Chris Hardwick is talented?

You may recall Chris Hardwick as the sarcastic host of Singled Out on MTV. I'm pretty sure that Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra might have overshadowed him, but I thought he had some zingers in there that were funny. Despite dating Jacinda from the worst season of the Real World ever (LONDON), he couldn't help but basically disappear. Chris reimerged a few years ago as a sarcastic host of another reality dating show, the awful yet enveloping Shipmates. (Don't you love when things go horribly wrong on Day 1 and these people are trapped on a ship for 2 more days, forced to continue to be on a "date" from hell with a camera crew capturing every ackward conversation.) The only comment I remember making when I realized that the host of this catastrophe was none other than Chris "Singled Out" Hardwick was "man, he looks puffy!"

So imagine my surprise when he shows up as a lead character in the Rob Zombie horror classic, House of a 1,000 Corpses. If you haven't seen this movie, rent it. It's so fucked up it will make you smile real wide. Anyway, besides getting killed in Rob Zombie's slasher pic, what else has Chris been up to? Well, how about making music a la Tenacious D with a guy named Mark Phirman. Check out www.hardandphirm.com and see for yourself.

At the very least, click the title of this post and give the song about 2 minutes of your time. It's Rodeohead. And it's genius.