Last Thursday, the Disney folks christened the new Disney Fantasy cruise ship with an on-board show in two parts as the craft sat docked in New York Harbor. Neil Patrick Harris hosted the first part which included a performance by Jerry Seinfeld. The second part featured Disney CEO Bob Iger and other company execs along with performers Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey. The video embed below will show you selected highlights from these presentations. Part Two should play right after Part One…
And now here's a video of a musical number performed by Mr. Harris. I'm not sure I've mentioned it here but I'm an enormous fan of the man some just call N.P.H. I know I haven't mentioned it to him. I keep seeing him up at the Magic Castle, of which I am a 30+ year member. He's the club's President so he's often up there but every time I'm within a yard of him, he always seems so busy that I don't feel like I can say howdy and whatever else it is that would follow that.
But I remember seeing him in a production of Sweeney Todd and watching him steal the show — an amazing achievement given that he was playing neither Todd nor Mrs. Lovett. And I think he's terrific in everything he does these days, including his revival of the lost art of hosting awards show with both talent and humility. This is a video — not of the best quality, I'm afraid — of a musical number he performed at the Disney Fantasy christening. Gee, he's good at this stuff…