Niska is somebody's grandpa. by dreadpirate

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Niska is somebody's grandpa.

POSTED BY: DREADPIRATE
UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2006 14:17
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Sunday, December 10, 2006 3:39 PM

Hey all! I'm sort of a newbie to the forum in that I've been more or less lurking until now, but I've come out of the shadows to tell you all something funny.

I was watching TV the other day and amongst the legions of holiday commercials I saw one for Hallmark that was starring none other than Adelai Niska. Or, erm, the actor that plays him (I often confuse Firefly with reality). The plot of the commercial is that a little girl and her grandpa are decorating the Christmas tree together, and she teaches him what an MP3 player is while he shows her what a transistor radio is. Meanwhile the mom is watching and smiling at the adorable scene. But does that little girl know that her gramps is out torturing people by night? I don't think so.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:28 PM

FLORALBUNNY

Michael Fairman.
I dream of going to a con where he's a guest
and I can get a photo of him threatening me.
Haven't seen the commercial. Sounds cute,
particularly since we know what he really
does.
Wonder if he was cast by someone who'd seen FF?

bun
~Bastards singed my turtle~

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:59 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Funny

Grandpa tell me again about your reputation, please.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:39 PM

FASTMOVER

This little girl, she doesn't do the job. My daughter's daughter, I'm getting an earful at dinner, there's no avoiding that.

Josh Gray

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 5:55 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Wow, I definitely saw that commercial and didn't even notice that it was him! I guess I have to start paying better attention to these things...

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:07 PM

STEAMER

Well, odds are he wasn't speaking with a Czech accent in the commercial, so we'll let it slide on that note.

Then again - per-maybe-haps we've met the real Niska??? Snerk snerk snerk.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:07 PM

KELAI

That commercial plays here all the timeand inever noticed it.... i feel stupid!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:50 PM

YINYANG

You were busy trying to get yourself lit on fire. It happens.

Quote:
Originally posted by asortafairytale:
Wow, I definitely saw that commercial and didn't even notice that it was him! I guess I have to start paying better attention to these things...

Quote:
Originally posted by Kelai:
That commercial plays here all the timeand inever noticed it.... i feel stupid!

Me, three.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:14 PM

DREADPIRATE

Quote:
Originally posted by Fastmover:
This little girl, she doesn't do the job. My daughter's daughter, I'm getting an earful at dinner, there's no avoiding that.

Josh Gray

hahahahhaha!!! I laughed out loud when I read this!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:16 PM

DREADPIRATE

Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer:
Welcome aboard, Dreadpirate! If you haven't done so already, contact FollowMal for a virtual browncoat with all the trimmings.

Hey, thanks for the welcome! How do I find a specific member on this board so I can get in touch?

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 7:26 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

Go to:
http://www.fireflylabs.ca/misc/fffsearch.html
and type in their screen name.

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:16 PM

DREADPIRATE

thanks!

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:35 PM

VERSEEXPLORER

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Sunday, December 10, 2006 9:45 PM

AGENTRUSCO

Creepy.

He was in an X-Files episode. Had an accent then too. And also a wee bit shady. Was a time traveling episode on season six or seven. Yes. That's all.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 12:23 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Excuse the double post.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 12:23 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I searched high and low and all the while this commercial was on the Hallmark site. Here's the commercial if anybody hasn't seen it yet.

http://www.hallmark.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ArticleView?catalogI
d=10051&storeId=10001&searchValue=commercial&pageName=%2FHallmarkSite%2FGoldCrownStores%2FCommercials%2FCOMMERCIALS_HOME_PAGE

It's the one in the middle.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 12:28 AM

TEACHDAIRE

I've seen him as a Con guest. He was at Serenity 3 earlier this year.

Nice guy with a light New York accent, until he put on the Czech accent, at which point his whole character changes. Very creepy when he does that.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 1:29 AM

EVILBUNGLE

I always imagined he had a family at home, I think it adds to the horror as it takes a certain kind of psycho to slash someone by day then turn round and act like they have been sat in an office when they get home to the kids!! (Does that make sence?)

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Monday, December 11, 2006 1:39 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Quote:
Originally posted by EvilBungle:
(Does that make sence?)

You spelled cents wrong. Your right though. Kinda like American Psycho.

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Monday, December 11, 2006 3:21 AM

GOMITHROUS

Wow, that's a really creepifying image. I can imagine what he got her for Christmas, "The Complete Works of Shan Yu".

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Monday, December 11, 2006 6:33 AM

AGENTRUSCO

Sense? Cents? Damn, not an English major anymore, can't pull that card...

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Monday, December 11, 2006 2:17 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Quote:
Originally posted by dreadpirate:
Hey, thanks for the welcome! How do I find a specific member on this board so I can get in touch?

You can also just go to the "My Firefly" link at the top of the screen, delete your name in the adress at the top of your window, and type in the name of the person you want to find.

Oh, and in the context that you used it in, it should be sense, not cents or sence.

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