rude to country music over the last THE DICTATOR (R) for cocaine), and both have to the brave House recipe: vulges with a laugh. keep throwing them up.” five years. Now, she’s donat- Today 4:30, 7:15 trusty sidekicks: Holmes’ Dr. the pain he endured. “I tried it various ways, in- Laurie chuckles at the ing $4 million to the Country Fri 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 John Watson and House’s Dr. Perhaps no TV protago- cluding limping with BOTH thought of such rampant Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Music Hall of Fame and Mu- Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 James Wilson, his best and nist has been imprinted so legs, but that was just un- candor. seum to make sure that edu- Mon - Thu 4:30, 7:15 probably only friend, played profoundly by a physical af- gainly,” he jokes. “Then I Monday’s finale, says cation continues. THE AVENGERS (PG13) with quirky forbearance by fliction. Walking with a limp, settled on the right leg. But Laurie, brings House to the The gift is the largest giv- Today 4:15, 5:55, 7:00 Robert Sean Leonard. his cane supporting his bum I have always wondered edge of a precipice eight en to the museum by an art- Fri 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 But the Holmes con- right leg, House is constant- whether, if I switched legs for seasons in the making: “Is Sat 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, ist and is the second largest 7:00, 8:00, 10:00 nection has never been the ly hurting. Pain is part of his an episode, anyone would he gonna step forward or from an individual, officials Sun 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00 most interesting thing about persona. And the idea of that notice.” step back? Is it life or is it said. It will fund the Taylor DARK SHADOWS (PG13) “House.” ever-present pain ran coun- In conversation, the Ox- death? I can say no more Swift Education Center, an Today 4:45, 7:30 More impressive was how ter to every rule of routine ford, England-born Laurie than that,” says the actor exhibit and classroom space Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 “House” put a difficult, large- TV, which, typically con- is not only charming, but who made flesh-and-blood scheduled to open in 2014. Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 ly unpleasant figure front ceived as aspirational for witty, befitting his past co- one of the most compel- “In terms of what it will Mon - Thu 4:45, 7:30 and center as the hero of a TV viewers, calls for the hero to medic series “Black Adder” ling characters in televi- allow us to do, we do educa- series. personify a desirable state. and “Jeeves and Wooster” (in sion history. That achieve- www.chakerestheatres.com tion very well now,” museum “Traditionally in an Amer- On the contrary, House is all which he starred with Ste- ment will live on, whatever director Kyle Young said. “It Find Us On Facebook ican drama, the damaged, about discomfort, and cop- phen Fry), as well as, more House’s fate. will allow us to do what we do better, serve more people, develop new programs and I’m happy to say that as we Brought To You By www.fpb.cc 352-4372 talked through this oppor- ON TV TONIGHT tunity with Taylor, she very THURSDAY EVENING MAY 17, 2012 FRIDAYmuch wants EVENING to be involved in MAY 18, 2012 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 an advisory6:00 capacity in 6:30 what 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 Wave 3 News at NBC Nightly News WAVE 3 News at WAVE 3 News at Community (N) 30 Rock (Season Community (N) Community “Intro- Awake “Two Birds” Britten learns the WAVE 3 News at The Tonight Show Wave 3 News at NBC Nightly News WAVE 3 News at WAVE 3 News at Who Do You Think You Are? 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