Wanted: Walter Bishop

Fringe's Peter, Walter, and Olivia in New FOX Super Bowl Ad

Enjoy the appearances of Olivia, Peter, and Walter in this brandy-new FOX Super Bowl add that just popped up on YouTube.
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Sneak Peek 3x12 "Concentrate & Ask Again"

Here's the first sneak peek for the next episode of Fringe

Fringe: Walter's Phone Messages

This is a compilation of three "Walter's Phone" videos. The assorted messages are mostly humorous, but there are a few hidden Easter eggs. UPDATED: Now includes all four clips!

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Deep In The Lab by Walter Bishop, Part 3

IGN has the exclusive part 3 of Deep In The Lab by Dr. Walter Bishop, a spoof of SNL's "Deep Thoughts". This week's episode is about proper toothbrush hydration.

You can see part one and two of Deep in The Lab here.

Deep In The Lab by Walter Bishop, Part 2

Fox's official Fringe website has released part 2 of Deep In The Lab by Dr. Walter Bishop, a spoof of SNL's "Deep Thoughts".

You can see part one of Deep in The Lab here.

Deep In The Lab by Walter Bishop

The Fox's official Fringe website has a new video featuring Walter Bishop spoofing "Deep Thoughts", in this first of hopefully many Deep In The Lab by Dr. Walter Bishop videos.

FYI, "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey" was a skit on Saturday Night Live in the 90s, featuring humorous and absurd insights. Here's one of my favorites:

Walter's Song From Unleashed - Menagerie

In the Fringe episode Unleashed, Walter recalls a song that he used to sing to his dog Rufus (which suffered from night terrors. )

The song he sings is called "Van Amburghs Menagerie", a popular song in the late 19th century about a menagerie (traveling zoo.)

Here are the lyrics that Walter sings, as he goes to confront the monster in the sewer:

Van Amburgh is the man, who goes to all the shows
He goes into the lion's cage, and tells you all he knows;
He sticks his head in the lion's mouth,and keeps it there a-while,
And when he pulls it out again, he greets you with a smile.
...
That Hyena in the next cage, most terrible to relate,
Got awful hungry the other day, and ate up his female mate;
He’s a very ferocious beast, don't go near him little boys,
For when he's angry he shakes his tail, and makes this awful noise.

Click here to read the full lyrics

Van Amburgh is the man, who goes to all the shows
He goes into the lion's cage, and tells you all he knows;
He sticks his head in the lion's mouth,and keeps it there a-while,
And when he pulls it out again, he greets you with a smile.

Chorus:
The elephant goes around, The band begins to play,
The boys around the monkey's cage had better get out of the way.

First comes the African Polar Bear, oft called the Iceberg's Daughter,
She eats three cakes of ice per day then calls for soda water;
She wades in the water up to her knees, not fearing any harm,
You may growl and grumble as much as you please, and she don't give a "darn."

That Hyena in the next cage, most terrible to relate,
Got awful hungry the other day, and ate up his female mate;
He’s a very ferocious beast, don't go near him little boys,
For when he's angry he shakes his tail, and makes this awful noise.
(imitate growling)

Next comes the Anaconda Boa Constrictor, oft called Anaconda for brevity,
He's known throughout the whole wide world for his age and great longevity;
He can swallow himself, crawl into himself, and crawl out again with facility,
He can tie himself into a double-bow-knot with his tail, and smile with the greatest facility.

The peacock is a pretty bird, his tail is wondrous fine,
The Jay bird and the jackdaw are mad to see it shine,
The Kangaroos are jumping, and rattling the cage door,
Look out ye little boys, for the lion's going to roar.

The monkey in the next cage, is cuffing his little brother,
He's not to blame for doing that, for he learned it of his mother;
The skin of his face is drawn so tight, and coverv'd o're with kinks,
And when he winks, he's sure to gape, and when he gapes he winks.

Next comes the Great Vulture, awful bird, from highest mountain's top,
He's been known to eat up little girls, and then to lick his chops;
The performance can't go on, there's too much noise and confusion,
Ladies don't feed those monkeys cakes, you'll ruin their constitutions.

(alternate)
The last is the eagle, from the highest mountain tops,
He's been known to eat up little birds, and here his history stops;
The performance can't go on, there's too much noise and confusion,
If the ladies give them monkeys fruit, it will injure their constitution.

BTW, Menagerie is also this week's Star Trek reference - the name of the only two-part episode from the original series.

Fringe: Best Of 2008 Lists

Walter Bishop is nominated for Best New TV Character of 2008 over at BuzzSugar.com. He's got some pretty stiff competition ahead of him right now: Owen of Grey's Anatomy, Megan of Privileged, and Holly of The Office (BTW, who isn't even on the show anymore - and likely won't be back...). So head on over and vote for Walter, or the papaya gets it!

On TV.com, Walter made the Top 10 Shiny New Supporting Characters, coming in at #7.

And Fringe won TV.com's reader poll of Best New Fall Show! Congratulations!

BuddyTV.com has Joshua Jackson on it's TV's 50 Sexiest Men of 2008, at #41

Entertainment Weekly picked Fringe as #7 on their 10 Best TV Shows of 2008

Dr. Bishop vs. Dr. House

This amusing clip features Dr. Walter Bishop from Fringe, and Dr. Gregory House from House.

What Would You Ask Walter?

FOX has scheduled a conference call tomorrow with actor John Noble, better known as Dr. Walter Bishop, to discuss the upcoming all-new episodes of FRINGE and his character’s surprising return to the mental institution!

I've been invited to take part, so if you have any questions you would like me to ask Walter, leave them in the comments, and I will try my best to get them answered.

The Wonderful World Of Walter

Check out this amusing montage of Walter-isms. What is your favorite Walter moment?

Fringe Promotional Photos: Episode 1.01 - Pilot

Fox released these "episodic photos" from the Pilot episode of FRINGE, which premiers Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

* Thanks to SpoilerTV. Photo credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/FOX

Fringe Preview Comic: Character Profiles

The FRINGE Preview comic given out at Comic-con, contains profiles of the main characters in Fringe (in addition to a Massive Dynamic ad, and a prequel comic ...coming soon...)

The characters Olivia Dunham, Peter Bishop, Walter Bishop, Charlie Francis, Phillip Broyles, John Scott, Nina Sharp, and Astrid Farnsworth are all profiled, with their Age, Birthplace, Education, Occupation, and quotes like this gem from Dr. Bishop: They have this... horrible pudding. This butterscotch pudding on Mondays. It's dreadful.

John Noble - Dr. Walter Bishop

John Noble plays the lead role of Dr. Walter Bishop: scientist, institutionalized, resembles Fox's "House," a mix of Frankenstein and Albert Einstein, ...



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PRESS:

John Noble (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) has been tapped as one of the three leads in "Fringe," Fox's high-profile sci-fi drama from J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.

The Hollywood Reporter says "The Wire" co-star Lance Reddick also has been cast in the project produced by Warner Bros. TV and Abrams' Bad Robot.

The two-hour pilot, being directed by Alex Graves, centers on a young female FBI agent who is forced to confront the spread of unexplained phenomena and work with Dr. Walter Bishop (Noble), an institutionalized scientist whose work might be at the center of the coming storm. - ComingSoon

... Driving the show will be the Walter Bishop character, a larger-than-life figure who bears some resemblance to the titular character in Fox's "House." In the pilot, he's in a mental hospital.

"Imagine that your father is Frankenstein mixed with Albert Einstein," Orci said. "He's someone who has the mental ability to solve so many problems but is so different that communicating with them is almost impossible." - ComingSoon