November 03, 2005
Dude. That's deep.

I believe the proper response, upon reading this story of Earl Hickey of NBC's My Name Is Earl and Hugo "Hurley" Reyes of ABC's Lost as the slacker Everyman is "Dude. There's like a thesis or something in that." That is all.

(Will we ever learn how Hurley got his nickname? Leave your theories as to its origin in the comments.)

Posted by Charles Kuffner on November 03, 2005 to TV and movies | TrackBack
Comments

We're going to find out in the season-ending Big Twist that he's actually former Duke point guard Bobby Hurley, gone to seed.

Posted by: Pete on November 3, 2005 8:44 AM

Dude, Hurley worked in a fast-food restaurant. The mind leaps to conclusions.

Posted by: Jason on November 3, 2005 9:03 AM

As over-analysis goes, that article's pretty good. If you asked Abrams, though, he might just say "I liked Jorge." As I recall, he read for the part and was signed the moment the reading was done.

Posted by: Linkmeister on November 3, 2005 2:30 PM

I thought we were already told its because of the surfer shirts? Maybe I am ahead of myself...I am already just way bummed dude when I read about [this http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117932037?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0]. I guess everyone sells out eventually...:(

Posted by: Michelle on November 3, 2005 2:58 PM