I remember an episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun where Dick gives an eulogy about someone that everyone hates (edit: everyone hates the guy that died, not the speech). I remember it as being such a beautiful speech. Every once and a while I look around on the intertubes for what episode it was. Tonight I was able to figure it out. Apparently it was called "Body & Soul & Dick" and was Episode #8 (internal production code 113).
For the life of me, I can't find anywhere that eulogy appears. The best that I've come is forum posts asking the same question in 2002 and pointing to a currently broken website that looks like it was last updated in 2001. *sigh* I don't actually want to buy that series just to find that 1 minute. Perhaps I'll rent it.
Just a note: if you can't think of the word "eulogy", can you imagine how hard it was for me to figure out the by just using words like "funeral" "3rd rock from the sun" and "dick". Sometimes the interweb is not a forgiving place when you're unable to come up with the right keywords. :-(
HA HA HA HA HA...
ReplyDelete"Dick: (looks at his original speech, gives up and puts it in his jacket
ReplyDeletepocket) How... can we honour the memory... of a man like Leonard Hanlin?
Well... (Looks into space, wondering how to put it politely. Mary and Father
Brice also look off into space, as they have no idea either)... He was governed
by the laws of physics; as are all living things. It is a scientific fact that
hearts and clocks slow down as they approach the speed of light. The point at
which matter is converted into pure energy. Dr. Hanlin's heart approached that
speed on Friday evening. 7:57... according to the coroner. Converting his
matter into energy. Into pure, white light. 'Though he is no longer with us...
he is all around us.
(Dick steps down from the podium, and goes to sit next to Mary, who is looking
astounded)
Mary: That was absolutely beautiful. (Puts a hand to her heart, and leaves)
(Tommy, Sally and Harry, who are sitting in the row behind Dick, lean forward.)
Tommy: 'Matter to energy'?!
Sally: Could you have been more trite?
Harry: Why didn't you just phone it in?"
Thank you! That's what I've been looking for. :-D
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