Jack & Bobby - Peter/John Love#7: What in the world will John do next?

jsrocks · 08-18-2005, 02:10 PM

Welcome to the appreciation thread for Peter Benedict, Grace's conservative, off-putting employer, and John Slattery, the under-appreciated actor who plays him. Feel free to discuss anything related to this wonderful actor and man!

Hotpants Love

With John it's not just the looks that we care about! He's hilarious

and incredibly intelligent, which is very appealing!

He can make complex dialogues sound natural when he's acting and has a certain presence about him that just makes you want to be around him all the time.

We've also heard from numerous sources that he his an incredibly nice guy! He likes baseball which is A-O-K with those of us who like the NYY b/c it's always fun to have rivalries!

John also has incredible talent! Before we grow old and die we will make it a life goal for all of us John fans to see him during a play of some sort in New York (Broadway or Off B-Way). We bet it would be amazing to see him in the theatre.

On screen John can go from the film medium to tv and make it look natural. Last but not least.....He is the most gorgeous man alive!!!!!!!!!!!

A Little About Our Favorite Actor
(summary provided by Lycos.com, TheWB.com, and editied by Shelly)
A tall, attractive character player and occasional leading man, John Slattery has worked steadily since landing his first regular TV series gig in 1988 as one of titular commandos in "The Dirty Dozen: The Series" (Fox). Since then the Massachusetts native has enjoyed a variety of roles on stage, in films and on television. Slattery offered strong support to Nathan Lane in Terrence McNally's Off-Broadway drama "The Lisbon Traviata" in 1989 and returned to TV series work in the short-lived espionage-themed "Under Cover" (ABC, 1991). He fared a bit better as union organizer Al Kahn in the WWII-era serial "Homefront" (ABC, 1991-93).

In between his 1991 series stints, Slattery began his long and fruitful association with playwright Richard Greenberg, co-starring in the author's play "The Extra Man". (He subsequently played Charles Van Doren in Greenberg's examination of the 1950s quiz show scandals "Night and Her Stars" in 1995 and won critical praise in the dual roles of a father and son in "Three Days of Rain" in 1997). In 1993, Slattery made his Broadway debut as a TV show writer patterned on Larry Gelbart in Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical "Laughter on the 23rd Floor", which starred Nathan Lane as a Sid Caesar-like star. He went on to offer stalwart support to Sally Field in her return to TV drama in the miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means" (NBC, 1995). After appearing as a suitor to Mary Stuart Masterson's "Lily Dale" in the 1996 Showtime adaptation of Horton Foote's play, the actor made his feature film debut in a supporting role in "City Hall" (also 1996). Slattery portrayed Walter Mondale in the acclaimed 1998 HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon". He delivered a terrific turn as Miguel Ferrer's despondent partner in a private detective agency in "Where's Marlowe?" (1998) and then segued back to the small screen as a sexy veterinarian who catches the eye of Ann Cusack's "Maggie" in that 1998 Lifetime sitcom.

After the demise of "Maggie", Slattery was in demand as a guest player on TV, turning in several memorable performances, including playing Will's estranged brother on "Will & Grace" in 1999 and a blue-collar worker romancing a movie actress in "To Catch a Falling Star" (CBS, 2000). He had a recurring role as Amy's estranged husband on the CBS drama "Judging Amy" during its first season (1999-2000) and offered an hilarious turn as a politician with kinky sex habits dating Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie in the HBO sitcom "Sex and the City" in 2000. Slattery returned to the Great White Way in the fall of 2000 to co-star with Juliette Binoche and Liev Schreiber in a revival of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal". Slattery most recently appeared in Mike Newell's Mona Lisa Smile and the HBO series K Street, produced by George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh. Other feature credits include Bad Company, with Anthony Hopkins, last year's Sundance Award-winner The Station Agent, Mirimax Films' Havana Nights, Soderbergh's Traffic, Sleepers, City Hall and Eraser.

Slattery's memorable television appearances include Sex and the City, From The Earth To The Moon, Will & Grace, Masterpiece Theatre's A Death in the Family and Ed, and Jack & Bobby. He recently filmed the A&E television movie The Brooke Ellison Story, directed by Christopher Reeve.

John Slattery’s Milestones
Raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts in Newton and Wellesley.
*1988 TV series debut as regular, "The Dirty Dozen: The Series" (Fox); among co-stars was Jon Tenney.
*1989 Acted in the Off-Broadway play "The Lisbon Traviata", starring Nathan Lane.
*1991 Co-starred in the ABC series "Under Cover".
*1991 Appeared in Richard Greenberg's play "The Extra Man".
*1991-1993 Played regular role of Al Kahn on the ABC period drama "Homefront".
*1993 Broadway debut in Neil Simon's "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"; played Kenny, a writer patterned on Larry Gelbart; play starred Nathan Lane.
*1995 Had featured role in the NBC miniseries "A Woman of Independent Means".
*1995 Portrayed Charles Van Doren in Richard Greenberg's Off-Broadway play "Night and Her Stars", about the 1950s quiz show scandals.
*1996 Cast as Will, the suitor to Mary Stuart Masterson's "Lily Dale" (Showtime).
*1996 Feature film debut "City Hall".
*1996 Appeared as a Detective in the film "Eraser"
*1996 Appeared as a school teacher in the film "Sleepers"
*1997 Returned to series TV in the short-lived "Feds" (CBS).
*1997 Co-starred with Patricia Clarkson and Bradley Whitford in Richard Greenberg's drama "Three Days of Rain", produced at South Coast Repertory before moving to Off-Broadway.
*1998 Portrayed Walter Mondale in the HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon".
*1998 Played Miguel Ferrer's partner Murphy in the busted pilot "Where's Marlowe?"; after shooting additional footage, released as a feature film in 1999.
*1998 Co-starred as a goofy but sexy veterinarian in the Lifetime comedy series "Maggie".
*1999 Played Will's brother in a memorable two-part episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC).
Portrayed Amy's estranged (later divorced) husband in the CBS drama series "Judging Amy".
*2000 Appeared in the film "Traffic"
*2000 Starred opposite Sela Ward as a steelworker romancing a movie actress in "To Catch a Falling Star" (CBS).
*2000 Had recurring role as a politician with kinky sex habits romancing Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie in the HBO comedy "Sex and the City".
*2000 Returned to Broadway co-starring with Liev Schreiber and Juliette Binoche in "Betrayal".
*2002-2003 Guest Starred as Dennis Martino on the NBC series "Ed"
*2002 Cast in the film "Bad Company".
*2003 Featured in "The Station Agent".
*2003 Starred as Tommy Flannegan in the HBO series "K Street".
*2004 Played the father in the film "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights".
*2004 Played the boyfriend to Julia Robert's character in "Mona Lisa Smile"
*2004-2005 Starred as Peter Benedict in The WB series "Jack & Bobby"
*2005 Played Ed Ellison (Brooke Ellison's father) in the A&E television movie "The Brooke Ellison Story"
(provided by Hollywood.com & edited by Shelly)

*Fans of the Money Grubbing Whore and Sir Hotpants*
jsrocks - Shelly
happyinca - Meryl
rob'sbeotch - Rach
deathofacat - Cat
Andie_coffeeaddicted - Andie

Eye Candy:

Quotes:

Pilot:
(Jack spies someone moving into the President's house and hands the keyboard to Bobby)
Bobby: That's where the college president lives. The new one's moving in soon. Mom says he's a money-grubbing whore.

(Outside the party, Grace walks into a man)
Grace: Oh, gosh.
Peter: Sorry.
Grace: Sorry.
Peter: The party still going on?
Grace: Oh, God, save yourself. If you came for the entertainment, you're out of luck. That windbag Benedict? Didn't even bother to show up. And the rest of them? Embalmed.
Peter: Really, that bad, huh?
Grace: Worse, but hey. Party hearty.
Peter: You walking home?
Grace: Huh?
Peter: Alone?
Grace: The muggers are all students, they'd be scared to attack me.
Peter: Oh, wait a second. I'll walk with you.
Grace: What? Miss your first faculty party?
Peter: Well, like you said, the old windbag didn't even show up. What kind of party's that?
Grace: (Smiling) Okay.

Grace:Then they had to go and hire this President Benedict, this money grubbing whore. His sole talent is for streamlining and revenue increase! I mean, a University is not a widget company!
Peter: No!
Grace:No! And what has this guy ever done, except make money and destroy departments, right? Oh, but he looks good on paper! He's got his MBA, he's got his unblemished record!
Peter: What *has* this guy done?
Grace: I don't know, I can't recite the specifics, but he was one of the six faceless candidates on the shortlist, you know, each one less distinguished than the last. And I know enough to know what was in his CV. Ugh, please. A vast, safe banality all the decrepit trustees could embrace. Oh yeah, I know this guy.
Peter: Wow.

Peter: I'm Peter. Benedict. But! My friends? All call me the money grubbing whore. Goodnight, Grace.

Better Days:
Peter: Grace, I'm a Republican, I'm not a Communist. Say whatever you want.
Grace: Oh, God. You're a Republican?!

Friends With Benefits:
Peter (to Grace): Well, my first reaction is Rage, just 'throw-you-out-of-my-office Rage', but let's talk about my second reaction: Bewilderment!

Reasons we love Peter:
-He's a Money Grubbing Whore
-He's not a masagonist
-He's a concerned parent
-He's sly
-He's got a witty sense of humor
-He's really good to Bobby
-He was encouraging to Courtney about Nate
-He calmed Bobby down when he was unhappy
-He's got a cute crush on Grace
-He can DANCE!!!
-He always wears ties

Reasons we love John:
-He's yummy
-He's talented
-His hair actually makes him really sexy! (Plus the curls!)
-He's hilarious!
-He can play both political parties to perfection
-He can be serious and funny at the same time
-He's great at Broadway, television, and film!

Previous Threads
Peter Benedict/John Slattery Appreciation Thread #1
Peter Benedict/John Slattery Appreciation#2: Who says curls aren't suave and sexy?!
Peter/John Love#3:Who says you can't wear Adidas sandals to a Broadway Opening Night?
Peter/John Love#4:The mustache.....the hat.....we even like the beard!
Peter/John Love #5: Dance for us, Peter, dance!
Peter/John Love#6: We'd pay money just to hear him read the phone book!

Future Thread Titles..........
He's not a Republican, he just played one on tv!
Don't let the gray hair confuse you. He's only 42!
Hotpants Headquarters

John's Current Month TV Schedule
http://www.tv-now.com/stars/johnslat.html

Miscellaneous John stuff:
Watermarked but that doesn't get in the way of all the Gorgeousness!!!!!
More Gorgeousness!!!!
John at the "Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights" premiere in Los Angeles
Another one from the DD2 premiere
Picture of the cast of the Broadway play "Betrayal"
Photos of John from the play "Cakewalk"
"A Long Day's Journey into the Night" An article about a play John did w/ Sam Waterson from L&O
He decribes himself as a Massachusetts Democrat
CNN transcript of Howard Kurtz's show where they played a K Street clip
John's page at gettyimages.com If you want to find more pictures of him at gettyimages, spell his name "John Slatery" (people can't spell his name right)
DD2 premiere from starfileonline.com
John's page at filmmagic.com
Articles about the Sirius Satellite Radio play that he was a part of:
Official Sirius Satellite Radio site for Theater of the New Ear
http://www.beingcharliekaufman.com/index.htm?top.htm&0
http://www.youknowforkids.co.uk/newear.htm
http://www.livejournal.com/users/agnte/101654.html
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/94508.html

Here are more photo resources, you just have to type in his name to find them.
http://www.wireimage.com/
http://www.patrickmcmullan.com/
http://www.photorazzi.com/

Enjoy!!

happyinca · 08-18-2005, 07:27 PM

WOO-HOOO!!! A bright and shiny new thread for us to share our love for John!!!

Beautiful job with the intro as usual, Shelly!

I'm sure this thread will bring us happy news about Sir Hotpants real soon. And hopefully his next project will send more fans here to share the love (and pictures) of a truly gifted actor!

Meryl

jsrocks · 08-18-2005, 07:36 PM

OMG I Hope So!!!!!!

happyinca · 08-18-2005, 08:43 PM

In honor of our new John-love thread, I went to BB tonight and asked whether they have the Cash Crop DVD. The guy looked it up and said there was one copy in the previously-viewed section that someone traded in! So I bought it using my value card from DVDs that I had recently traded in, so it was free!

FREE JOHN SLATTERY!!!!

Meryl

jsrocks · 08-18-2005, 08:46 PM

I'm really happy for you but then at the same time I'm kind of tearing up b/c I want that dvd so bad!!!

for getting the dvd

I want the dvd too.

I'm joking!

I'll be cool.

See I have to be able to find it somewhere b/c I don't have a credit card right now (college student w/ unpaid internship).

hmm...I don't have a Blockbuster card but maybe I should stop in and see by chance that they have it in the same section you found it.

Ok I just checked online and now I am on a mission to find one! You should watch the commentary and tell me how sweet he sounds!

I know he sounds sweet all the time!

They stopped airing his GE commercial.

Too bad he doesn't do commentary for all his movies.

happyinca · 08-18-2005, 11:04 PM

Aw, I want you to have one, too!!

We'll find one for you. Don't you worry 'bout that...

...even if Hotpants has to deliver it to you himself!

Meryl

jsrocks · 08-19-2005, 05:33 AM

I'll try to find one around here.

Hi Meryl!

I sent you an email just now.

happyinca · 08-19-2005, 10:09 PM

OMG, I just watched the rest of the John's commentary on the Cash Crop DVD, and the second half was even better than the first!

Of course, I wish it was a visual commentary so we could see him, but I'm grateful to have this. And you will have it soon, too, Shelly! You will be listening to his commentary over and over again for months, I can tell you right now! He's very funny in it, but also asks some interesting questions to the director regarding the making of the film.

When you get the DVD, we'll have plenty to chat about on this thread! I can't wait to talk to you about some of the funny things he says in the commentary!

Meryl

happyinca · 08-20-2005, 06:27 PM

Hi Shelly!

Sorry for the double post, but this is urgent stuff: Shelly, please check your e-mail ASAP!!!

Meryl

jsrocks · 08-20-2005, 09:41 PM

Hey Meryl! I read the emails but I'll reply to them sometime tomorrow. I just got back and I'm super tired so I'm going to go to bed right now. I'll talk to you tomorrow!

Edit: Ok I just checked my emails again and I sent you a reply!

AWW I can't wait to watch the commentary on the dvd. He is so freakin' hilarious!!! And intelligent too so I bet he had some great things to say!

I'm so excited!!

***Andie*** · 08-21-2005, 09:20 AM

New thread. Thx for startin it Shel

I need to subscribe or I miss everything

jsrocks · 08-21-2005, 04:15 PM

No you just need to pop in here every so often!

happyinca · 08-21-2005, 08:42 PM

Do you guys like my new avi, or should I go back to my other one? (I'm on the fence about it. I just felt like a change.)

Meryl

jsrocks · 08-22-2005, 05:56 AM

Same guy

so it really doesn't matter what avi you use, just as long as it's a guy named Hotpants.

It's a new week. I think I'll switch mine up too.

I just

this picture of him! So Damn Hot in it!!!

happyinca · 08-22-2005, 06:58 AM

Yeah, he does look super-hot in that photo! When you compare that one to the avi I have up now, he looks like a totally different person!

Seeing your avi makes me want to change the one I have there now to something with a little more sizzle ... yep, that's what I'll do when I get home later.

Meryl