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We all know and love her as Wendy the Waitress but as several readers pointed out, Charlene Amoia pops up in a lot of commercials and guest appearances on other shows. Here is a random smattering going from most recognizable to least-in-English. Enjoy. The pictures at the bottom are just for you as well.

Speed Reel

Here is a reel from Amoia’s agency. It has clips from My Boys, The Young and the Restless, How I Met Your Mother, and Joey. Also, her information is at the end in case anyone is looking to cast her in something.

Wal-Mart

This is the first time I noticed her outside of HIMYM. I love the old guy in this spot.

My Boys

Here’s the extended clip from My Boys where Charlene gets hit on by Mario and Luigi’s younger brother Esteban.

Joey

Charlene is in Joey’s book club. Extended clip from the speed reel.

McDonalds

This is a surprisingly sexy commercial for the golden arches. Check out how she purrs “I like it cold”. Who could argue with that?

DCU Commercial

OK, this is a stretch but she looks cute and is smart about managing her money!

Meetic Commercial

I have no idea what Meetic even is. Is it a product? A show? A movie? It seems like it might be French. Keep watching past the initial part, it kicks over into English and gets very, very funny. It also has the song “Too Drunk to F***” by Nouvelle Vague (listen here).

Wash Day

Looking cute yet again. This guy is worse than Barney. Goldters? Cabana in Maui? Is this what happens to hot girls whilst they do their laundry?

There’s a few more videos with Amoia that aren’t as entertaining.

For you RSS’ers, this post is chuck-a-block full of YouTube videos so do click through to view them all.

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I know this is old but I’ve been ignoring it for some reason:

Jason Segel reportedly is to star in the big-screen comedy “Five-Year Engagement,” which he co-wrote with writer-director Nick Stoller.

Segel… previously worked with Stoller on the soon-to-be-released “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” Variety.com said.

Filmmaker Judd Apatow is a producer on both “Sarah” and “Engagement.”

“(’Engagement’ is) definitely an extension of our desire to explore the depth of human misery,” Stoller told the trade newspaper. “If Sarah Marshall (played by Kristen Bell) and Jason’s character had stayed together, this might be the sequel.”

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That might not have been worth posting, save for this juicy Forgetting Sarah Marshall update.

Segel’s character in FSM, Peter Bretter, has a blog and it’s not just a little creepy. Check it out, it’s got some hilarious Segelisms. I see a lot of himself in all the characters he plays—his love of Les Miserables, singing into a camera ala Lily’s “goodnight tape”, his love for the occult—it’s all there. Plus, we get these two videos:

Worth noting: www.ihatesarahmarshall.com redirects to the same blog. Could this be a viral marketing stunt where “Peter Bretter” changes focus on his blog just before the film’s premiere?

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Yesterday was a little serious so let’s lighten up today with a little irreverence, How I Met Your Mother style.

Watch this clip from The Onion where an FCC representative details the differences between lewd and artistic displays of nudity on television. Where’s the line drawn? Right across Alyson Hannigan’s bosom.

My favorite moment:

“That would be acceptable?”
“That would be beautiful.”

Enjoy.

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Neil Patrick Harris filled in for Regis Philbin on the day Ryan Reynolds was visiting. Friends in real life, the interview had a great give-and-take rhythm. I’m a huge fan of Reynolds, unabashedly so. I saw Definitely, Maybe and it’s actually very good.

Kudos to reader Misha who had some very nice things to say about the site, the show, and recommended I check out this clip. Thanks Misha!

PS. Who’s that annoying trophy wife sitting to NPH’s left? She reminds me of the woman at the bar who always follows up the funny thing someone says with the most boring statement you’ve ever heard and is met with only silence.

PPS. Reynolds is rumored to have been cast as Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I’m all a twitter about the film since it also stars will.i.am, Liev Schreiber, and Taylor Kitsch (Gambit!!) It’s also directed by Gavin Hood (who’s been all artsy up till now making films like Tsotsi.) Hoo-ray!

PPPS. I wish there was a clip with better audio than this. At first, I thought maybe there was just a loud A.C. running in the background but it’s almost rhythmic which makes me think it’s actually some evil German techno beat.

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He recently appeared on Sesame Street as “The Shoe Fairy”, he attended the Victoria Secret Fashion Show with Jeremy Piven, he loves puppets, and he does a mean Regis Philbin impression.

He seems like a really funny guy. I’d have a beer with him.

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I haven’t watch this yet but I just found it and wanted to get it up for everyone to see. “Red Band” means the trailer is R rated so if you’re young or easily offended or at work, you’ve been warned. I’ll update once I watch it.

What do we think?

More on the movie here, here, and here.

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Do you know how you can tell it’s been a slow time for How I Met Your Mother news? Normally I wouldn’t post about the HD release of an early 90s cult indie film that happens to star Neil Patrick Harris.

The film, called “Animal Room“, stars Neil Patrick Harris and Matthew Lillard. It will be released by Vanguard Cinema on HD DVD this April 22. Some more info, via highdefdigest:

Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Matthew Lillard, the dark crime thriller ‘Animal Room’ saw only a limited theatrical release back in 1995 but has since amassed a small cult following on video. First released on standard-def DVD back in 2001, Vanguard has set an April 22 street date for the HD DVD.

I’ve never heard of this movie before today. It doesn’t sound very good to me though. Has anyone seen it? I found a montage of clips on youtube (see below) to job the memory.

Hopefully the strike will end so we can start talking about new episodes of the show again.

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Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind such fine cinema as Super Troopers and Beerfest, has a new movie in production called “Broken Lizard’s The Slammin’ Salmon”. I smell Oscar…

Alongside Michael Clark Duncan, the movie will star Morgan Fairchild. Lance Henriksen, Vivica A. Fox, and Cobie Smulders. That’s right, our favorite Canadian will be on the big screen.

The movie is set in a Miami restaurant owned by Cleon “Slammin’” Salmon (Michael Clarke Duncan), a brutal former heavyweight boxing champion who institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night. The winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.

What do we think? I’ve never seen any of these movies so I can’t really speak to their themes or style. I’ll probably check it out just to support Smulders though.

via Moviehole.net, who could really have found a better picture of Cobie.

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There are a lot of videos about the writers strike deliberations. This is the first one I’ve seen with Josh Radnor however. He’s got his breakup beard and does not appreciate puppets.

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Warning: this trailer is restricted and has naughty language and some nudity. There’s another trailer thats a bit cleaner (and, to me, better) here.

What do we think? I’ve actually never seen the first one. It looks like Neil Patrick Harris is a riot in the movies though. I’m a big John Cho fan so I might have to check this out.

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay comes out on April 25, 2008.

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