Jul 8 2008Hellboy Continues His Television Tour of Duty

I know it won't affect the quality of the movie, but man, Hellboy is losing some credibility. Ken has pointed out another Hellboy-somehow-meeting-characters-from-random-GE-owned-television-shows clip, this one introducing the evil-fighting demon to the guys from Ghost Hunters. Then I saw that AICN has news that he will also meet characters from The Office, Heroes, and Law & Order. Apparently GE is confusing cross-promotional synergy with giving the impression that Hellboy II involves the character getting sucked into the TV à la Stay Tuned.

But I figure, if GE is going to insert the character into something from every channel they own, I might as well help them out. Here are some ideas for further ill-conceived cross-overs:

CNBC - Hellboy finds himself on Mad Money with Jim Cramer, who chastises Hellboy for not diversifying his portfolio. Hellboy says, "Boo-yah."

Oxygen - Hellboy talks sex with Sue Johanson. She has suggestions for how he could please a woman with his giant stone hand (complete with lewd gestures), and it's typically uncomfortable because you're watching this old Canadian woman discuss fisting.

USA - Hellboy is bored and sort of drunk, so he watches some movie about slutty cheerleaders at 3 in the morning thinking the basic cable station might somehow slip and show some nudity. At the end, he looks at the camera and says, "It's OK to do this every so often." I just need someone to tell me it's OK.

Hallmark Channel - Hellboy meets this old lady who turns out to be an angel or something.

History Channel - Hellboy fights some Nazis. Never mind--that would make too much sense.

Telemundo - Hellboy sits on the couch with me and helps me decipher the mechanics of that horoscope-based dating show with the Hispanic Jenny McCarthy, because, man, I cannot figure that shit out. In a later ad, it's revealed that we watched over an hour of Telemundo soap operas just for the exaggerated cleavage. Again, Hellboy assures me it's not at all pathetic.

Ghost Hunters clip under the cut. The rest are all too imminent.

UPDATE: Josh has pointed out that NBC Universal Creative Services president Vince Manze thinks this is genius.

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