Ian Abercrombie: Class Act
At work this week I got to meet Ian Abercrombie, who has a recurring guest role on our show.

Of course, if you're me, you know him best as the wiseman from Army of Darkness. But I didn't want to be a goober and gush all over him about what a big fan I am of the film. After all, the movie is special to me the other cult fanboys, but I figured, to a guy with close to 200 IMDb credits, it was just another paycheck 16 years ago.

But yesterday he struck up a conversation with me about how he's tired this week because he's working on two projects simultaneously: our show and The Clone Wars as Chancellor Palpatine. Taking advantage of a rare opportunity to talk to "the talent" I went ahead and gushed all over him about what a big fan I am of Army of Darkness. He then regaled me with anecdotes about the shooting of the film in Acton, CA, and stories about hanging out with "Sam and Bruce."

When I saw him today, he was like, "Hey, I have something for you. I just found it in a drawer and I thought of you." It was an Army of Darkness photo card of the wiseman, which I then had him sign for me.



Ian Abercrombie is a totally awesome guy.