The Newlyrick Game

You may be aware that in the past year or so actors Sirs Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen have been spending a lot of time together, making memories and having fun.

They're the best famous old man friends out there, and the internet loves it.

Just recently the two played a version of The Newlywed Game. It's worth a watch, even if they do make some references that most 'Mericans might not understand.

Could we have replacement Ricks?

One of our most classically trained Ricks showed up on the Daily Show the other day

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It got me thinking about what if we had replacement Ricks (Rickplacements?)?

Would we end up with Toms and Jerrys instead of Ricks?  That would be problematic for Rick Show.

Or would the Ricks take over in place of Joes and Johns?

Patrick Stewart

So, we learned that Patrick Stewart can command numbers.  He also has a quite fanciful handle on the alphabet:

Patrick Stewart

(ed. note:  Pat"rick"?  Yep.  I'm going there)

Patrick Stewart is knighted.  Don't forget that.  He's classically trained.  He has done a lot of Shakespeare.  Then he did a lot of Star Trek.  Then you know him from the X-Men movies.  He's also done a lot of voice work because, well, his voice is pretty darn good.  He also stopped by to help the Count out: