Heroes on the Net: Top 5 Pieces of Content Created By The Cast of Heroes

As you know, we are a fan-created production based around Heroes.  As our disclaimer at the end of our episodes says, “We are in no way associated with Tim Kring, NBC, or in anyway directly involved with Heroes.”  Would we like to be?  Hell yes.  Sadly, we are not.

However, for the purpose of this blog, I’d like to highlight those members of the Heroes cast that go above and beyond the call of contract and reach out to fans over the internet.

These productions are “home-made”, as in the actors, for the most part, either make or participate in these productions themselves, on their own time.

The following is a Top 5 (5 being good, 1 being amazing) list of content created by Heroes’ actors:

5.  “Rapper’s Delight” - Greg Grunberg (from celebrity group Band From TV)

This video is amazing.  It’s not just amazing because of the special guest vocals from Jorge Garcia, the rockin’ bass from Adrian Pasdar, or even the awesome blues piano skills from Hugh Laurie during “Shake Ya Tail Feathers”.  What makes this performance truly phenomenal is the same thing that makes an Oreo cookie absolutely delicious:

The delicious, white, creamy middle.

In the middle of this final closing song to what seems to be a fantastic concert full of special guests, delicious, creamy-white Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman on Heroes) recites a series of lines from “Rapper’s Delight” WHILE playing the drums.  The only thing even close to “average” about this band is the main vocalist (who’s main credit includes The Bachelor), and this performance was NOT a letdown.  Check this out.

4.  “Star Wars/Comic-Con” - Milo Ventimiglia

So, there are a variety of things that make this video hilarious.  Unfortunately, one of the main ones is Russ, Milo’s friend who does not actually count as a “Heroes” cast member.  Therefore, this seemingly top-tier video has to be dropped to fourth place due to its heavy use of outside sources.

Despite it being fourth place, seeing Peter Petrelli as a Jedi solves a lot of Heroes questions. 
Also, why didn’t Russ play Doyle?

3.  “Mail bag!” - Brea Grant

It’s no suprise that Brea would crop up on the list after I so highly talked of her website in both my recent interview with her and the latest podcast episode.  Brea really epitomizes geek chic.  Chic as in the style, not internet slang for “girl” or the Canine Health Information Center.

She uses her website and blog to interact with fans in such a natural way.  One of the best ways she’s found to do this lately is through her “mail bag!” segment.  Sure its easy enough to answer e-mails on a blog, but Brea takes it a step further by reading them on screen!  She then loads them up on YouTube so that you know that it, in fact, is her.

2.  “Dr. Oh No” - Adrian Pasdar

Clever James Bond reference be damned, Adrian Pasdar can make some videos!  His channel on Youtube (perhaps even more hilarious) “buckshotwon” showcases videos from the life and times of Adrian Pasdar, usually from the perspective of himself.  The best of these deal with the Heroes set.

This particular video is no exception.  “Dr. Oh No” came out almost two months before the season premiere of Heroes: Villains but provided some shocking insight into the character of Dr. Mohinder Suresh.  I’m not going to lie, its where my original thoughts of “Spiderman Suresh” came from. I didn’t just pull that out of my ass like the Heroes writers did.

The music also adds a slight bit of irony to the mix as at the time of the video’s release, nobody quite understood why the song was used besides the apparent comedy of using such a ridiculous song to show the setting.  Now we know that it actually exists as a reference to Suresh’s mad hormone levels as a side effect of giving himself powers that lead to sexual interactions between himself and Maya which, fittingly, resulted in him “webbing” her. I can only assume that the line “I hope my boyfriend don’t mind it” is referring to Matt Parkman.

What makes Adrian’s videos really rise above the rest is the level of quality the videos present.  While there are some that are short, sweet, and mostly unedited, there are many that have a variety of cuts and edits which provide a sense of drama, as shown in this video.

1.  “Crazy Bunny” - Milo Ventimiglia

I’m not going into the background of why the video exists, you can find that out for yourselves. I’m also not going to explain why its number one, it’s obvious.

‘Nuff said.

Edit:

Honorable Mention
“Grunny TEARS IT UP” from Adrian Pasdar (filming) and Greg Grunberg