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David Hasslehoff is Jekyll AND Hyde

2 June 2009 189 views 9 Comments

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Allow me to take a couple minutes of your life and introduce you to one of my favorite things. A compilation of scenes from the recorded Broadway stage version of David Hasslehoff starring in Jekyll & Hyde the musical (BREATHE)! If this series of clips doesn’t put a grin on your grill then you are dead inside. Please pay special attention to his TRANSFORMATION scene.

I once met Mr. Hasslehoff in the most surreal of environments. It was the Playboy mansion. I was there through a connection at work, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the magazine (that should tell you it was a huge party). I was enjoying myself and sucking down jell-o shots off the trays of painted naked ladies, when across the room I spied a figure in all  black leather. My jaw hit the floor. It was him. The man who’s DVD I had found so many years ago, that had given my friends and I so many intoxicated nights of belly laughs. It was Jekkyll and Hyde himself. DAVID FUCKING HASSLEHOFF! 

I was pretty drunk at this point, and the bunnies were paying very little attention to me, so I decided that I had to speak with this legend of the beach turned Broadway thespian. I walked right up to him and his entourage and planted myself in the group. Turning to David I said, “I just want you know, I’m a huge Jekyll and Hyde fan.” That sentence was all it took. The Hoff’s eyes grew so wide that I covered my face in fear they would explode, covering me in celebrity eye juice. The Hoff proceeded to tell me how J&H was the role of a lifetime for him and how much he loved the classic tale. He talked and talked. For 20 minutes I stood there while David H. Christ Hasslehoff talked to me about this show, Robert Louis Stevenson, the duality of man, and singing while playing two characters at once. When it was over I was in a blurry trance (or just really damn drunk). I stumbled around the party not sure what just happened. What a most curious evening here at the house that Hugh built. Most curious indeed.

Much Love

Travis

  • http://youtube.com./user/nightie82 Hanne

    Hahah.. I believe that this is the point where I say that this is VERY quickly becoming my favourite blog. David Hasselhoff is like the king of cheese.. oh to have met him *dreams*

  • http://www.freewebs.com/iggy35/ iggy35

    After 10 minutes of head scratching, the choice of words that I use are very important…and the word I choose is…Woah!

  • flamingcat

    THANK YOU! I have tried and tried and *tried* to introduce friends to this and they refuse to even take 30 seconds to watch the glory that is the transformation scene. You’re the only other person I’ve ever even read about having even watched it, let alone owned it.

  • travis

    I’ve watched the entire show from start to finish. We do highlights all the time. Priceless!

  • http://www.youtube.com/naughtypuppetshow NaughtyPuppetShow

    Oh My C H E R , That was an, um, er, ahem… zoinks(!) performance by the ‘Hoff. :-)

  • Tamsin-Emillie

    OMG! This is slightly remanisent of the video of him with a hamburger…My favourite line is “OH GOD!” how brilliant!!!
    I like the added touch of one side of his hair up and one down, very AMAZING!
    And the fact that it was a role of a life time for him…Really?! Really?!
    THANKYOU SO MUCH FOR THIS!!!!=D

  • Sara

    You never disappoint me. To hear this story and watch the attached video I realize the greatness of you. How luck I am to be able to call you “friend” and how wonderful the world is for having you on this planet.

    Smoke up everyone’s ass is good once in awhile.

  • cierrablue

    Maybe you were just being funny and this was really a dis on him and I’m just too lame to see it. But I watched the clip and really enjoyed it. In fact, I loved it. So, maybe I’m not cool and I have lousy taste and everyone is going to laugh when they read this but I honestly thought it was great. I wish I could watch the whole thing.

  • travis

    Ah, Cierra, no worries. A variety of tastes and opinions are what make everyone unique! It seems some will take the hilarity of this clip with them and others will be warmed by it. I guess we never know.