Yesterday my hubby and I attended a wedding, and Ryan Hansen was there.  I wasn't completely suprised; Ryan's wife is from San Diego, and the two of them had lived here for a long time - up until recently, I believe.  They were friends of the bride, who is also a San Diego-based actress.  When I saw him from across the room, I felt momentarily 16.  How pathetic is that??!?

Anyway, he totally looked like Dick.  The hair was the same, it was a Dick-esque outfit, and even his behavior on the dance floor was reminiscent of some of the Dick-isms we saw on TV.  The one major difference??  He was TOTALLY sweet.  I went up to him during the cocktail hour and introduced myself, and said that I had enjoyed him on the show.  One of the first things he said was, "THANK YOU for watching the show!"  And then he met my husband, and he was like, "I feel like I totally know you!"  And my hubby goes, "Yeah, we've met before, when I was doing [name of show] at [name of theatre company]."  And Ryan goes, "Oh yeah - I remember you - you were awesome!"  He introduced us to his wife, who is beautiful and tiny - no surprises there - and then we just started chatting about what he's been up to lately.  Turns out they were staying at Chris Lowell's house, so we talked about how his new show, Private Practice or whatever the hell it's called.  I mentioned that I heard the reviews of the pilot weren't good, and he said that he had heard the same, but apparently they were working to fix things.  And then we talked about "Jay" (who, if you remember, is kinda-sorta friends with my husband too), and we all were like, "Yeah, Moonlight.  Hmmmmm."  I think we all just agreed that it was a pretty hackneyed storyline, but that we all hoped for Jason's sake that it would do well.  

And then I asked about him, and he said he was working on a movie with Danny De Vito, who plays his father.  I remarked on the resemblance, and he laughed and said, "Well, Katey Segal plays my mom, so I guess that's supposed to balance it out."  I was like, "Peggy Bundy, huh?  ROCK ON."  And then I realized that he was much younger than me and probably didn't watch Married With Children.  And suddenly I felt very, very old.

But Ryan and Amy were super, super cool, and I'm really glad we got to meet and talk to them.  I know the show is over, but I think anyone who worked on it would be happy to know that it made a few of us happy.