Day at the improv
Out of the mouths of babes . . .
Viewers watching tomorrow’s “General Hospital” (3 p.m. on Ch. 7) will see a line of dialogue not in the script – and improvised by 2 1/2-year-old Michael (played by twins Dylan and Blake Hopkins).
In the scene, Carly (Sarah Brown) and Michael are moving out of Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) penthouse. As Carly and Michael are getting on the elevator, Michael looks back and says, “Bye, bye Uncle Sonny” – a completely unscripted line that was left in because of its poignancy.
“Often times we have to stop tape because the child is talking,” says a show spokeswoman. “It never happens that the child says something so poignant and in context of the scene that it makes it to air.”
Until now.
Crazy like a Foxx
Behold the power of television.
Current “Real World” cast member Melissa Howard has parlayed an on-air exchange with Craig Kilborn into a job as a staffer on the WB’s “Jamie Foxx Show.”
Howard, a Southerner, was Kilborn’s guest on CBS’s “Late Late Show” several weeks ago when she said she was moving to Los Angeles and needed to find work.
“So you want a job in L.A.?,” Kilborn asked her.
“I totally need a job,” Howard said. “If anybody is watching this, I’d peel shrimp, I’d do anything. I can type really fast.”
The very next day, Warner Bros., which produces “Jamie Foxx,” called and said they wanted to talk to Howard about a job.
She started work last Thursday as a “Jamie Foxx Show” production assistant.
Howard and her “Real World” housemates can be seen tomorrow (9:30 p.m.) on MTV in their New Orleans digs.
Howard’s end guy
What hath Howard Stern wrought?
Paul Oldfield, a.k.a. “Mr. Methane” is releasing his first album of tunes – all thanks to Howard, who’s featured Oldfield on his syndicated radio and TV shows.
Judging by Oldfield’s nickname – and his affiliation with Howard – you can figure out his “talent,” which will be on full display in mrmethane.com on Oglio Records.
Included in the 19-track CD are tunes like the reggae number, “Total Clear Out.” Oldfield also performs lines from the classics: “Romeo & Juliet,” “Othello” and “Hamlet.”
“The Starr Report”can be reachedvia e-mail at mstarr@nypost.com.