From time to time our favorite personalities may decide it's time to take a break from their day job and take a stab at the small screen. For the most part I consider these attempts to be a disaster. (I'm looking at you How I Met Your Mother) But other times it can end up being a pleasent almost even enjoyable surprise. The following is a list of some of my favorite guest appearances from big names taking their shot at the small screen.

Zooey Deschanel

You know her for: ELF, The Happening
Your should see her in: Weeds

Zooey Deschanel has spent most of her time in the movies
I’ve seen playing the role of your average girlfriend, or object of desire by a overgrown man elf. In fact, she is the kinda star that has the girl I could actually bump into on the street look and personality. However once I saw her in brief guest stint on weeds that was thrown away. She plays a free spirited wanderer who we think we all know or have in our life, but she is above and beyond any hippie that I have ever met. She walks a line of sex addict, maybe drug addict, and wild irresponsibilit that ultimatly leads to her leaving a 8 year old by himself to drive a van when she meets a trucker she wants to run away with.



Most Memorable line: “ I want to lick the spot where you toes used to be”







Daniel Radcliffe

You know him for: Harry Potter
You should see him in Extras

Extras is the kind of show that makes me want to believe that British television is superior to US television. Every week this show managed to get A list superstars to make complete fools out of themselves and do a great job at poking fun at actors and ego's at the same time. While I enjoy almost every episode of this show (to me the final send-off christmas episode was its' weakest) none made more laugh more than the image of Harry Potter running around a movie set trying to seduce the female extras, and being terrible at it.


Most memorable line: "I've done it with a girl. Intercourse wise"









Peyton Manning


You know him for: The NFL, A Superbowl


You should see him in: Anything he does outside of football


I always associated Peyton Manning with the stiffest personalities out there. The way he waves his arms around like an air traffice controller, and his almost inflectionless post game interviews really made me believe he may be a robot sent back in time to kill John Conner. But then he started doing commercials, followed by Saturday Night Live in which he mocked his own commercials. I searched all over to find a copy of his united way add to post here but it appears NBC has managed to make it dissapear off anything they don't own. Do yourself a favor and seach it out, its worth your time.



Your Favorite Celebrity

You know them for: Your favorite movies

You should see them in: Foreign comercials you were never meant to see.

It's long been an accepted practice in hollywood for big stars here to film commercials overseas shilling products they wouldn't be caught dead endorsing here in the states. These opportunities have, in the past, given these stars a chance to gain some extra money without resorting to tactics that would get them looked down upon by their peers on this side of the ocean. And best for these superstars they never had to worry about these mostly japanese spots ever airing on U.S shores. Well the uprising of youtube, and more importatnly Japander.com have made sure that we now get to enjoy these commercials over and over again. I encourage you pick your favorite star, head over to japander.com, and enjoy stars humiliating themselves for the almighty yen.